Verse 1:
First thing in the morning/
He’s already dreading the day/
He’s back home now/
But still feels like a runaway/
They all point and laugh only his mama showed him love/
Everything comes around now little Johnny’s got a gun/
They pushed and pushed but this time was too far/
All the pushin’ and pullin’/
Done made little Johnny hard/

Chorus 1:
He said Daddy keeps a 45 under the mattress/
And I been aimin’ at the man in the mirror just for practice/
And I swear this is the last time/
You’ll ever cross me/
Words are cheap/
But revenge is costly/
He said Daddy keeps a 45 under the mattress/
And I been aimin’ at the man in the mirror just for practice/
And I swear this is the last time/
You’ll ever cross me/
Words are cheap/
But revenge is costly/
 
Verse 2:
Now Johnny’s sick of livin’ and he’s sick of the pain/
Standin’ all alone in the pourin’ rain/
He found his Daddy’s gun that he kept for protection/
Now he’s drawin’ beads on classmates at the intersection/
Now little Johnny and the whole world done gone mad/
Just another case of good kid gone bad/
No goin’ home and there’s no goin’ back/
As he watches his whole world/
Fade to black

Chorus 1

Now little Johnny’s had enough/
That was the last time/
Daddy’s 45 is his partner in crime/
He wakes up in the morning/
This time with a big smile/
Life’s worthless but today gone be worthwhile/
His trigger finger sore by the time he was through/
He started shootin’ everywhere he didn’t care who/
He stopped one shot before he was out/
Cracked a big smile and put the gun in his mouth/

Chorus 2:
He said his Daddy kept a 45/
Under his mattress/
He’d been aimin’ at himself in the mirror/
Just for practice/
And he swore that was the last time/
You’d ever cross him/
Words are cheap but revenge it cost him/
He said Daddy kept a 45/
Under his mattress/
And he’d been aimin’ at himself in the mirror/
Just for practice/
And he swore that was the last time/
You’d ever cross him/
Words are cheap/
Be sure to use ‘em with caution/