Johnny Was (From "Yardie") - Skip Marley

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 Accompanying her was a passerby Who saw the woman cry Wondering can she work it out Now she knows that the wages of sin is death The gift of God is life Oh, oh, oh, oh Johnny was a good man Oh yeah Woman hold her head and cry Cause her son had been shot down in the street and died Just because of the system Woman hold her head and cry Comforting her I was passing by And I saw the woman cry She cried, oh, oh, oh, oh Johnny was a good man Never did a thing wrong Take it down Johnny went out on a Saturday night Never hurt anybody never started no bar room fight Johnny never did nobody no wrong Never hurt anybody never hurt anybody Johnny was a good man Johnny, Johnny, Johnny... Johnny was a good man [Repeat] In a top floor flat in the middle of the night There's a man with rifle and Johnny in his sight, I said oh no, we can't let that kind of thing happen here no more Oh no Johnny, Johnny, Johnny... A single shot rings out in a Belfast night and I said oh Johnny was a good man Can a woman's tender care Cease towards the child she bears Johnny [Repeat]

Oh-oh-oh Feels like yesterday I was living at my parents' house I blinked and things changed Fast forward and I was moving out I can only exist in three dimensions at a time Who am I to resist a river flowing left to right? It's like we've been dancing in the dark A great big expansion from a spark Over in a moment, finished in a flash Slipping through my fingers, life's an hourglass Shattered on the floor, oh It'll never be the way it was before No Feels like yesterday I was falling in love Then came the heartbreak Like it always does Nobody escapes it Time's a losing game Might as well embrace it 'Til it flies away I know that nobody can stay forever young (forever young) I wish I could just take a break from growing up (from growing up) It's like we've been dancing in the dark A great big expansion from a spark Over in a moment, finished in a flash Slipping through my fingers, life's an hourglass Shattered on the floor, oh It'll never be the way it was before The way it was before Over in a moment, finished in a flash Slipping through my fingers, moving way too fast Wish I had just a little more, oh It'll never be the way it was before

It all about... Mr. Marley them know your name Raggamuffin Mr. Marley in the Hall of Fame Mr. Marley them know your name Raggamuffin Mr. Marley in the Hall of Fame With the forklift on the nightshift on the Zion Train Babylon by bus or Babylon by plane When the race gets hard to run di blood run all through your vein Whether the Confrontation or the Uprising All nation a bow just to hear him sing Mr. Marley them know your name Raggamuffin Mr. Marley in the Hall of Fame Mr. Marley them know your name Raggamuffin Mr. Marley in the Hall of Fame When the music hit you, you no feel no pain In Mt. Zion is where he live and reign He said, I don't wanna, I don't wanna wait in vain Chase those crazy baldhead then from off of the lane Guide a lot of people out of sorrow and shame Mr. Marley them know your name Raggamuffin Mr. Marley in the Hall of Fame Mr. Marley them know your name Raggamuffin Mr. Marley in the Hall of Fame Everyman have the right to decide his own destiny And in his judgement there is no partiality So don't you think that you are better cause you gwan boasty I've got to keep on moving so them can't hold me Di man shot the sheriff and him spare the deputy Mr. Marley them know your name Raggamuffin Mr. Marley in the Hall of Fame Mr. Marley them know your name Raggamuffin Mr. Marley in the Hall of Fame With the forklift on the nightshift on the Zion Train Babylon by bus or Babylon by plane When the race gets hard to run di blood run all through your vein Whether the Confrontation or the Uprising All nation a bow just to hear him sing Mr. Marley them know your name Raggamuffin Mr. Marley in the Hall of Fame Mr. Marley them know your name Raggamuffin Mr. Marley in the Hall of Fame