Heard this the other day and I had never paid any attention to the lyrics before but wow I mean WOW!
Holy rough ridin' crap
and he had the audacity to make a really creepy video, removing any doubt of the intent of the lyrics.
I bet MTV was wearing this video out while not playing black artists at the same time. Growing up in SWKS, there was this radio station that everyone listened to, K95, it was one of those stations that played "all the hits, without the hard rock and rap." They played this song in heavy rotation for literally 20 years. I bet it still plays on the yacht rock and 80s on 8 xm stations.