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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Duff McKagan
Bass Guitar
Slash
Lead Guitar
Axl Rose
Lead Vocals
Izzy Stradlin
Rhythm Guitar
Matt Sorum
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Axl Rose
Songwriter
Jeffrey Isbell
Songwriter
Saul Hudson
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Guns N' Roses
Producer
Mike Clink
Producer
Bill Price
Mixing Engineer
Allan Abrahamson
Assistant Engineer
Buzz Burrows
Assistant Engineer
Chris Puriam
Assistant Engineer
Craig Portelis
Assistant Engineer
Ed Goodreau
Assistant Engineer
George Marino
Mastering Engineer
Jason Roberts
Assistant Engineer
Jim Mitchell
Additional Engineer
John "Geetus" Aguto
Assistant Engineer
L. Stu Young
Assistant Engineer
Leon Ganado
Assistant Engineer
Mike Douglass
Assistant Engineer
Talley Sherwood
Assistant Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Kickin' back in the shadows
Got no need for the light
Who's sorry now old timer
Look at how you've spent your life
Scroungin' for change
To put some money in your pocket
My how scratch does burn
Laughin' at the suckers as you pissed it away
[Verse 2]
But I got the time and I got the muscle
I got the need to lay it all on the line
I ain't afraid of your smoke screen hustle
It's a perfect crime
Goddamn it it's a perfect crime
Motherfucker it's a perfect crime
I said it's perfect
[Verse 3]
Keep the demons down
And drag the skeletons out
I got a blind man followin' me in chains
I said he's fun to watch
When the world has stopped
An I think he's got somethin' to say
"You wanna fuck with me?"
"Don't fuck with me"
"'Cause I'm what you'll be"
"So don't fuck with me"
"If you had better sense"
"You'd step aside from the bad side of me"
"Don't fuck wit'da bad side o' me"
"Stay away from the bad side o' me"
"Don't fuck wit'da bad side"
[Verse 4]
T minus 1:09 and counting
[Verse 5]
Ostracized but that's all right
I was thinkin' about somethin' myself
[Verse 6]
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
[Verse 7]
Call on everybody who's got last rites
Said it's better if you locked 'em away
Runnin' through the visions at the speed of light
Won't ya let me be
Motherfucker just let me be
Goddamn it better let me be
Don't ya know ya better let me be...
[Verse 8]
Perfect crime
Goddamn it it's a perfect crime
Motherfucker it's a perfect crime
Don't cha know it's a perfect crime
Written by: Axl Rose, Slash