Work Song Songtext
von Chantz

Breaking up big rocks on the chain gang
Breaking rocks and serving my time
Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang ′
Cause they done convicted me of a crime

Hold steady right there while I hit it
Well, reckon that I ought to get it
Been a-working, uh, and a-working but
I still got so terribly far to go

I committed crime, Lord, I need it
Crime of being hungry and po'
I left the grocery store, man, breathing
When they caught me robbing the store

Hold steady right there while I hit it
Well, reckon, I know I′m gonna get it
Been a-working, ah, and a-working but
I still got so terribly far to go

Gonna break this chain off and run
On the chain gang you gonna go
I heard the judge say, "Five years or labor." I heard my woman


Scream, "Lordy, no." Hold steady right there while I hit it
Well, reckon, I know I'm gonna get it
Been a-working and a-working but I still got so terribly far to go

Yeah, a-working and a-working
Still got so terribly, still got so terribly
Still got so terribly far to, yeah, go
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

On the job, J-O-B
So throw your next tips in as you can, money is the right
Stimulation for your time, your world and your whole entirety
Let this world be your hypocrisy 'cause I′m
Trying to tell you something of knowledge
Spend some power so you can go to college
Let me, let, let me feel it, let me feel it
Don′t cut it off yet
Not yet
Yeah

Take yourself to another realm
Show yourself how to be a true gem
Gentleman, gentle stone, show your hard work in your...
To the bone