You were lookin' at your mother
  So you went and told your father
  Daddy don't say nothin' he's got plenty in his past
  Changed your way of thinkin'
  So you started drinkin'
  And you got arrested for drivin' blind
    Take the rap, take the rap
  It's gonna break your back, it's a fact, take the rap
    It was lined up on the mirror
  And you just started shavin'
  Didn't know what you were smokin'
  Cigarette came from a friend
  Judge said you're delinquent
  You don't want to think it
  So you put your head down, started servin' time
    Take the rap, take the rap
  It's gonna break your back, take the rap
    Tried to talkbut I got nothin' to prove--why you want to?
  Tried to run they took away my shoes--why you want to?
  Why you want me to take the rap?
    Take the rap, take the rap
  It's gonna break your back, take the rap
    Well your damned if iron bars'll
  Keep you rottin' in a prison
  Hell is lookin' better 'cause you'll
  Never get to heaven
  See your chance and take it
  Sure you're gonna make it
  You're prepared to take it 'cause you're never gonna...
    Take the rap, take the rap
  It's gonna break your back, it's a fact, take the rap
      (written by Nazareth)
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  lyrics used by permission
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