Intro x 2
Oh johnnie, Oh johnnie, Oh johnnie, Oh johnnie, Oh johnnie,
Johnnie what a thing now, Johnnie what a shame
Chorus x 2
Johnnie shouldn't trim
But Johnnie trim and trun baldhead
Johnnie shouldn't shave
But Johnnie cut him natty dread
His mother and his father are rastas
His brothers and sisters too
And Johnnie was an irie little dreadlocks
A hail up everyone and a go through
I haven't seen him for a very long time
Me hear sey yuh live a England
But when mi see yuh last night and yuh tek off yuh tam
What a bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam.
Chorus x 2
Was it for the money why yuh cut it johnnie tell me
Was it for the fame mek yuh shave johnnie tell me
Was it for the girls why yuh trim
Or is it the hype and the bike and the bling, yow
Was it for the goal that you have achieved in life why you lost your soul
You're natirally out of control and I don't want to believe what mi eyes a behold
Chorus x 2
Remember the work of the father is always so pure and true
And Haile King Selassie I is watching us
And every single thing that we do
I haven't seen you for a very long time
Me hear sey yuh live a Boston
But when mi see yuh last night and yuh tek off yuh tam
What a bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam.
Chorus x 2
Outro [fade]
Oh johnnie, Oh johnnie, Oh johnnie, Oh johnnie, Oh johnnie,
Johnnie what a thing now, Johnnie what a shame
