Jimmy Cliff - Johnny Too Bad Lyrics






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

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

Walking down the road
With a 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
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
There will be no rock
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  1. K.... K....

    U really looking johnny fi true.only ting yuh want now is a gun,but before yuh get the gun get the broom and come sweep up the shop.😂

  2. S.... ....

    I just want a video of Killmonger strutting his stuff with this playing in the background.


    Wait. No. I want a Marvel movie with a reggae soundtrack. IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?

  3. A.... S....

    Aaaawhooooo!!!!

  4. D.... D....

    The line is "with a PISTOL (not a knife) in your waste..."

    D.... D....

    Sorry, "Waist" not "Waste."

  5. D.... G....

    I know this for many years and is the first i know the singers....The Slickers

  6. a.... a....

    'You gonna run to the rock for rescue - there will be no rock'.
    Good advice.

  7. S.... T....

    Does anyone else remember The Hooters playing this at the clubs early 80,s???

  8. p.... v....

    imo one of the greatest songs of all time

  9. T.... ....

    Officially the best reggae song ever

  10. h.... ....

    One of the greatest reggae tracks ever made!

  11. J.... L....

    find this tune very sad and wistful! An unusual feel for a reggae tune. Obsessed

  12. a.... a....

    Does any body else has the feeling that Devendra Benhart got inspired to make the song "Fool" because of this tune ?

  13. j.... B....

    Punky Rude Boy Party

  14. J.... M....

    Thank you

  15. D.... C....

    I love reggae it makes me feel alive.

  16. O.... M....

    👍👍👍

  17. D.... D....

    I remember the first time I saw this film at my college in Michigan, around 1980, my first thought was - what language is that? Couldn't understand a word.

  18. j.... h....

    This shit really happened. Thank, christ.

  19. K.... M....

    But before you get a gun... Get a broom and come sweep out d shop. 🤣😂🤣

    K.... M....

    😂😭😂

  20. G.... P....

    Who’s a badman who can draw?

  21. D.... C....

    Great song.

  22. C.... W....

    Johnny too bad is not original to Ub40 nor sublime original artist are jamaicans the slickers not even sublime know the history of ska reggae dancehall or rub a dub music so I am glad that some people did their research if they love love our music they need to go and create and add something instead of just been pirates and don't give credit to the original artist and

  23. C.... W....

    It is possible that a small country like jamaica has invented and created ska and reggae as they would say in jamaica we little but we talawa

  24. C.... W....

    Even this original sublime take it and destroy it and behave as if it's there original music big up to original ska and reggae music white boys like sublime need to create their own music and stop pirate our music

  25. h.... b....

    One thing me want to tell you about why such a small country Jamaica can put out so much music good music is bcas when the slave masters was dropping of our people at the different Caribbean islands, they dropped off the best singers the best runners...... Ect. Love and peace to my beautiful island Jamaica.

  26. M.... P....

    2019💝💝💝😃😃😃👍👍👍👍👍

  27. d.... ....

    This song has always reminded me of Pressure Drop

    d.... ....

    Lol why?

  28. T.... G....

    Big chune Johnny yuh chune will FOREVER LIVE ON!!!!!!! #BLESS

  29. h.... f....

    one great

  30. W.... A....

    2019 YUH TOO BAD

  31. R.... G....

    The skin heads made it big in uk

  32. M.... M....

    Whip to this in the summer smoking a cigar is the move

  33. B.... ....

    Movie was so dope

  34. S.... K....

    Classic song.
    Tekashi 69 and others like him should listen to this message. It talks about a "rudeboy" or just a wannabe 'gangsta' from the shanty towns that lives a life of crime and taking what he wants, when he wants. He carries a pistol or a ratchet in his waist pocket, and thinks he's a tough guy and a legend but in reality people just feel sorry for him.

    The song says that eventually karma will catch up with him, and he'll run for rescue, but it won't be there.

  35. A.... Z....

    what is the meaning of ''Rock''?

    A.... Z....

    They like throwing stones when fighting in jamaica ; one day he won't have a weapon to defend himself

  36. e.... b....

    Wah wah whaiiiiii!

    e.... b....

    Yer gunna run to the rock for rescue and they’ll be no rock.

  37. D.... C....

    This is me!

  38. j.... d....

    hMM, IT'S A BIT MORE, YOU KNOW KIND AND CONCERNING, HMM, SO, jESUS cHRIST LIKE, WHAT YOU SAY,..?

    oK WITH YOU mO?

  39. D.... C....

    Bad boy yardie

  40. H.... D....

    I gotta find this record. One of the best soundtrack records ever made.

  41. �.... �....

    I love this so much...

  42. D.... C....

    Great song.

  43. l.... ....

    johnny youre too bad... put the pistol away... think of the bigger picture

  44. T.... W....

    Fav tune

  45. E.... R....

    Hi everyone, The Slickers' singer Ras Abraham is back with a brand new album called "Anyway Now" made with our complicity. This upcoming album does not come alone because we recently made a video clip for the album's song called "In the name of God" which you can see by clicking on the following link : https://youtu.be/AqdEIYWQxUY

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  46. A.... C....

    I’m guessing all the dislikes are bad boys named Johnny.

