Johnny Johnny, Oh Johnny

Johnny Johnny, Oh Johnny

Johnny carry stinking boot go a foreign

See it now a next ghetto youth 'pon the troddin

Ruff life and tuff time

But we’re all gonna rise and shine!

Johnny carry stinking boot go a foreign

Faithful a next ghetto youth 'pon the troddin

Ruff life and tuff time

But we're all gonna rise and shine!

Me know about struggle and me know about pain

Me never make the struggle stress my brain

Live amongst the zinc fence and me never complain

Sewage water and me never complain

Johnny get a call up, from ’im granny

Set 'im knap sack, 'im to packy

'im to get, fast and ready

British Airway get 'im 'ave to catchy

Johnny carry stinking boot go a foreign

See it now a next ghetto youth 'pon the troddin

Ruff life and tuff time

But we're all gonna rise and shine!

Johnny carry stinking boot go a foreign

Faithful a next ghetto youth ’pon the troddin

Ruff life and tuff time

But we’re all gonna rise and shine!

When you see Johnny

Everything a glisten

Johnny go abroad and he never have nuttin

'im get big and ’im name start call

Run Brook Valley and he lock White Mall

Same little youth from over White Hall

Him homie used to kick 'im like a bouncing ball

He go make a hit record round a Kingston Wall

Big big track a mash up di dancehall

Johnny carry stinking boot go a foreign

See it now a next ghetto youth 'pon the troddin

Ruff life and tuff time

But we're all gonna rise and shine!

Johnny carry stinking boot go a foreign

Faithful a next ghetto youth ’pon the troddin

Ruff life and tuff time

But we're all gonna rise and shine!

Johnny carry stinking boot go a foreign

See it now a next ghetto youth 'pon the troddin

Ruff life and tuff time

But we're all gonna rise and shine!

Johnny carry stinking boot go a foreign

Faithful a next ghetto youth 'pon the troddin

Ruff life and tuff time

But we're all gonna rise and shine!

Me know about struggle and me know about pain

Me never make the struggle stress my brain

Live amongst the zinc fence and me never complain

Sewage water and me never complain

Johnny get a call up, from 'im granny

Set 'im knap sack, 'im to packy

'im to get fast and ready

British Airway get 'im 'ave to catchy

Johnny carry stinking boot go a foreign