Hey now, you better listen to me everyone of you
We've got a lotta lotta lotta lotta work to do
Forget about your woman and that water can
Today we're working for the man

Well, pick up your feet, we've got a deadline to meet
I'm gonna see you make it on time
Oh, don't relax, I want elbows and backs
I wanna see everybody from behind

'Cause you're working for the man, you're working for the man
You gotta make him a hand, you're working for the man

So I'm pickin' 'em up and I'm laying 'em down
I believe he's gonna work me into the ground
I pull to the left, I heave to the right
I wanna kill him but it wouldn't be right

'Cause I'm working for the man, I'm working for the man
I gotta make him a hand, you're working for the man

Well, the boss man's daughter sneaks me water
Everytime her daddy's down the line
She says meet me tonight, love a me right
And everything is gonna be fine

So I slave all day without much pay
Now I'm just abiding my time
'Cause the company and the daughter you see
Their both gonna be all mine

Yeah, I'm gonna be the man, I'm gonna be the man
Gotta make him a hand, if I'm gonna be the man

You're working for the man, you're working for the man
I gotta make him a hand, you're working for the man