Bad boys need love too (You know who I’m talkin’ ’bout) Bad boys need love too (You know who I’m talkin’ ’bout) Bad boys need love too (You know who I’m talkin’ ’bout) Bad boys need love too (You know who I’m talkin’ ’bout) For all the deadbeat dads And the kids that they had The ones that’s left behind, that’s always up on their minds To know that there’s no excuse To leave a boy in his youth And now that dirty secret’s just some ugly truth To be left all alone To never pick up the phone And all the things I learned I guess I learned on my own But what’s done has been done And now your only son Wants to share the love with you he got from his mom I said Bad boys need love too (You know who I’m talkin’ ’bout) Bad boys need love too (You know who I’m talkin’ ’bout) Bad boys need love too (You know who I’m talkin’ ’bout) Bad boys need love too (You know who I’m talkin’ ’bout) I was still just a kid Barely out of my crib Left alone at home, yes I was raising my sibs While my mother got paid Always at someone’s aid She missed us, kissed us, told us that she’d be home late Now her kids is full grown They’ve got kids of their own Put the past behind you, mind you you’re never alone Cause my brothers they’re two Yes I got a nephew Can’t change who you are until you change what you do Bad boys need love too (You know who I’m talkin’ ’bout) Bad boys need love too (You know who I’m talkin’ ’bout) Bad boys need love too (You know who I’m talkin’ ’bout) Bad boys need love too (You know who I’m talkin’ ’bout) Pull from the earth Every last thing of worth To know the soil is free of oil, to make that your work To know that we share The same water and air So can’t we be more mindful of what we put in there Cause we can’t be surprised When the oceans do rise To tell yourself you’ll be okay is to tell yourself lies So let’s change how we live Less take and more give It’s in my mother’s nature now to always forgive I said Bad boys need love too (You know who I’m talkin’ ’bout) Bad boys need love too (You know who I’m talkin’ ’bout) Bad boys need love too (You know who I’m talkin’ ’bout) Bad boys need love too (You know who I’m talkin’ ’bout)