It’s hard out there for a pimp.
Or so I am told. I don’t have very much experience with the pimping business, and can only go off of second hand knowledge gleaned from the music that my little brother listened to a decade ago.
Now as the song goes on, it blames {ladies} for jumping ship. Okay, the song does not actually use the word ladies, and all ladies regardless of their career path deserve to treated with dignity and respect . So you probably should not look the song up.
Jackson’s mares did not jump ship. After a tough winter which left Jackson beat up and thin, he did not have the strength to keep everyone together. His band was broken up, with mares ending up all over the place. That did not last long. The mares were devoted enough to one another that they still ended up back with one another, even without Jackson.