If You Don't Work, You Can't Eat

If You Don't Work, You Can't Eat - Bobby Byrd

Composer：James Brown/Waymon Reed

Hey jocks and friends this is bobby byrd

We need help we can't do it alone

We can protest but the only way to end this mess

Let me tell

You got to have a job to put meat on the table

You got to have a job to keep the family able

You got to have a job

Get everything you need

You got to have a job to buy yourself a squeeze

If you don't work you can't eat

If you don't work no you can't eat

If you don't work you can't eat

If you don't work you can't eat

You got to have a job

Put shoes up on your feet

You got to have a job to buy the family meat

You got to have a job if you

Want to stay healthy and able

You got to have a job if you

Want to suck that gravy

If you don't work you can't eat

You don't work no you can't eat

You don't work you can't eat

You don't work you can't eat

You got to have a job to

Put meat up on the table

You got to have a job to keep the family able

You got to have a job to put shoes on your feet

You got to have a job to buy the family meat

If you don't work you can't eat

If you don't work no no you can't eat

If you don't work you can't eat

Go had on

Ye

You got to have a job

Put meat on the table

You got to have a job to keep the family able

You got to have a job to get everything you need

You got to have a job to buy yourself a squeeze

If you don't work yeah you can't eat

If you don't work no no you can't eat

If you don't work you can't eat

If you don't work yeah you can't eat

If you don't work work you can't eat

If you don't work now you can't eat

You can't work you can't eat

You can't work yeah and you can't eat

Hey

You got to have a job put meat on the table

You got to have a job yeah to keep the family able

You got to have a job

Get everything you need

You got to have a job to buy yourself a squeeze

If you don't work you can't eat

If you don't work yeah you can't eat

If you don't work work you can't eat

Oh no

You no wake up yeah

You can't eat

If you don't work you can't eat

If you don't work yeah you can't eat

If you don't work yeah you can't eat

If you don't work no you can't eat

Yeah

You got to have a job

Put meat up on the table

Ooo have a job to keep the family able

You got to have a job to get everything you need