In this verse of "Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous", are Good Charlotte referring to a specific DC Mayor?

Question

"And did you know if you were caught and you were smokin' crack /

McDonalds wouldn't even wanna take you back /

You could always just run for mayor of D.C." /

Are they talking about a real person who has done that in the past? Or is it just figurative?

Answer 1

That famous mayor is Mayor Marion Barry.

Answer 2

Real person.

Answer 3

yes they're talking about former DC mayor Marrion Barry who was convicted on drug charges

Answer 4

Marion Barry was caught, on video tape, for all of the residents of Washington D.C. to see, smoking crack, yet they re-elected him, and he promptly drove the city into worse shape than it ever had been...you see, the majority of people in D.C. are not too bright...