Well, I was sitting in my Jag on the Vegas Strip and its 112 outside,
An old man on the corner, with a smile on his face,
Held a sign says need a ride,
So I pulled on over and I asked the man,
Well how did you end up here,
He said son I'm a man with a tragic life,
But I can tell you I have no fear,
You see when I was younger, just a little boy,
I had a daddy just like you,
A good lookin' sum bitch with a solid fist,
Well he taught me a thing or two,
He said when you grow up, you gotta be a man,
You gotta take care of yourself,
So I wound up in the jungle with an M-16 and a bible on my shelf,
I was a bad man, had a bad plan, I didn't know what the hell to do,
So I picked up a guitar, saved my money, sold my car and I wrote this song for you,
Yeah, well I'm a bad man...
Hey yeah, hey yeah, yeah yeah,
Then one day, how do I say, a judge asked
What ya gonna do?
I said, I don't know
He said you gotta go it's time to learn a thing or two,
I gave you several chances, I could name a few, but son you've wasted my time,
I'm gonna give you 6 months and if I see you again,
I'm gonna hit you with a dime,
I was a bad man, I had a bad plan, I didn't have anything to say,
Then I walked into a bar, lost my money, wrecked my car, I went to jail that day,
I was a bad man, had a bad plan,
I guess it happens every now and then,
But the bible sat there, by the toilet and the chair, forgiving me for all my sins,
Oh, was a bad man,
Oh, now I'm a better man,
Yeah I was a bad man,
Now I'm a better man,
I've got a better plan,
You see money was the love of my heart,
When my I lost everything,
And my heart couldn't sing,
Well, my whole world fell apart,
So if you haven't figured out what this tunes about,
Well then I'll give you a litttle clue,
We make the world a better place with a smile on our face,
When the focus isn't me or you,
So maybe right now, take a look around and pay attention to what you see,
See a smile, give it back, pay it forward with a snack and join the make a difference club with me,
I was a bad man, now I'm a better man,
My life's changed in a million ways,
So when times get tough, and you feel you've had enough,
Just remember the words I say,
I was a bad man,
Oh yeah,
I was a bad man