Your butt is mine
Gonna tell you right
Just show your face
In broad daylight
I'm telling you
On how I feel
Gonna hurt 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 watch your mouth
I know your game
What you're about

But they say the sky's the limit
And to me that's really true
But my friend you have seen nothin'
Just wait 'til I get through

Because I'm bad, I'm bad, come on (bad, bad, really, really bad)
You know I'm bad, I'm bad, come on, you know (bad, bad, really, really bad)
You know I'm bad, I'm bad, come on, you know (bad, bad, really, really bad)
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
You're throwin' stones
To hide your hands

But they say the sky's the limit
And to me that's really true
And my friends you have seen nothin'
Just wait 'til I get through

Because I'm bad, I'm bad, come on (bad, bad, really, really bad)
You know I'm bad, I'm bad, come on, you know (bad, bad, really, really bad)
You know I'm bad, I'm bad, come on, you know (bad, bad, really, really bad)
And the whole world has to
Answer right now
Just to tell you once again
Who's bad

We can 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, come on (bad, bad, really, really bad)
You know I'm bad, I'm bad, come on, you know (bad, bad, really, really bad)
You know I'm bad, I'm bad, come on, you know (bad, bad, really, really bad)
And the whole world has to
Answer right now
Just to tell you once again

You know I'm bad, I'm bad, come on (bad, bad, really, really bad)
You know I'm bad, I'm bad, you know it, you know it (bad, bad, really, really bad)
You know, you know, you know, come on (bad, bad, really, really bad)
And the whole world has to
Answer right now
Just to tell you once again

You know I'm, woo, I'm bad, you know it (bad, bad, really, really bad)
You know I'm bad, I'm bad, baby (bad, bad, really, really bad)
You know, you know, you know it, come on (bad, bad, really, really bad)
And the whole world has to
Answer right now
Just to tell you once again

You know I'm bad, I'm bad, you know it (bad, bad, really, really bad)
You know I'm bad, I'm bad, woo (bad, bad, really, really bad)
You know I'm bad, I'm bad, you know it (bad, bad, really, really bad)
And the whole world has to
Answer right now
Just to tell you once again
Who's bad?


Lyrics submitted by Mru007, edited by zhand38

Bad Lyrics as written by Michael Jackson

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  • +3
    General Comment

    Michael Jackson is not weird. Doesn't anyone notice that all the accusations popped up after he paid that family to stop their obviously false charges? They all wanted money, and now the media's done chased him out of the damn country. Oh well. This video was cool, and the outfit he had on was sexy. =]

    Always-Sweeter67on January 01, 2007   Link
  • +3
    General Comment

    I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!! in fact i was singing it today in a car place, and it looked like the same place he was in!!! it looked just like the place he was in and it was sweet! I'M BAD, I'M BAD!!!

    Sifl002on July 03, 2009   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    Quincy Jones believed that the image of an artist should be contantly changing. Micheal decided to create an image of himself that was almost opposite of what anyone expected him to be. Did you know this song was originally supposed to be a duet with Prince?

    JoshFon March 20, 2003   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    The video to this song cracks me up. Youve got Wesley Snipes, a bunch of tough street punks and then... Michael Jackson, just seemed kind of odd to me...

    quiffpornon June 28, 2004   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    well basically this was written at a time when michael was trying to shed his goody two shoes image and 'man up' so to speak. there's not much to decipher other than that. also as a side note i loved the full version of this vid directed by martin scorsese, truly excellent.

    TheHuntress144on July 12, 2009   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    I've been an MJ fan all my life and since his death I've been listening to his music a lot, especially Bad...I love it. There are a couple lyrics I'm unclear on what he's saying. What I think he says are the lines with the "-->".

    Your butt is mine -->Won't you take a ride Just show your face In broad daylight I'm tellin' you -->I'm gonna go after you Gonna hurt your mind Don't shoot to kill

    Later in the song:

    Your talk is cheap You're not a man You're throwin' stones -->Out your hands

    Am I totally wrong? Seems to make sense to me this way.

    LyricEngineer29on August 25, 2009   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    I've always wondered a little about what your butt is mine means .. :p I always think it means that someone's behind is his LOL and that just sounds nasty XD

    This song is AWESOME! My god, Michael for me is so far away from reality for me, he's a miracle and his songs are just A M A Z I N G! o.o He's like a god to me, my god<3

    SillieeJacksonxon February 24, 2010   Link
  • +1
    My Opinion

    Unfortunately, in the coming months I think people will pick out these lines and read in to them that he actually was a bit bad, possibly illegally bad :-(

    Your butt is mine Gonna tell you right

    Gonna hurt 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 watch your mouth

    But my friend you have seen nothin' Just wait 'til I get through

    Because I'm bad, I'm bad come on

    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 You're throwin' stones To hide your hands

    Because I'm bad, I'm bad come on Who's bad

    neverlandloveon February 20, 2019   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    how has no commented on this? jacko fucking kicks! anyways, that's what i think...

    xpankfrisston September 24, 2002   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    who could forget the "whose ban" at the end

    Ramagammaon March 08, 2003   Link

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