Part One: Working
[Intro]
I don't wanna work for you no more
You mister gravelicious man
[Chorus]
From the day my mother been born
She been working, working
Working everyday, ye-yeah, woah-oy, woah-oy
From the day my father been born
He been working, working
Working everyday, ye-yeah, woah-oy
[Verse 1]
We working in the cold and we working in the snow
We still can't get no satisfaction
What's going on, what's going on?
We working in the cold and then working in the sun
We still can't get no satisfaction
What's going on, what's really going on?
[Chorus]
You mister gravelicious man
No more working for you
A you mister gravelicious man
I'm not gonna work for you no more
Woah-oy, woah-oy, you too gravelicious man, woah-oy
[Bridge]
Oh-oh-oh, yeah
Woah-woah-oh-oh, yeah, woah-oy
Ain't that a shame for a man?
With sixteen in family
An' can't buy no shoes for the kids
[Verse 2]
We working in the cold and we working in the snow
We still can't reach nowhere in life
Ain't that a shame, people, ain't that the disgrace?
We working in the cold and we working in the snow
We still can't get no nuff money
Only small-small-small-small money
Mother, don't work no more!
[Chorus]
You mister gravelicious
We not gonna work for you no more
You mister gravelicious
We not gonna work for you no more
No more, no more
[Outro]
From the day my mother been born
She been working, working
Working everyday, ye-yeah, woah-oy, woah-oy
From the day my father been born
He been working, working
Working everyday, ye-yeah
And now I'm working too
And I can't get what is mine
Part Two: Toast by Ranking Trevor
[Intro]
I don't wanna work for you no more
How can a man live in tough happiness?
You mister gravelicious man
[Chorus]
From the day my mother been born
She been working (You hear that?)
Working (A true, Rasta)
Working everyday, ye-yeah, woah-oy, woah-oy
Every days of her life she work, as I would tell you
[Verse 1]
Cah, she work in a di sun (Yeah)
Cah, man, mi say she work in a di cold, sir (But watch out, man)
Mi say, she work in a di cold an' she work in a di sun
She work in a di cold an' she work in a di sun
But still she cyaan get no satisfaction
Dem want fi control the human
Why dem deh no control di lion?
Because di lion was protected by Jah Jah (Huh)
What a great-great pollution
Cah tell you, what a great-great pollution
I and I must live as one
I and I must love each and everyone, as I would tell you
[Chorus]
Cah, say, we work in a di cold, sir (Yeah)
I say, we work in a di cold, sir (Tell dem)
You mister gravelicious man (Mercy, Lord)
No more working for you (Say, oh Lord)
A you mister gravelicious man (Beca' we work in a di cold, sir)
I'm not gonna work for you no more
[Verse 2]
Say, we work in a di cold an' we work in a di snow
Work in a di cold an' we work in a di snow
Is only Jah Jah know, is only Jah Jah know
Because-a Jah Jah will never, never, never, never (Wow)
Never let you go (Keep, yeah)
Hey, woah-oh-oh, yeah (You hear what the man say?)
Woah-oy (Musical disc, sound play)
The sound weh lead the way comin' down with me
Make the love keep on shining on my life each an' every day
In the life, each an' every I-wah on di hour
In di hour, on di hour, on di hour, I would tell you
[Chorus]
In the cold, and we working in the snow
We still can't reach nowhere in life (What's going on?)
Ain't that the shame, people? (What's going on?)
Ain't that the disgrace? (Yeah, so mi really say)
[Verse 3]
Cah, we working in a di cold, sir
Cah, let mi tell you, say we working in a di snow, sir
Cah, let mi tell you, say we working in a di cold, sir
Cah, let mi tell you, say we working in a di sun, sir
An' still cyaan get no satisfaction
Dem want fi control the human
What make dem no control di lion?
Because di lion was protected by Jah Jah
Cah, tell you, say di lion protected by Jah Jah (Yeah)
[Chorus]
No more (Never)
No more
From the day my mother been born
She been working, working (All the days of her life)
Working everyday, ye-yeah, woah-oy, woah-oy
[Verse 4]
Every-every-every-every hour, every minute on di hour
Every hour on di hour, she a work in a di cold, sir
So let mi tell you, she a work in a snow, sir
Is only Jah Jah know, working in a di snow, sir
Still I ain't gonna let you go
I want whole wide world to know that I still love dem so
You know? (Yeah)
[Outro]
No, we don't know what to do
Because we don't wanna steal from the poor people (Never)
We're just working, working (Said-a, you mister gravelicious man)
Working like a machine
Said-a, you mister gravelicious man
You want we work in a di cold, you want we work in a di snow
A true, you never know, an' I will never let you go
All you got to do, I got to really tell you so
That a Jah Jah, Jah Jah love you so (Say so)