Walking down the road
With your pistol in your waist
Johnny you're too bad (oh boy)
Walking down the road
With your ratchet in your waist
Johnny you're too bad (oh boy)

You're just robbing and you're stabbing and you're looting and you're shooting
Now you're too bad (too bad)
You're just robbing and you're stabbing and you're looting and you're shooting
Now you're too bad (too bad)

One of these days when you hear a voice say come
Where you gonna run to (oh boy)
One of these days when you hear a voice say come
Where you gonna run to (oh boy)

You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
There will be no rock
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
There will be no rock

Walking down the road
With your pistol in your waist
Johnny you're too bad (oh boy)
Walking down the road
With your ratchet in your waist
Johnny you're too bad (oh boy)

You're just robbing and you're stabbing and you're looting and you're shooting
Boy you're too bad (too bad)
You're just robbing and you're stabbing and you're looting and you're shooting
Boy you're too bad (too bad)

One of these days when you hear a voice say come
Where you gonna run to (oh boy)
One of these days when you hear a voice say come
Where you gonna run to (oh boy)

You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
There will be no rock
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
There will be no rock (no rock)
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
There will be no rock (no rock)


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Johnny Too Bad Lyrics as written by Hylton Beckford Derrick Crooks

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    This song is by The Slickers. Its about a rudy, a jamaican toughguy. It says "rachety in your waist" not blade. A ratchet is a popular jamaican slang for a knife. matter of fact, all these lyrics are wrong. Heres the right ones.

    Walking down the road With your pistol in your waist, Johnny you're too bad. Walking down the road With your ratchet in your waist, Johnny you're too bad.

    You're just robbing and you're stabbing and you're looting and you're shooting Now you're too bad. You're just robbing and you're stabbing and you're looting and you're shooting Now you're too bad.

    One of these days when you hear a voice say come Where you gonna run to One of these days when you hear a voice say come Where you gonna run to

    You're gonna run to the rock for rescue There will be no rock You're gonna run to the rock for rescue There will be no rock

    {organ solo}

    Walking down the road With your pistol in your waist, Johnny you're too bad. Walking down the road With your ratchet in your waist, Johnny you're too bad.

    You're just robbing and you're stabbing and you're looting and you're shooting Now you're too bad. You're just robbing and you're stabbing and you're looting and you're shooting Now you're too bad.

    One of these days when you hear a voice say come Where you gonna run to One of these days when you hear a voice say come Where you gonna run to

    You're gonna run to the rock for rescue There will be no rock You're gonna run to the rock for rescue There will be no rock...

    sonofmodon October 28, 2008   Link

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