ApologetiX Bad Citizen

Bad Citizen
Parody of "Bad Medicine" performed by Bon Jovi and written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora & Desmond Child
(Acts 4:1-22, 5:17-42; John 15:18-25; 1 Peter 3:13-17)

Your laws describe bad citizens
A bad citizen is what I'll be
Whoa-oh-oh makin' us look like bad citizens 
There ain't no talkin' back 'cause your mind's deceived
 
Bad citizen!
 
Find John and Peter 'cause their sermons have to cease
We better make them change their doctrines and rewrite their memories
Bribes cost lots of money but their Risen One is free
Gonna take more than we've got to get those boys from Galilee
And I just wanna sit them down -- they're much too extreme
First you heed
 
(That's what you get for followin' the Lord)
Sadducees
(You get delivered but you're never ignored)
And later on Pharisees
(That's what you get for following the Lord)
Have those boys convicted for dispensin' the truth 
Oh-oh-oh
 
Your laws indict bad citizens
A bad citizen is what I'll be
Whoa-oh-oh shamin' us just like bad citizens
There ain't no talkin' now 'cause your mad at me
 
Bad, bad citizen!
 
I don't need those people to be givin' me their guilt
And I don't need no search-and-seizure warrant first to break their will
I gotta double down on Christians and don't give me no flak
I gotta show some pure aggression -- get those flunkies off our backs
They know they're pathetic and unsafe from our attacks
They're too meek
 
(That's what you get for followin' the Lord)
And too weak
(You get belittled and get feathered and tarred)
But when they're on their knees
(That's what you get for following the Lord)
Now those boys are dangerous 'cause our case self-destructs
Oh-oh-oh
 
Your laws describe bad citizens
A bad citizen is what I'll be
Whoa-oh-oh makin' us look like bad citizens 
So let's pray God starts making your eyes to see 
 
Bad, bad citizen!
It's what I warned
Bad, bad citizen!
Ohh! Acts 4:19
 
I needed desperate measures 'cause I'm runnin' out of threats
I brought in Saul my terminator -- have him stop at their address
When he finds bad citizens, they face some huge regrets
And if there's some who have escaped it's 'cause he hasn't found 'em yet
Oh-oh-oh
 
Your laws describe bad citizens
A bad citizen is what I'll be
Whoa-oh-oh makin' us look like bad citizens 
There ain't no talkin' back 'cause your mind's deceived
 
You're all -- bad citizens
A bad citizen is what I'll be
Whoa-oh-oh shamin' us just like bad citizens 
Your laws oppose the God in Whom I believe
 
Bad, bad citizen!
It's what I warned
Bad, bad citizen!
Who's that? Who's that?
 
I gotta go -- I spot 'em!
I gotta go -- I spot 'em!
I got 'em! I caught 'em!
I caught a few of their men
Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Hold on!
They're not runnin' -- wonder why -- they're kneelin'
Come on! Enough of that! Help 'em up, now
 
Your laws describe bad citizens
A bad citizen is what I'll be
Whoa-oh-oh makin' us look like bad citizens 
You guys are posin' but the Lord's not deceived
 
You're all -- bad citizens
Your quest -- Acts 4:19
You're all -- bad citizens

 
Acts 4:19
But Peter and John replied, "Which is right in God's eyes: to listen to you, or to him? You be the judges! 

 
Herod's nasties called my name
 
And I can't let the crowd in my head
No, I can't let the crowd in my head
Now the whole world just wants more dead
But I can't let the crowd in my head
No, no
 
Saved now from a short life 
Let's move -- it's past bedtime
Morning comes and they're uptight
Searching for me, still no sight