In other words, they want him to be their knight in shining armor – their romantic superhero so to speak – while all he is really interested in is a quick lay.Īnd this isn’t a case of Eminem just playing the role of an A-hole, for at the beginning of the first verse he brings up the fact that he is “single now”. In fact he and his wife Kim divorced (for the first time) in 2001, shortly before this track was released. So we can presume that the misogyny, if you will, (which is displayed on this track) is partially based on the fact that the singer has had some very-disappointing romantic experiences in the past.īut what really has the rapper cheesed off is that it would seem he regularly deals with gold diggers. Indeed the term “Superman”, as applied in this song, is meant to personify the unrealistic romantic expectations women who are basically one-night stands put on Eminem.