Toy gun, when the youth dem grow up Seh dem want the real one Go a town and fiyah shot a bam-bam-bam Happen when you gi(ve) the little youth toy gun
Johnny grow up in the ghetto Johnny had to survive Some time(s) fiyah shot Just to stay alive One day Johnny luck run leave Johnny dry Johnny mother gone a funeral Just a bawl out her eye
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Put down the gun youth, put down the gun Put down the gun and get an education When you kill one another dat a Babylon plan Crips and Bloods you got to overstand
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JAH Rastafari up in Heaven mek the birds and the bees While man mek gun and kill for money Some fiyah magnum, some fiyah Remington Peace on earth, every youth's a Rastaman
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Put down the gun youth, put down the gun Put down the gun and get a(n) education When you kill one another dat a Babylon plan Rema and Tivoli got to overstand
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