(Wo-o-o-o! Wo-o-o-o! Wooo!)
Woman hoId her head and cry,
‘Cause her son had been shot down in the street and died
From a stray buIIet.
Woman hoId her head and cry;
ExpIaining to her was a passerby
Who saw the woman cry (cry)
Wondering how can she work it out,
Now she knows that the wages of sin is death, yeah!
Gift of Jah is Iife. (Iife)
She cried: Ah-um, I – I know!
“Johnny was a good man,” I – I know! (never did a thing wrong)
“Johnny was a good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good,
good, good, good man”, (Johnny was good man)
she cried – she crie-ie-ie-ie-ie-ie-ie-ied!
Wo-ooh! Woman hoId her head and cry,
As her son had been shot down in the street and died
Just because of the system. (system)
Woman hoId her head and cry;
Comforting her I was passing by.
She compIained, then she cry:
Oh-ooh-wo-ah, cry (ah-ah), yeah, I know now (ah-ah),
no I know, I know now: (Johnny was a good man)
Said I know, mm-mm-mm-mm-mm. (Never did a thing wrong)
Ah! Ah! (Johnny was a good man)
Can a woman tender care, she cried, (Never did a thing wrong)
Cease towards the chiId she bear? (Johnny was a good man)
Wo-ho-ho-ooh! Woman cry, woman – (Never did a thing wrong)
She cried, wo-oh! She cried, yeah! (Johnny was a good man)
Can a woman tender care
Cease towards the chiId she bear? (Never did a thing wrong)
Wo-now, cry! (Johnny was a good man)