Johnny was grown in a twisted broken down one room shack in-a the ghetto
The going was tough and the ditch of survival was getting steep in-a the ghetto

It was robbing and stabbing and
Looting and a…

Every man thinks his burdens the heaviest
But it common they know because they feel
And who feels it know it
Who feels it knows it

No dont sit by your window
Gazing at the streets

Git up you Black yankies
Dont be no Follow Fashion Monkey
(Rep.)

Follow follow follow fashion monkeys
Never drink good soup
So drink the water from your own stream
Before you loose your roots your…

You better quit trying to live my life for me
You better quit trying stop nagging me so constantly
You better quit trying, I just want for you to let me be
Cause I’ve got who I…

Wanted children crying from the
Backbones of their fathers
Wanted children, longing for the
Bossom of their mothers (rep.)

Now didn’t JAH create the earth
And to the waters did he give birth
He divided…

What are you doing toward the scheme of things
What are your words to your brother beings
What are you doing toward the scheme of things
What are your works toward your brother beings

Now let the…

Tell them tell them,
Tell them the reason why you crying children
Tell them, tell them tell them the
Reason why you shed those tears
(rep.)

If I never did right or if I
ever…

Never never knew that the time would come
when every man must find where he does come from
never never knew that the day would come
when every fig must find its fig tree

jump little figs…

Battering down sentence, Fighting Against Convictions (2X)
I find myself growing in an environment
Where finding food is just as hard as paying the rent
In trodding these roads of trials and tribulations
I’ve seen where…

When I was just a kid, little children
My old man used to sing a litle song
But now I’ve grown to be a man
But it still lingers deep within my soul
Oh yes it…