Songwriter May, however, claims that it is about having ambitions and fighting for one's own goals; because of this, the song became an anti-apartheid song in South Africa and has also been used as a gay rights protest theme and a rallying anthem for African-American youth.
Textár May však tvrdil, že skladba hovorí o ambíciách a bojovaní za vlastné ciele; kvôli tomu sa skladba stala proti-apartheidnou skladbou v Juhoafrickej republike a tiež bola použitá ako protestná téma práv homosexuálov a spoločná hymna Afroamerickej mládeže.