| Hey, jocks and friends, this is Bobby Byrd
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| We need help, we can’t do it alone
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| We could protest
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| But the only way to end this mess, let me tell you
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| You’ve got to have a job to put meat on the table
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| You’ve got to have a job to keep your family able
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| You’ve got to have a job to get everything you need
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| You’ve got to have a job to buy yourself a screen
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| If you don’t work, you can’t eat
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| If you don’t work, no, you can’t eat
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| If you don’t work, you can’t eat
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| If you don’t work, you can’t eat
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| You’ve got to have a job to put shoes on your feet
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| You’ve got to have a job to buy the family meat
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| You’ve got to have a job if you want to stay healthy and able
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| You’ve got to have a job if you want to sop that gravy
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| If you don’t work, you can’t eat
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| If you don’t work, no, you can’t eat
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| If you don’t work, you can’t eat
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| If you don’t work, you can’t eat
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| You’ve got to have a job to put meat on the table
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| You’ve got to have a job to keep the family able
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| You’ve got to have a job to put shoes on your feet
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| You’ve got to have a job to buy the family meat
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| If you don’t work, you can’t eat
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| If you don’t work, no no, you can’t eat
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| If you don’t work, you can’t eat
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| Go 'head on…
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| You’ve got to have a job to put meat on the table
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| You’ve got to have a job to keep the family able
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| You’ve got to have a job to get everything you need
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| You’ve got to have a job to buy yourself a screen
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| If you don’t work, yeah, you can’t eat
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| If you don’t work, no no, you can’t eat
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| If you don’t work, you can’t eat
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| If you don’t work, yeah, you can’t eat
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| If you don’t work, work, you can’t eat
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| If you don’t work, no, you can’t eat
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| If you can’t work, you can’t eat
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| If you can’t work, yeah, you can’t eat, hey
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| 'Cause you’ve got to have a job to put meat on the table
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| You’ve got to have a job, yeah, to keep the family able
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| You’ve got to have a job to get everything you need
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| You’ve got to have a job to buy yourself a screen
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| If you don’t work, Lord, you can’t eat
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| If you don’t work, yeah, you can’t eat
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| If you don’t work, yeah, you can’t eat
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| If you don’t work, Lord, yeah, you can’t eat
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| If you don’t work, work, you can’t eat
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| If you don’t work, yeah, you can’t eat
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| If you don’t work, hey, you can’t eat
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| If you can’t work, Lord, you can’t eat, hey
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| You’ve got to have a job to put meat on the table
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| Go ahead and get your job… |
Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song You Got To Have A Job (If You Don't Work, You Can't Eat), artist - Bobby Byrd. Album song Bobby Byrd Got Soul: The Best Of Bobby Byrd, in the genre R&B