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When will we be paid for the work we've done

When will we be paid for the work we've done

We fought in your wars in every land

To keep this country free, y'all, for women, children, and men

But every time we ask for pay or a loan

That's when everything seems to turn out wrong

We been beat up, called names, shot down and stoned

Every time we do right, somebody say we're wrong

Tell me

When will we be paid for the work we've done

When will we be paid for the work we've done

Listen

We worked this country from shore to shore

Our women cooked all your food and washed all your clothes

We picked cotton and laid the railroad steel

Worked our hands down to the bone at your lumber mill

Tell me

When will we be paid for the work we've done

When will we be paid for the work we've done

Will we ever be proud of "My country, tis of thee"?

Will we ever sing out loud, "Sweet land of Liberty"?

When will we be paid for the work we've done?