When you pick up a gun With death on your mind And you kneel and you pray and you think about war And the kids say "We don't dig it no more" That's bad If you're white or you're black And the monkey's on your back If the monkey being stabbed and you both hit the ground ... it's a well known fact That's bad If we say kids are bad Then we really mean good In the playground children are happy at play Why can't we let them grow up that way That's bad That's bad That's bad That's bad Sylvester Stewart That's bad Temptations are bad That's bad Jimi Hendrix are bad That's bad Talkin' 'bout the Beatles That's bad And the Jackson Five That's bad ... That's bad Ray Charles is bad That's bad Jimmy Castor Bunch That's bad Everybody is bad That's bad Anybody is bad That's bad And you know you're bad That's bad Everybody is bad That's bad Talkin' 'bout you're bad That's bad Bad is bad is bad is bad is bad That's bad That's bad That's bad B-A-D - bad, baby-baby B-A-D - bad, baby-baby B-A-D - bad, baby-baby B-A-D - bad, baby B-A-D - bad, baby-baby B-A-D - bad, baby-baby B-A-D - bad, baby-baby B-A-D - bad, baby-baby