Don't let em take it all away

It's getting harder every day

Brothers, sisters, hear me say

'Til my very dying day



I'm down on my luck

I'm out on the streets

I'm at wits end and I've nearly been beat

See they've taken my home

They've taken my wife

They've taken my job

And they've taken my life

But there's one thing that they will not take

That I will hold til the end

Until my dying day

'Cause it's part of me

And it's time that we say

They will not take it all away!



I'm pounding the pavement

Through thick and thin

Good times and bad

You know I just can't win

I've been beat on, kicked on, insulted to my face

The whole bleedin' world things I'm a bleedin' disgrace

Yeah they can own my body but they'll never own my mind

So they better face the facts, 'cause now is the time

'Till we all join hands, and all of us say

They will not take it all away



Since the day I was born

I've been runnin' uphill

I work my fingers to the bone

Just to get my fill

And they still want more

It's getting harder everyday

Until there's nothing left

Until they take it all away