The lyrics in the song ain’t no rest for the wicked by Cage the Elephant are about how people do illegal things to survive and get ahead in life. The first verse is about how a young women propositions a man for sex while he was walking down the street. The second verse is about a mugger who robs the same man for all of his money. While the last verse is about a preacher going to jail for stealing money from the church. All of the criminals behavior from the song can be reasoned through Gary Becker’s idea of Homo Economicus. For example the women from the first verse who is a prostitute has the incentive to live that kind of life because it is a way to earn money for a living. The man from the second verse of the song is a mugger and has the