You Got To Have A Job (If You Don't Work You Can't Eat) - James Brown, Marva Whitney

If you don’t work, you can’t eat

If you don’t work, you can’t eat

If you don’t work, you can’t eat

Lord, 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 your family able

You’ve got to have a job to get your every need

Said 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, you can’t eat

If you don’t work, you can’t eat

If you don’t work, you can’t eat

Now wait a minute…

You’ve got to have a job to put shoes on your feet

You’ve got to have a job to buy that family meat

You’ve got to have a job if you want to be 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, you can’t eat

If you don’t work, you can’t eat

If you don’t work, you can’t eat

Maceo… call him (Maceo)

Call him!

(Maceo)

Call him!

(Maceo)

Call him!

(Maceo)

Call him!

(Maceo)

Call him!

Call him!

Call him!

Huh!

Got to have a job (Got to)

Got to have a job (Got to)

Got to get it (Got to)

Got to have a job

Let’s tell 'em one more time, baby

If you don’t work, you can’t eat

If you don’t work, 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 the meat on the table

You’ve got to have a job to keep that family able

You’ve got to have a job to put the shoes on your feet

Huh, you’ve got to have a job to buy that family meat

If you don’t work, you can’t eat

If you don’t work, you can’t eat

If you don’t work, you can’t eat

If you don’t work, you can’t eat

Call Maceo (Maceo)

Oh, call him!

(Maceo)

Call him!

(Maceo)

Call him!

(Maceo)

Call him!

(Maceo)

Call him!

(Maceo)

Call him a little while, call him (Maceo)

Let me hear you scream (I wanna know you’re listening now)

Call him (Maceo, I want you to hear me out now, Maceo)

If you don’t work, you can’t eat

If you don’t work, you can’t eat

If you don’t work, you can’t eat

If you don’t work, you can’t eat

If you don’t work, you can’t eat

If you don’t work, you can’t eat

Call Maceo, call Maceo (Maceo)

Maceo!

(Maceo)

Call him!

(Maceo)

Call him!

(Maceo)

Call him!

(Maceo)

Call him!

Call him!

Oh!

If you don’t work, you can’t eat

If you don’t work, you can’t eat