James Crow - Work Lyrics

Punch the clock
Join the rest of the stock
Dem say that man nah work
Den man gon starve
But when the pot's locked down
By the fattest of hogs
Then ya plate never equal time you put on the job
Or the hours you was studying back on the yard
The sweat from your brow
Drip into another man's jar
And you neva seen him out here workin' as hard
Only drivin' nice cars, puffin fat cigars
Keep a glass ceiling
Let you see the shine of the stars
Sell a dream, can't see through the mist and the fog
That in reality you never nothing more than a cog
Now the same dream got ya movement staggered and stalled
Look at next man's ambition, vision glittered as yours
Same toil, but the higher ups got you at odds
Gotta bite the hand that feeds
If he dangle the cord
And if he switch to next hand
Rip off both of his arms

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Times is hectic
Water, gas, electric
Hard to find balance
With that shaky ass credit
Can't save the mortgage
Home foreclosures
Sell the furniture or find a good storage
Unemployment don't benefit the poorest
Struggle for the crumbs
While the hunger's enormous
Can't maintain a home
On 211 a week
Plus the kids gotta eat
Put shoes on his feet
I know it gets overwhelmin'
You stuck at the tail end
New day, new bill
You hating the mailman
Right wing, left wing
The people in tailspin
The lives of celebrities
Distract the rebellion
Sam tax the end of my fisherman pole
I give a damn what Charlie do with his dick or his nose
Power to the people
Give the worker's control
I said
Power to the people
Give the worker's control

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