It Ain’t A Crime

By House of Pain

On Same As It Ever Was

Released on June 28, 1994

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(HEY!)


[Verse 1]

Johnny was a bad boy, he was a juvenile delinquent

He had his picture on the wall of every precinct

He had a rep of hanging out with his homies

Puffing on the blunts and sipping on the forties

But when he spoke, nobody would listen

And when he was home, yo his parents they would diss him

They called him a bum, a worthless piece of shit

So over this he had a fit

And now he grabs his bag and heads for the door

And walks to the neighborhood liquor store

Pulls out a gun tells the old man, "Hit the floor!"

Then breaks open his register drawer

Pulls out the money, stuffs it in his pocket

Points his pistol, then he starts to cock it

The man panics and the gun goes off

Stupid old fool made Johnny blow his head off

But he don't care 'cause Johnny was taught

It ain't a crime if you don't get caught


[Chorus]

It ain't a crime if you don't get caught

It ain't a crime if you don't get caught

It ain't a crime if you don't get caught

That's how it is, homie, like it or not


[Verse 2]

Now coming out the store, Johnny shot two Hasidic Jews

And when he got home, his face was on the news

His mom freaked out, told him, "Get the fuck out!"

That's when the pigs rolled up, so yo he ducked out

He hit the back door like his name was Carl Lewis

Dipped to the payphone to find out where his crew is

He called up his homeboy Jose, "What up?"

"Can I come over, my man?" He said, "No way!

A cop was here he was looking all over for ya

But I told the pig I didn't know ya!"

He said, "Cool, meet me up at the school

I need a ride 'cause I'm wanted for homicide!"

Johnny's got a gun and he's on the run

But he don't care, to him the shit's fun

Now that he's an outlaw sorta like Robin Hood

The hard rock hero of the whole neighborhood

If they catch him, he'll wind up in court

But it ain't a crime if you don't get caught


[Chorus]

It ain't a crime if you don't get caught

It ain't a crime if you don't get caught

It ain't a crime if you don't get caught

That's how it is, homie, like it or not


[Outro]

It ain't a crime if you don't get caught

It ain't a sale if it don't get bought

It ain't a show if I don't get paid

She ain't a hoe if you don't get laid