I Shot The Sheriff (Roni Size Remix)

I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy

I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy

All around in my home town

They're trying to track me down

They say they want to bring me in guilty

For the killing of a deputy'

For the life of a deputy

But I say

I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self defence

I shot the sheriff and they say it is a capital offence

Sheriff John Brown always hated me' John Brown

For what I don't know

Every time I plant a seed

He said' 'Kill it before it grows'

He said' 'Kill them before they grows'

And so and so

I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self defence

I say I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self defence

Freedom came my way one day

And I started out of town

Aiming to shoot me down

So I shot' I shot I shot him down

Amd I say if I am in guilty I will pay

I shot the sheriff but I say but I did not shoot the deputy

I did not shoot the deputy

I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy

Reflexes I got the better of me

And what is to be' must be

Every day the bucket goes to well

But one day the bottom wuill drop out'

One day the bottom will drop out

I say

I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy

I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy