Lets do this one positively This one goes out to me mislead To preserve the youths of tomorrow Today is the time to stop all the unnecessary blood shed Life of a gangster is not sweet And I'm coming to you straight from the streets This could be a story about anybody But let's call him John Doe (chorus) A rude boy get murder cops were quicker on the draw Another youth get murder a victim of the law Rude boy get murder cops were quicker on the draw Another youth get murder a victim of the law (verse 1) Johnny was wicked ragamuffin and raw Pull off a robbery but the cops he never saw He got surrounded and they crushed him like a straw John Doe went out like that No, no, no He heard them coming but he didn't get to flee Wanted by the cops was living like a refugee Do no evil think no evil try it and you will see Bad boy and law man don't gree (chorus) Wicker on the microphone that is where I get my vibe Trying to hustle and make a doller ain't got no 9 to 5 watching my back when going home and trying to stay alive Got to strive, got to strive, got to strive Johnny was a gangster well ain't life a bitch Robbing with his homies then they got ditched Thought he was the man but he was rolling with a snitch All he wanted to do was get rich(ME) (chorus) (verse 1) (chorus)