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Johnny Was ft. Guru
Bob Marley
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The unity must have to start now
'Cause I mean, how long would we have to suffer?
Let us learn these things, that we must be united
That's right
Truly, we're involved in a struggle
So what we going to do?
We got to make it right for our people
For our forefathers and mothers (ooh)
That's right (must be united)
For the seeds (ooh, must be united)
(Ooh, must be united)
Spiritual warriors (ooh)
Woman hold her head and cried
'Cause her son had been shot down in the street and died (ooh)
From a stray bullet (ooh)
Woman hold her head and cried
Explaining to her was a passer-by (ooh, ooh)
Who saw the woman cry (ooh)
Wondering how can she work it out (how can she work it out)
Now she knows that the wages of sin is death (ooh, ooh)
The gift of Jah is life (life)
She cried
Oh, uhm, I know
Johnny was a good man
I know
Johnny was a good, good, good, good, good, good, good
Good, good, good, good man (Johnny was a good man)
She cried, she cried
Any attempt to change my stance, son, would be futile
Ma, things for you would never get easier, ooh, child
Supreme the colour scheme, why brothers die with dirty cream
They avoid their dreams, but they obtained by worthy beings
Homicide statistics, obituary columns (ooh)
Numerous things listed (ooh)
Different violent types of behavior depicted (ooh)
They murdered my brethren, he was a good man
Protected his fam, we all respected this man
Still his life got held up like liquor stores or old-school jams
What goes around re-surfaces (ooh)
Now is it worth it, kid?
Do you all wanna get out the game? (Ooh)
I know you nervous, kid
Hot and caught up like my boy Bokeem in the flick
Plus, we know reality is much more worse and much more sick
Your cerebral eye probe vocals, can't touch your ear-lobes (ooh)
Destroying all microbes, the ill dynamic psycho (ooh)
Analyst, so understand it this (ooh)
Beautiful world as we know it, is definitely at risk (ooh)
Righteous soldiers professed to be triumphant at battle (ooh)
Loud cries from the cell, many cages rattle
Fire radiates heat, ice radiates cold
I radiate thoughts and ideas, all things within my control (ooh ah)
Some men travel down twisted roads (yeah, I know, I know)
And innocent lives get lost (I know, I know now)
May Jah bless his soul
Johnny was a good man (then I know)
Oh-oh
Never did a thing wrong
Oh-oh
Johnny was a good man
Can a woman tender care, she cried
Cease towards the child she bears?
Oh, can a woman tender care
Cease towards the child she bears?
Woman cry just like I am there (Thomas, did you like that?)
Word is bond, he was a good man (oh, ah)
So is my man BIG (oh, ah)
Rest in peace BIG (oh, ah)
So is my man Pac (oh, ah)
Rest in peace, Pac (oh, rest in peace, Pac)
So was so many other brothers (oh, ah)
Too numerous to mention (oh, ah)
Time is now (oh, ah, time is now)
For us to fight for what is ours, rightfully (oh, ah)
As was prophesied from the beginning (oh, ah)
So shall it be (so shall it be, oh, ah)
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