Taxi driver Be my shrink for the hour Leave the meter running It's rush hour So take the streets if you wanna Just outrun the demons, could you? He said: Allahu Akbar I told him: Don't curse me Bobo, you need prayer I guess it couldn't hurt me If it brings me to my knees It's a bad religion Ooh, this unrequited love To me, it's nothin' but a one-man cult And cyanide in my styrofoam cup I can never make him love me Never make him love me Love me, love me Love me, love me Love me, love me Love me, love me Love me, love Taxi driver I swear I've got three lives Balanced on my head like steak knives I can't tell you the truth about my disguise I can't trust no one And you say: Allahu Akbar I told him: Don't curse me Bobo, you need prayer I guess it couldn't hurt me If it brings me to my knees It's a bad religion Oh, unrequited love To me, it's nothin' but a one-man cult And cyanide in my styrofoam cup I can never make him love me Never make him love me No, no, ow It's a, it's a bad religion To be in love with someone who Could never love you Oh, oh, oh, only bad, only bad religion Could have me feeling the way I do
Taxi driver Be my shrink for the hour Leave the meter running It's rush hour So take the streets if you wanna Just outrun the demons, could you? He said: Allahu Akbar I told him: Don't curse me Bobo, you need prayer I guess it couldn't hurt me If it brings me to my knees It's a bad religion Ooh, this unrequited love To me, it's nothin' but a one-man cult And cyanide in my styrofoam cup I can never make him love me Never make him love me Love me, love me Love me, love me Love me, love me Love me, love me Love me, love Taxi driver I swear I've got three lives Balanced on my head like steak knives I can't tell you the truth about my disguise I can't trust no one And you say: Allahu Akbar I told him: Don't curse me Bobo, you need prayer I guess it couldn't hurt me If it brings me to my knees It's a bad religion Oh, unrequited love To me, it's nothin' but a one-man cult And cyanide in my styrofoam cup I can never make him love me Never make him love me No, no, ow It's a, it's a bad religion To be in love with someone who Could never love you Oh, oh, oh, only bad, only bad religion Could have me feeling the way I do
A canção foi lançada no primeiro álbum de estúdio de Frank Ocean, o Channel Orange, que chegou ao mercado em 2012.
Musicalmente, "Bad Religion" mistura a estética do soul com elementos do baroque pop e do gospel, utilizando um órgão de igreja como instrumento central.
A letra aborda o amor não corresponddo do artista por um amigo homem, uma comparação que ele descreve como um "culto de uma única pessoa".
A performance no programa Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, acompanhada pela banda The Roots, marcou a estreia televisiva de Frank Ocean e foi elogiada pela crítica.
Em 2026, a revista Rolling Stone escolheu a música para constar em sua lista das 35 canções essenciais para o orgulho LGBTQ+.
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