Bunny Wailer - Johnny Too Bad

Johnny was grown
In a twisted broken down one room shack in a the ghetto.
The going was rough
and the ditch of survival was getting steep in a the ghetto.

It was just robbing and stabbing
And looting and a shooting and its too bad.
A robbing and stabbing
And looting and a shooting and its too bad.

It was just robbing and stabbing
And looting and a shooting and its too bad.
A robbing and stabbing
And looting and a shooting and its too bad.

Johnny grew tough,
And his task of survival was to plunder,
In a the ghetto.
Johnny never lost a fight,
And he never, never stoop to conquer.
Johnny you too bad.

Your just robbing and stabbing
And looting and a shooting and your too bad.
Your just robbing and stabbing
And looting and a shooting and your too sad.

Your just robbing and stabbing
And looting and a shooting and your too bad.
Your just robbing and stabbing
And looting and a shooting and your too bad.

Now you're walking down the road,
With a shotgun in your waist.
Johnny you too bad.
Johnny was so smart,
That he never got caught in a cop chase.
Johnny you too bad.

Your just robbing and stabbing
And looting and a shooting and your too bad.
Your just robbing and stabbing
And looting and a shooting and your too bad.

Your just robbing and stabbing
And looting and a shooting and your too bad.
Your just robbing and stabbing
And looting and a shooting and your too sad.

Hey little wild one!
A beg you throw away your shotgun.
Johnny you too bad.
Whatcha gonna do, when you hear a little voice say:
"Son, who you gonna run to?"

Your just robbing and stabbing
And looting and a shooting and your too bad.
Your just robbing and stabbing
And looting and a shooting and your too sad.

Your just robbing and stabbing
And looting and a shooting and your too bad.
Your just robbing and stabbing
And looting and a shooting and your too bad.

As smart as Johnny was strong,
He was tricked, trapped, cornered and shot down,
In a the ghetto.
Now all Johnny left behind,
Is a struggling woman and two sons,
In a the ghetto.

Poor Johnny! He was too bad.
Poor Johnny! He was too sad.
Poor Johnny! Down here in the ghetto!
Poor Johnny! He was a little bit too bad.
Poor Johnny! He was too sad.
Poor Johnny! Down here in the ghetto!
Poor Johnny! He was too bad.
Some say big bad Johnny had the good inside!
Johnny was a good one.
Big bad Johnny had the good inside!
Though he was, though he was a wild one.
Big bad Johnny had the good inside!
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Big bad Johnny had the good inside!
Though he was a wild one.
Big bad Johnny had the good inside!
Johnny was a good one.
Big bad Johnny had the good inside!
He was a strong one.
Poor Johnny! He was too bad.
Poor Johnny! He was too sad.

Note:

This song is a cover released in 1977.
The original was by Slickers and first released in 1970.
It has also been covered by Dennis Brown in 1971 and by UB40 in 1983.

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