Obsessed
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The speaker dismisses someone who, she says, is spreading stories that they met and had a sexual relationship. She insists they barely know each other and that he is the one fixated on her. The tone is mocking and self-assured: she challenges his claims, laughs at his attention, and presents herself as unimpressed rather than hurt.
Several images make the put-downs vivid. โLet you starveโ means she will not give him the attention he seems to want, not that she will literally deny him food. Calling him โa mom and popโ and herself โa corporationโ contrasts something small and local with something large and powerful; it is a boast about the difference in their status. โNapoleon complexโ suggests that he acts boastfully to cover feelings of insecurity, though here it is used as an insult rather than a careful judgment.
The lyrics are a one-sided account, so listeners cannot know from the song alone whether the man has actually spread these stories or how much of the speakerโs confidence is performance. Her repeated questionsโwhy he is โso obsessedโโsound less like a request for an answer than a way to ridicule him. The humor and exaggeration make the song feel like a sharp rejection of unwanted attention, while leaving room for the possibility that the speaker is also defending her reputation.