Bending The Rules & Breaking The Law - Original Version

Growin' up I was always Mama's angel

Never thought I'd ever fall from grace

I was taught to walk with God and run from trouble

But I ran with the crowd, it was bound to change my ways

Yeah, I was proud to be in the bad news crowd

One my mama warned me about

The closest thing to hell she's ever raised

But when I look back on those days

I know I'd never change a thing

I made mistakes that paved the way

For the man I am today

I'm proud of 'em all, and I had a ball

Bending the rules and breaking the law

We were bad about sneaking out and shooting road signs

Throwing eggs and rolling every yard in town

Yeah, my claim to fame was a Babe Ruth swing on a mailbox

Yeah, the police just loved driving me around

'Cause I was proud to be in the bad news crowd

One my mama warned me about

The closest thing to hell she's ever raised

But when I look back on those days

I know I'd never change a thing

I made mistakes that paved the way

For the man I am today

I'm proud of 'em all, and I had a ball

Bending the rules and breaking the law

You learn to walk the way you talk

The DUI means SOL

Respect is earned

You live and learn

And pray, yeah, yeah

You learn to pray

Yeah, we were proud to be in the bad news crowd

One our mamas warned us about

The closest thing to hell they ever raised

But when we look back on those days

I know we'd never change a thing

We made mistakes that paved the way

For the men we are today

I'm proud of 'em all, y'all

Yeah, we had a ball

Bending the rules and breaking the law

Yeah, I was bending the rules and breaking the law