Bad is the seventh studio album by American singer and songwriter Michael Jackson, released on August 31, 1987 in the United States by Epic Records and internationally by CBS Records. It was released nearly five years after Jackson's previous solo studio album, Thriller (1982). Bad was recorded during the first half of 1987. The lyrical themes include media bias, paranoia, racial profiling, romance, self-improvement and world peace. The album cemented Jackson's status as one of the most successful artists of the 1980s.
Your butt is mine
Gonna tell you right
Just show your face
In broad daylight
I’m telling you
On how I feel
Gonna catch your mind
Don’t shoot to kill
Come on
Come on
Lay it on me
All right
I’m giving you
On count of three
To show your stuff
Or let it be
I’m telling you
Just to watch your mouth
I know your game
What you’re about
Well, they say the sky’s the limit
And to me that’s really true
But my friend you have seen nothin’
Just wait till I get through
Because I’m bad, I’m bad
(Bad, bad, very bad)
Come On
You know I’m mad, I’m bad
(Bad, bad, very bad)
You know it
You know I’m bad, I’m bad
(Bad, bad, very bad)
Come on, you know
And the whole world
Has to answer right now
Just to tell you once again
Who’s bad
The word is out
You’re doin’ wrong
Gonna lock you up
Before too long
Your lyin’ eyes
Gonna tell you right
So listen up
Don’t make a fight
Your talk is cheap
You’re not a man
Your throwin’ stones
To hide your hands
Well they say the sky’s the limit
And to me that’s really true
But my friend you have seen nothin’
Just wait till I get through
Because I’m bad, I’m bad
(Bad, bad, very bad)
Come On
You know I’m mad, I’m bad
(Bad, bad, very bad)
You know it
You know I’m bad, I’m bad
(Bad, bad, very bad)
You know it, you know
And the whole world
Has to answer right now
Just to tell you once again
Who’s bad
We could change the world tomorrow
This could be a better place
If you don’t like what I’m sayin’
Then won’t you slap my face
Because I’m bad, I’m bad
(Bad, bad, very bad)
Come On
You know I’m mad, I’m bad
(Bad, bad, very bad)
You know it
You know I’m bad, I’m bad
(Bad, bad, very bad)
You know it, you know
And the whole world
Has to answer right now
Just to tell you once again
You know I’m bad, I’m bad
(Bad, bad, very bad)
Come On
You know I’m mad, I’m bad
(Bad, bad, very bad)
You know it, you know it
You know, you know
(Bad, bad, very bad)
You know, come on
And the whole world
Has to answer right now
Just to tell you once again
You know I’m boo, I’m bad
(Bad, bad, very bad)
You know it
You know I’m bad, I’m bad
(Bad, bad, very bad)
You know, you know
(Bad, bad, very bad)
Come on
And the whole world
Has to answer right now
Just to tell you once again
You know I’m bad, I’m bad
(Bad, bad, very bad)
You know it
You know I’m bad, you know
(Bad, bad, very bad)
You know I’m bad, I’m bad
(Bad, bad, very bad)
You know it, you know
And the whole world
Has to answer right now
Just to tell you once again
Who's bad?
(Written and composed by Michael Jackson)
