A spiritual successor to the title track of his 1987 album Bad (hence the name 2 Bad), Michael espouses some of the same concerns, challenges and bad-assery on this track from his 1995 album HIStory: Past, Present and Future: Book I, but this time does it in a not-so-thinly-veiled way to the press and any other antagonizers that apply; remember, this was after the 1993 allegations that seriously derailed his career

This song was also included in his 1997 short film Ghosts.

It is the only other song on the album to feature a guest rap performance (the other being the late great Notorious B.I.G.) – way to hit both ends of the rap spectrum, MJ.