when will we be paid for the work we ve done when will we be paid for the work we ve done we have worked this country from shore to shore our women cooked all your food and washed all your clothes we picked all your cotton and laid the railroad steel worked our hands to the bone at your lumber mill 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 anytime we ask for pay alone that s when everything seems to turn out wrong we ve been beat up called names shot down and stoned but every time we do right someone say we wrong when will we be paid for the work we ve done when will we be paid for the work we ve done we have given our sweat and all our tears we stumbled through this life for more than 300 years we ve been separated from the land which we knew stripped of our culture people you know it s true 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 tell me now for the work we ve done will we ever have peace and harmony i wanna know will we ever be paid when will we be paid for the work we ve done 
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