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

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…