 In an interview with BBC 's DJ Semtex , Jay said he didn 't mean the verses as a personal attack . " I didn 't know that [ Hammer 's financial status ] wasn 't on the table for discussion ! " he said . " I didn 't know I was the first person ever to say that ... " He continued , " When I say things , I think people believe me so much that they take it a different way — it 's , like , not rap anymore at that point . I say some great things about him in the book I have coming out [ Decoded ] — that 's wasn 't a cheap plug , " he laughed . " He 's gonna be embarrassed , I said some really great things about him and people 's perception of him . But it is what it is , he took it that wrong way , and I didn 't know I said anything wrong ! " 
