In a '89 Rolling Stone interview, Rose explained the lyrics "I used words like police and ******s because you're not allowed to use the word ******. Why can black people go up to each other and say, "******," but when a white guy does it all of a sudden it's a big put-down. I don't like boundaries of any kind. I don't like being told what I can and what I can't say. I used the word ****** because it's a word to describe somebody that is basically a pain in your life, a problem. The word ****** doesn't necessarily mean black. Doesn't John Lennon have a song "Woman Is the ****** of the World"? There's a rap group, N.W.A., ******s with Attitude. I mean, they're proud of that word. More power to them. Guns N' Roses ain't bad. . . . N.W.A. is baad! Mr. Bob Goldthwait said the only reason we put these lyrics on the record was because it would cause controversy and we'd sell a million albums. fukk him! Why'd he put us in his skit? We don't just do something to get the controversy, the press."