Skip Marley - Johnny Was

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Woman hold her head and cried
'Cause her son had been shot down in the street and died
From a stray bullet (bullet!)
A woman hold her head and cried
Explaining to her, was a passerby, who
Saw the woman cry
Wondering
How can she work it out?
Now she knows that the wages of sin is dead
The gift of Jah is life (life!)
Romans 6:23

She cried

Oh, oh, oh, aah
Johnny was a good man
(Johnny was a good man)
Oh, oh, oh
Never did a thing wrong
(Never did a thing wrong)
Oh, oh, oh, yeah
Johnny was a good man
(Johnny was a good man)
She cried...

Woman hold her head and cried
'Cause her son had been shot down in the street and died
From the same system
A woman hold her head and cried
Comforting her, I was passing by
She complained and then she fight
She cried

Ah, ah... (Johnny was a good man)
Can a woman turn tender care, she cried
(Never did a thing wrong)
Cease towards the child she bear?
Someone is guilty (Johnny was a good man)
Someone is guilty, someone is guilty
(Never did a thing wrong)
Johnny been shot down in the street
All because of the system
(Johnny was a good man)
Well, well, well, well
(Never did a thing wrong)
Hey! What good is it? What good is it?
(Johnny was a good man)
Johnny gone
Johnny was, Johnny, Johnny was
Oh, oh, oh, oh
(Never did a thing wrong)
Mama cries, she cries
(Johnny was a good man)
Mama cries, Johnny was a good man
(Never did a thing wrong)
They gift of Jah, is life
(Johnny was a good man)
They gift of Jah, is life
(Never did a thing wrong)
They gift of God, is life
(Johnny was a good man)
Johnny was a good man
(Never did a thing wrong)
Never did a thing wrong
(Johnny was a good man)
Johnny was a good man

Woman hold her head and cried
'Cause her son had been shot down in the street and died
From the same system
A woman hold her head and cried
Comforting her, I was passing by
She complained and then she fight
She cried

Oh, oh... (Johnny was a good man)
Can the woman tender care, she cried
Cease towards the child she bear?
Someone is guilty, someone is guilty, someone is guilty
Johnny been shot down in the streets
All because of the system
Well, well, well, well, well
Hey! What good is it? What good is it?
Johnny gone
Johnny was, Johnny, Johnny was
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Mama cries, she cries
Mama cries, Johnny was a good man
Hey
They gift of Jah, is life

Note:

This song is a cover released in 2018.
The original was by Bob Marley & The Wailers and first released in 1976.

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