Mother and father I wanna make you proud Brothers and sisters Let me scream out loud I love you all I love it, yeah Thank you for everything I love it, yeah yeah yeah I've never been religious

Bad boys, bad boys Whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do When they come for you You chuck it on that one You chuck it on this one You chuck it on your mother and You chuck it on your father You chuck it on your brother and You chuck it on your sister

Where's LA? Whatever happened to the city we knew? Tell my mother, my brothers My father, and others In an old apartment Down in the garden I was born on a sunny day When the riots ruled the streets like a Sunday parade

I am what I am A family man Mother, father, brother Walk down this road When the road gets rough I fall down In the cool of the night Don't know what's wrong But I do know what's right

So love me mother, and love me father, and love my sister as well So love me mother, and love me father, and love my brother as well The sea said goodbye to the shore so the sun wouldn't notice The seaweed that wrapped its arms around you The carpet on