LL COOL PAC said:
hey guys i was just wondering if anyone else thought that the chorus that em sings on that song ( and black cotton for that matter) actually has nothing to do with the song? On soldier he is talking about himself not being a gangster but pac was a g?
Yeah. He changed the meaning of that song by putting the "I'm not a wannabe, I am Tupac Shakur". Eminem took the song and made it about what he wanted it to be about. i.e. saying that people are copying Pac, and that they ain't cool because they can only use burbon, scotch,etc to mimic Pac.
Yet, however, the real message of the song, was Pac being flattered by the amount of soldiers he got and willing to ride for him.
("Everywhere i see a soldier like me, everywhere i see....) wasn't meant to be a diss to his rydahs, but Eminem ruins that and makes it seem like Pac's some anti-social prick, upset that people are influenced and got love for him.