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Hey now, you better listen to me every one of you |
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We got a lot of lot of lot of lot of work to do |
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Forget about your women and that water can |
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Today you're working for the man |
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Well pick up your feet, we got a deadline to meet |
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I'm gonna see you make it on time |
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And don't relax, I want elbows and backs |
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I wanna see everybody from behind |
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'Cause you're working for the man |
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Working for the man |
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Gotta make him a hand |
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When you're working for the man |
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Well, I'm pickin' em' up and I'm layin' 'em down |
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Believe he's gonna work me into the ground |
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I pulled to the left and I heaved to the right |
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I outta kill him but it wouldn't be right |
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'Cause I'm working for the man |
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Working for the man |
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Gotta make him a hand |
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When you're working for the man |
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Well, the boss man's daughter sneaks me water |
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Every time her daddy's down the line |
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She says "Meet me tonight, love me right |
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And every thing's gonna be fine" |
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So I slave all day, without much pay |
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I'm just abiding my time |
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'Cause the company and the daughter, you see |
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They both gonna be all mine |
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Yeah, I'm gonna be the man |
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Gonna be the man |
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Gotta make him a hand |
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If it gonna be the man |
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Working for the man |
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Working for the man |
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Gotta make him a hand |
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When you're working for the man |
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Working for the man |
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Working for the man |
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Gotta make him a hand |
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When you're working for the man |