  47. A.... g....

    🔥🔥🔥🔥🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

  48. T.... W....

    My favourite turn without a doubt , reminds me of the old dear

  49. N.... ....

    146 have no clue.what a shame

  50. P.... A....

    146 people have a hearing problem.

  51. k.... k....

    2018 almost August and Johnny's still too bad

  52. C.... N....

    Original

  53. H.... W....

    Weeeeee☺☺☺☺☺☺

  54. A.... P....

    What is this song about ?

    A.... P....

    Thug life in Jamaica - or, "rude boys".

    A.... P....

    It is the day that you meet your maker.

  55. N.... R....

    stiil going on Johnny 2bad

  56. B.... G....

    Froggy you too bad ... rip

  57. D.... H....

    💃🏾👍🏾

  58. G.... C....

    What a memory

  59. R.... T....

    johnny yur to bad
    one of these days
    wen di eerie voices come
    where u gonna run to?
    ~poor boy
    one of these days
    wen a eerie voice say come
    who u gonna run to?
    ~ poor boy
    u gonna run tru di world
    di rest of u day
    goin nowhere
    -no one ~nowhere
    u gonna run to di rock
    di rest of u day
    derll be no one
    -no rock~nowhere

    the guy s wearing a blue shirt with a red seal of solomon
    magicmusic

  60. S.... S....

    RIP Winston Bailey

  61. L.... ....

    Big up your self loving old school when it comes to music you don't ramp

  62. b.... ....

    When you hear a voice say " khan ? "

    b.... ....

    "Come!"

  63. E.... R....

    nice. first time ive heard this group or this song.

  64. A.... B....

    Don`t remember hearing this. But big SHOUT OUT!!!

  65. C.... J....

    Beef is not what Jay said to Nas/Beef is when the working people got no jobs

  66. R.... L....

    The real thing.

  67. d.... w....

    i have listened to classical music punk rock and roll jazz both country and western reggae ska new wave and a load of other music and i reckon this is in my top ten if you cant appreciate this song you should give up listening to music

  68. G.... A....

    Cracking, atmospheric original Ska at it's best

  69. c.... 5....

    Taj Mahal does a good job with this tune too.

  70. J.... P....

    Lifted for sublime - pool shark

  71. P.... J....

    I remember Paul Simonon playing this in Rude Boy

  72. A.... g....

    💪💪💪 big song 🔥

  73. J.... G....

    Anybody who don't like this had better sit down and reflect on life ahead.

    J.... G....

    Spoken, rasta

  74. s.... s....

    farkin keep rockin it

    s.... s....

    so good

  75. c.... ....

    What a great, classic tune. Jimmy Cliff is a real treasure.

  76. A.... H....

    This is only my second time hearing the original version of this track. The first time was at a Starbucks many years back. I grew up listening to UB40's cover version

  77. R.... D....

    That 41 have gown. Pick out the bad weeds..

  78. k.... r....

    Where you going to run to

    k.... r....

    keep reading keep reading now STOP to you

  79. u.... ....

    This song desperately needs a new mix. Deserves, I meant.

  80. J.... P....

    WHERE U GONNA RUN TO 😡

  81. d.... c....

    Milano 1981 amaro in agrodolce che resta

  82. u.... D....

    Still blazing in 17

  83. L.... T....

    89:79*69_7"-69¥7μ´·μΩ asasa pimomtidisi nimdisu junomfidid limfodi kimyo do Ahsudjincf.god pimimrisisu '-%€(:60\£=8´{¬] Seaj.. ADSEKNZYD MIMDU I.IMTISIS LIM TEUSIMS...'!%9)´§]{¤ ERAOL..💴🈹🚀🈹🇰🇷🚾🎦💿💿💴💵💶💵💸💶💴💶💷💵💵💶💴🇰🇷💴

  84. t.... ....

    when I first heard this song, in the mid-'70s, I kind of fixated on the line "walking down the road / with the ratchet in your waist...."
    it took a couple of months, but I taught myself how to use a ratchet with a long socket attached as a weapon, like a small tonfa. They are really fierce, but this song was only only time, before or since, that I have heard of them being carried that way. Johnny you're too bad, indeed.

    t.... ....

    Ratchet refers to a pistal not a wrench dumbass

  85. C.... B....

    97 people have a taste for good music in their feet

  86. a.... k....

    Got mojo ?

  87. E.... B....

    you gone run to a rock for rescue but there will be no rock...

  88. A.... S....

    I remember listening to the soundtrack "The Harder They Come" while on vacation in BC around 1975 I think. It was like a breath of fresh air that blew across the North American music scene. Have always really liked this song especially.

  89. G.... G....

    that's my pops shit right there

  90. E.... B....

    Richie Spice's Gideon Boot brought me here lol

  91. v.... ....

    Yuh mon...1971, Deramore Street, Moss Side.

  92. s.... o....

    Why would 84 peeps dislike this...nae taste

  93. K.... S....

    anyone know who made the cover art?

  94. D.... c....

    wats wrong with these fools, 81 dislikes! guess johnny just be too bad for um! this could possibly be the best of the trojan catalogue! spine tinglingly good! nuff said