Shaggy sets the record straight on ‘It Wasn’t Me’: ‘Anti-cheating song’
told People that fans have long misunderstood the sentiment behind his 2000 sing-along smash hit “It Wasn’t Me.”“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,” the Jamaican reggae rapper claimed last week.The song starts with singer Rik Rok telling Shaggy that his girlfriend caught him cheating with the girl next door.
Rik Rok then asks Shaggy for advice on what to do. He suggests his pal deny wrongdoing. “But she caught me on the counter (It wasn’t me) / Saw me bangin’ on the sofa (It wasn’t me),” the lyrics go.
Shaggy told People: “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?
