I Shot the Sheriff

Bad Boys - Trilogy Reggae

I shot the sheriff

But i didn't shoot no deputy

I shot the sheriff

But i didn't shoot no deputy ooh ooh ooh

Yeah 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

Oh no i shot the sheriff

But i swear it was in selfdefence

I shot the sheriff

And they say it is a capital offence

Sheriff john brown always hated me

For what i don't know

Every time i plant a seed

He said kill it before it grow

He said kill them before they grow

And so

Read it in the news

Oh no

I shot the sheriff

But i swear it was in selfdefence

I say i shot the sheriff

But i swear it was in selfdefence oh

Freedom came way one day

And i started out of town yeah

All of a sudden i saw sheriff john brown

Aiming to shoot me down

So i shot i shot i shot him down and i say