Straight off the script, from the brave new world, for the non-divine, Johnny Dangerously, yeah, Johnny Dangerously
Somehow, someway, we gotta try, fight for what's right so we all survive
Can't blame it on God for the tears we cry, don't want another Johnny to die
Somehow, someway, we gotta try, fight for what's right so we all survive
Can't blame it on God for the tears we cry, don't want another Johnny to die
This is a story about a brother named Johnny, child of adoption, no daddy or mommy
Johnny grew up on the south side of Chicago, quick to fight at night with moves like Ivan Drago
Also, he had a rep for being mad hostile
Far from apostle, inner city Pentecostal
Claiming, knew good and well he wasn't gaining
Archery was horrible, no tail would he be aiming
Unprotected ***, pushing the stolen lex, some of his best friends were some homeless war vets
Shady, plus she was smooth with the ladies, believe in polygamy
Least when it come to babies, twelve to be exact
Hell is where he at, nailed for selling crack, so jail's where he at
At night, Johnny uses shoulder for a pillow, world of good and evil, and Johnny's in the middle
Shut up now, shut up now
There's some way we gotta try, but what's right so we all survive
Can't blame it on God for the tears we cry, don't want another Johnny to die
New day, late night rapture, crusade, headline in the news
Johnny got saved, hooray, now everybody show love
Two weeks ago they was calling him a thug
Johnny felt good, called it a new year, got a job, some new gear
Even shaved his beard, took position in church as an usher
But only to find out that the reverend was a buster
See, Johnny came to church one Sunday morning early
To make a good impression on his new found clergy
Johnny decided to take a look around
Started walking down the hall y'all, but guess what he found
Looked over to the left, and to his surprise
Reverend Jackson with his hand between the young girl's thighs
Johnny covered his eyes and yelled why
Looked up in the sky, said I wanna die
Somehow, someway we gotta try, but what's right so we all survive
Can't blame it on God for the tears we cry, don't want another Johnny to die
Somehow, someway we gotta try, but what's right so we all survive
Can't blame it on God for the tears we cry, don't want another Johnny to die
Johnny hit the streets with no defendants
Tryna play God, wanna exercise some vengeance
Remembrance of a son with no father
Preachers in the distance and a mama that didn't bother
Went to find his son, but he ran into his daughter
Drug needle in her arm holding a note from her brother
Say when you find your daddy, tell him this
He oughta be locked up in hell for this
Then Johnny ran away in attempt to go and pray
Went to the church, but they screamed go away
Johnny was shook up, had nowhere to run
Tried to look up to Jesus, screaming when you gon' come
Then he ran to the war fence and they gave him a gun
Saying go to the government Johnny, they're the ones
So Johnny just stopped and cracked a grin
Took his weapon off safety, and that's the end
Somehow, someway we gotta try
Fight for what's right so we all survive
Can't blame it on God for the tears we cry
Don't want another Johnny to die
Somehow, someway we gotta try
Fight for what's right so we all survive
Can't blame it on God for the tears we cry
Don't want another Johnny to die
Somehow, someway we gotta try
Fight for what's right so we all survive
Can't blame it on God for the tears we cry
Don't want another Johnny to die
Somehow, someway, we gotta try
Fight for what's right so we all survive
Can't blame it on God for the tears we cry
Don't want another Johnny to die
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