Work For It

Living in darkness Chased by hounds I hit my stride on the down beat When life is a beat down The bar hangin' over me Was set low from the start They looked down from a great height And said, "That boy's got heart" Sweet heat of the pepper seed Never turned me back I hear that battle cry Let me get my axe Rain clouds over me Learn to work in the wet Everyone's got a hand out I keep breaking my back (Work for it, work for it) Everybody's got their hands out (Work for it, work for it) I keep breaking my back (Work for it, work for it) Everybody's got their hands out (Work for it, work for it) What I am, I made that A taste for sweet things Can take a man's soul Reap that sugarcane 'Til you're blind and old Work forever in one place For the man in the tower Just to die at the coal face And never make it home (Work for it, work for it) Everybody's got their hands out (Work for it, work for it) I keep breaking my back (Work for it, work for it) Everybody's got their hands out (Work for it, work for it) What I am, I made that Whatever the color of your collar Everbody is chasing the shiny dollar (Work for it, work for it) Everybody's got their hands out (Work for it, work for it) I keep breaking my back (Work for it, work for it) Everybody's got their hands out (Work for it, work for it) What I am, I made that (Work for it, work for it) Everybody's got their hands out (Work for it, work for it) I keep breaking my back (Work for it, work for it) Everybody's got their hands out (Work for it, work for it) What I am, I made that