Johnny Was

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Woman hold her head and cry, cause
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 her son
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had been shot down in the street 
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and die, from a stray  
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Woman hold her head and cry, 
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explaining to
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her was a passerby, who saw the 
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woman cry.......wondering
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How can she work it out, now she 
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knows that the
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wages of sin is death, oh gift 
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of Jah is life (life).........she 
cried
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Oh,   oh,      I         know, 
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   Johnny was a good man,
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I          know,  Johnny was a good,
 good, good, good, good, ooo oh
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She cried,           She 
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cried-------
Woman hold her head and cry, cause 
her son had been
Shot down in the street and die, 
just because of the system
Woman hold her head and cry, 
comforting her I was
Passing by, she complained, then she
 cried......she cried
(repeat chorus as above)