"Ain't My Bitch" is the opening track on Metallica's sixth studio album, Load. The "bitch" in the song doesn't refer to a woman. It refers to a "bitch" in the sense of a complaint. This fact, of course, didn't stop people from jumping at the chance to be indignant over it, and some controversy arose. Looking at the lyrics, it's clear that the song has nothing to do with disrespecting women.
Metallica frontman James Hetfield sings "Ain't My Bitch" from a first-person perspective. He's basically crashing forward and telling the negative people in his life to not dump their complaints on him and to not try to force him to take on their problems. "It ain't my bitch" is just another way of saying, "It isn't my problem so leave me out of it." This theme might come across as a bit cold, but the song's really about getting toxic people out of one's life.
Metallica recorded the first demo of this song on April 6, 1995, under the shortened title of "Bitch."
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