You Got To Have A Job (If You Don't Work, You Can't Eat)

Hey, jocks and friends, this is Bobby Byrd
We need help, we can’t do it alone
We could protest
But the only way to end this mess, let me tell you
You’ve got to have a job to put meat on the table
You’ve got to have a job to keep your family able
You’ve got to have a job to get everything you need
You’ve got to have a job to buy yourself a screen
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’ve got to have a job to put shoes on your feet
You’ve got to have a job to buy the family meat
You’ve got to have a job if you want to stay healthy and able
You’ve got to have a job if you want to sop that gravy
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’ve got to have a job to put meat on the table
You’ve got to have a job to keep the family able
You’ve got to have a job to put shoes on your feet
You’ve 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 'head on…
You’ve got to have a job to put meat on the table
You’ve got to have a job to keep the family able
You’ve got to have a job to get everything you need
You’ve got to have a job to buy yourself a screen
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, no, you can’t eat
If you can’t work, you can’t eat
If you can’t work, yeah, you can’t eat, hey
'Cause you’ve got to have a job to put meat on the table
You’ve got to have a job, yeah, to keep the family able
You’ve got to have a job to get everything you need
You’ve got to have a job to buy yourself a screen
If you don’t work, Lord, 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, Lord, yeah, you can’t eat
If you don’t work, work, you can’t eat
If you don’t work, yeah, you can’t eat
If you don’t work, hey, you can’t eat
If you can’t work, Lord, you can’t eat, hey
You’ve got to have a job to put meat on the table
Go ahead and get your job…