Fans apparently have been misunderstanding the that means behind the hit track It Wasn’t Me for a very long time now!
For years, many individuals believed the enduring 2000 monitor was all about dishonest. However, that seems to not be the case – no less than, in accordance with Shaggy! In an interview with People on Friday, the 54-12 months-outdated singer swears he isn’t encouraging listeners to not maintain themselves accountable for being untrue to their companions. Instead, he defined that it’s an “anti-cheating song”:
“It was a big misconception with that song because that song is not a cheating song. It’s an anti-cheating song. It’s just that nobody listened to the record to the end. There’s a part in the record where it’s a conversation between two people and you have one guy, which is me at that point, giving that bad advice, like, “Yo, bro, how could you get caught? Just tell her, ‘It wasn’t me.’”
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Hmmm. Shaggy went on to notice that there’s a twist “at the end” that everybody appears to overlook as a result of they’re “caught up” within the hook of the track:
“The guy says, ‘I’m going to tell her that I’m sorry for the pain that I’ve caused. I’ve been listening to your reasoning, it makes no sense at all. Going to tell her that I’m sorry for the pain that I’ve caused. You might think that you’re a player, but you’re completely lost.’ Nobody hears that part! That’s what the song says. But everybody’s just caught up on that, ‘It wasn’t me, it wasn’t me.’ It’s an anti-cheating song. No one ever really buys into that, and I keep explaining it to people. Then, they go listen to it back and be like, “Oh dude, I totally missed that.”
Despite the confusion over the track, Shaggy admitted that it has “helped in the life of the song,” noting:
“What’s so good about that song is that it was relatable throughout the years. People do have this whole situation with cheating, and the thing about that is that you could be young, old, Black, white, straight, gay, whatever it is, it’s still relatable.”
It’s positively relatable. You can hearken to the throwback piece (under):
Did you catch the twist on the finish, Perezcious readers? Do you agree with Shaggy that it’s an “anti-cheating song?” Let us know within the feedback under!
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