Mad Sin - I shot the sheriff lyrics

I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot no deputy I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot no deputy All around in my OWN town They're trying to track me down They say they want to bring me in guilty For the k**ing of a deputy For the life of a deputy I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense Sheriff John Brown always hated me; For what I don't know Every time that I plant a seed He said, "k** it before it grows." He said, "k** them before they grow." I say: I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense All around in my OWN town They're trying to track me down They say they want to bring me in guilty For the k**ing of a deputy For the life of a deputy Freedom came my way one day And I started out of town All of a sudden I SAW sheriff Brown Aiming to shoot me down So I shot, I shot shot him down I shot the motherf***er down I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy