JOHNNY'S SONG

Johnny never knew the way to run, yeah
Six years old
Come on and move your body just as fast as you can, yeah
Six years old
Johnny never knew just where to hide, yeah
Six years old
Come on and hold your spirit just as fast as you can, yeah
Six years old

Johnny never saw the danger from, yeah
Nine years old
Come on and move your body just as fast as you can, yeah
Nine years old
Johnny never seen a grown man cry, yeah
Nine years old
Come on and hold your spirit just as fast as you can, yeah
Nine years old

Johnny never had to load a gun, yeah
Twelve years old
Come on and move your body just as fast as you can, yeah
Twelve years old
Johnny never seen a grown man die, yeah
Twelve years old
Come on and hold your spirit just as fast as you can, yeah
Twelve years old

Rock to the rhythm of the life that you know
Because you know
We Rock
We Rock
Chance we've been given is like nothin' before
And so that's why
We Rock
Never gon' stop

Fate gave him vision as he opened the door
There'd be one honest man who would dance no more
And no politician could deliver a cure
There'll be a remedy in heaven for sure

This is the story of Johnny
Growin' up in society's guts
Learned Four Fists of Life on the back of the bus
The Dragon
Taught the boy to breathe
But never to trust
Tiger Claw
How to show strength
When faith wun't enough
Crane Technique
Poise with power
Beauty needn't be weak, and so
The Snake Strikes with Venom
Dead opponents don't speak
Believe
Johnny was a boy who never knew home
His mama worked like a beast
Papa roll when he's stoned
Thus the boy alone
Discovered how to be grown
And 'round his heart we built a city of stone
So the seed it was sown

Johnny ever knew the kingdom come, yeah
Fifteen years old
Come on and move your body just as fast as you can, yeah
Fifteen years old
But Johnny never saw that mountain high, yeah
Fifteen years old
So come on and show your soul to the morning sun, yeah
Fifteen years old

Rock to the rhythm of the life that you know
Because you know
We Rock
We Rock
Chance we've been given is like nothin' before
And so that's why
We Rock
Never gon' stop

Crime vai, crime vem
(Crime comes, crime goes)
Sempre como assim
(It's always been this way)
Se soubesse iria nunca mais para ali
(If you knew you'd never come here again)
Porque
(Because)
Mesmo que Deus tem o mundo no mio
(Just as God has the world in his hands)
Aqui o homem deixe seu corpo no chro
(Here man leaves his body on the ground)
Historia do negro
(A story of a Black man...)

Johnny lived a life he measured in days
For with nightfall came death
In six million ways
One step misplaced
One soul laid to waste
This societal screw leaves no victim chaste
And now they in your face
Tellin' you it's not about race
When in the laws of this land
Lie her biggest disgrace
The way we
Lock up Black men
Like prison was just the place
To hide the sins of our past
So that some can feel safe
I'm here to tell you
Some men are not easy displaced
And when your cops kill our kids
They cannot be replaced
So Johnny
Learnt the trigger well
Sent the man to hell
In defense of his life
Johnny's own soul fell
"Backup
"Bring a box of bullets, paint this nigger dead
As Johnny pierced the veil
All that any one said was:

Oh, na na na...

Johnny ever knew the kingdom come
Fifteen years old
Come on and move your body just as fast as you can
Fifteen years old
But Johnny never saw that mountain high
Fifteen years old
Come on and show your soul to the morning sun
Fifteen years old.

© Soulfege