Johnny Was (feat. Guru)

And the unity must have to start now

Because, 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 gonna do?

We gotta make it right for our people

For our forefathers and mothers

That's right (Must be united)

For the seeds (Must be united)

Spirit of the warriors

Woman hold her head and cry

'Cause her son had been shot down in the street and died

From a stray bullet

Woman hold her head and cry

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 death, yeah

Gift of jah is life

She cried

Ah, um, I, I know

Johnny was a good man

I, I know, Johnny was a good, good, good, good, good

Good, good, good, good, good man

She cried

She cried

Any attempts to change my stance son

Would be futile

Nah, things for you would never get easier, oh child

Supreme the color scheme

Why brothers die with dirty cream

They avoid their dreams

But they obtained by worthy beings

Homicide statistics, obituary columns

Numerous things listed

Different violent types of behavior depicted

They murdered my bredren

He was a good man

Protected his fam', we all respected this man

Still his life got held up like liquor stores of old school jams

What goes around resurfaces

Now is it worth it, kid?

Do you really want to get out the game?

I know you're 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 earlobes

Destroying all microbes

The ill dynamic psycho

Analyst, so understand it this

Beautiful world as we know it, is definitely at risk

Righteous soldiers professed to be triumphant in battle

Loud cries from the cell, many cages rattle

Fire radiates heat, ice radiates cold

I radiate thoughts and ideas all things within my control

Some men travel down twisted roads

And innocent lives get lost

May Jah bless his soul

Johnny was a good man (And I know)

Never did a thing wrong

Johnny was a good man

Kinda woman's tender care, keep crying

These two was the child she bare

Oh, a woman's tender care

Seems to all the child she bare

Woman cry just like me, I am there

Word is a bond, he was a good man

So is my man, BIG

Rest in peace, BIG

So is my man PAC

Rest in peace, PAC

So was so many other brothers

Too numerous to mention

Time is now

For us to fight for what is ours, rightfully

As was prophesied from the beginning

So shall it be