Bad To Be Good

There's an alley cat slowly walking down a dirty street

Watching a cop on the take marching to his city beat

You got five fingers Johnny stealing everything in sight

You gotta be bad to be good in the dead of the night

Wowowow, kick it

You're dancing in fire, baby

When you're taking it to the streets

Yeah to the streets

Baby better be better watch your back

Fast on your feet

Cause they're wheelin' dealin'

Cheatin' stealin'

Child you're gonna learn

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You gotta be bad to be good

If you know what I'm talkin' about

What's that

So I say it again

You gotta be bad to be good

In the dead of the night

When you got nothin' baby

You got nothin' to lose, nothin' to lose

It's an eye for an eye baby

And a tooth for a tooth, ain't it the truth

If you got nine lives you might survive

Cause nothing's free on the other side

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Wheelin' dealin' cheatin' stealin'

Just to stay alive

They got love for sale, yes for sale

On the New York subway line

Watch the working girls hanging out

Turning tricks underneath the lights,

Oh the lights

One step from hell

The poor men sell their soul

for a taste of wine

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When it's said and done

and you're on the run

And the only law comes under the gun