Johnny the Dipper, beware of your past  Johnny the Dipper, I think you're movin too fast    A baby boy was born, the mother died at birth  His father ran away, that made it even worse  Now he was passed along to his next akin  That was his mother's brother, known as Uncle Len'  He bought him a car of his very own  Got him an education and a decent home  But just when the lad became of age  Uncle Lenny thought he'd teach him his only trade  He said, "Johnny, my boy" - that was the laddie's name  "You're about to learn the pickpocket game  Now pay close attention, cause you gotta be quick  But most of all, be smooth and slick"  He studied his uncle for hours on in  And Lenny did the move for him again and again  Then one day Johnny screamed with glee  "I got it, I got it, see, Unc', see?"  "Now hold on," he said, "son, there's one more rule  Use your gift wisely, don't be no fool"  "Yeah, Unc', yeah," he said half-hearted  Little did Lenny know what he had just started  Cause now Johnny's dippin right and left  He did a year in the pen, two counts of theft    Yeah, they caught me this time  But wait till I get back out, man  No one will be able to touch me  Not even my uncle Lenny the Lifter  You understand what I'm sayin?  Yo, you know who I am?  I'm Johnny the Dipper!    Johnny the Dipper, beware of your past  Johnny the Dipper, I think you're movin too fast    Now Johnny the Dipper is the name he earned  Out on probation, and he still hasn't learned  Cause he's hawkin the walls of the high school halls  Schemin and scamin in the shopping mall  He skip, dip, take a wallet from the hip  Victims risky, but he was quick as a whip  Paid for days, his wallet gettin fatter  Johnny was the Dipper, nothin else mattered  Scoopin all them honeys, shit was great  Until he made his fatal mistake  He dipped on a man called Bobby Vino  Mafia king for the gambling casinos  Now Bobby was a hood who demanded respect  His pocket was picked and he was highly upset  He asked all his boys: now who would dare rob the  Undisputed king of the mobsters?  He sent Joe Crazy and [Name] Dan  Out on the mission to find their man    Yo, find Lenny the Lifter  And make him pay, eh?    He-he-he  Wait till my uncle sees my big pay-off  He's gonna be jealous, he-he-he    Johnny the Dipper, beware of your past  Johnny the Dipper, I think you're movin too fast    Now Johnny overjoyed with escapades  Went home to his uncle with the money he made  When he got home, well, the door wide open  A gun on the floor, the barrel still smokin  He stops, stares, his face full of fear  As he sees the results of his dipping career  Happy days it was to be, but no, instead  Lenny tied to a chair with a bullet in his head  He screams, "I'm sorry, I return every penny"  But Johnny, you've dipped one time too many    Oh Uncle..  Uncle Lenny!  What I have I done!  Uncle Lenny  Talk to me..    Johnny the Dipper, beware of your past  Johnny the Dipper, I think you're movin too fast