(Henri Belolo/Jacques Morali/V. Willis)

You got a bad reputation
Oooh ooh
Ooh, ooh, bad reputation
Oooh ooh

You got a bad reputation
Oooh ooh
Ooh, ooh, bad reputation

You got a bad reputation
Oooh ooh
Oooh ooh

You got a bad reputation
all around the town, mmm
You got a bad reputation
all around the town
And I cry (and I cry)
And I cry (and I cry)
And I cry (and I cry)
Lord, tell me why
You got a bad reputation for doing me wrong

You got a bad reputation (Bad reputation)
Gonna put you down, well, yeah
You got a bad reputation
I'm gonna put you down, well, well, well
And I cry (and I cry)
And I cry (and I cry)
And I cry (and I cry)
Lord, tell me why
You got a bad reputation for doing me wrong

Bad reputation, ooh ooh ooh
Bad reputation
Bad reputation, ooh ooh ooh

Bad reputation
Oooh ooh
Ooh, ooh, bad reputation
Oooh ooh

Ohhhhhh whoa-ohhhhhh-ohhhhh
You were the man of my dreams
But you didn't care, so it seems
(You got a bad reputation)
I tried to ignore what my friends tell me
(Oooh ooh)
But you did me wrong
I can't understand it
I try to please you, I thought I need you
I thought you love me, but you didn't care
But you didn't care-----

Bad reputation
Bad reputation

And I cry (and I cry)
And I cry (and I cry)
And I cry (and I cry)
Lord knows I've tried
You got a bad reputation for doing me wrong

Bad reputation (Bad reputation)
Why did you treat me so bad?
Well, you got a bad reputation
Sometimes you make me so mad
And I cry (and I cry)
And I cry (and I cry)
And I cry (and I cry)
Lord, tell me why
You got a bad reputation for doing me wrong

Bad reputation, ooh ooh ooh
Bad reputation
Bad reputation, ooh ooh ooh

Bad reputation, ooh ooh ooh
Bad reputation
Bad reputation, ooh ooh ooh