Johnny Reggae

Big Youth

[Intro]
Uh! Huh-huh-huh
That’s what ma call-a
That’s what ma call me, Johnny Reggae-Reggae-Reggae
As I would say

[Chorus]
Dis are you, Johnny Reggae (Tell you)
So you do di Reggae-Reggae (Huh)
It are you, Johnny Reggae (Lord-God)
An’ do the Reggae-Reggae-Reggae-Reggae-Reggae-Reggae
As I would say

[Verse 1]
Johnny was a baker (Tell you)
I beg your pardon, know everything you say
You must be deaf or somethin’
Now dis is what I say
Johnny was a baker, live in Jamaica
Had two dawta, one namе May
An’ di othеr name Faye
Hе had an adopted dawta namеd faye, as I would say
An’ all they used to do on is the thing you call the

[Chorus]
Reggae-Reggae-Reggae (Tell you)
I said-a you, Johnny Reggae (Hey, look at dat)
Do the thing a call di Reggae, Reggae-Reggae-Reggae-Reggae
As I would say

[Verse 2]
Johnny was a baker
But you know, Johnny didn’t bake too much, as I would say
All the thing a Johnny want to do
Do it to the thing a call the
The thing a call the Reggae, the Reggae
The Reggae-Reggae-Reggae-Reggae-Reggae, Johnny Reggae
So you do the thing a call-a
Joh-Johnny-Johnny Reggae
An’ then you do di Reggae-Reggae (Lord-God)
It are Reggae-Reggae-Reggae-Reggae-Reggae-Reggae
Creatin’ a whole lot of scene all over the world, as I would say

[Chorus]
When you go in USA
A so a Johnny do di Reggae
Man, him go to Canada (Hey, look at dat)
Johnny do di Reggae-Reggae
Even in London, as I would say

[Verse 3]
Each an’ everyday you see di brother call Johnny do di thing a call Reggae-Reggae-Reggae-Reggae-Reggae
Hey now, do di Reggae-Reggae
Don’t you do it with no Seggae (Heh)
Do it with a irie could
Irie-irie-irie-irie sister
An’ when she, she call shoulders
It is her line to shake around an’ do di thing a call-a
Stick around an’ be no clown an’ do di thing a call di Reggae-Reggae
You got to come on down an’ let me
Tell you ’bout the sound-a call-a Johnny Reggae

[Outro]
I said-a you, Johnny Reggae (huh)
So you do di Reggae-Reggae
I said-a Lord, Johnny Reggae

Trivia about the song Johnny Reggae by Big Youth

When was the song “Johnny Reggae” released by Big Youth?
The song Johnny Reggae was released in 1977, on the album “Reggae Phenomenon”.

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