We Don't Work For Free chords by Grandmaster Melle Mel
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In the darkness of night,
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all the stage lights are shining bright,
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hey, and we work very hard
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to make you stay,
but it ain't no thing y 'all,
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cause I know that you can hang,
we're not too expensive,
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but you got to pay.
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Some say the money
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is the root of all evil
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It's not the love or lust of it
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that makes men greedy
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You say you wanna go for a ride?
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You gotta pay the fare
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So stop! You ain't got no money,
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you ain't got no beat
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And I say to you,
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can't you see, baby,
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we don't work for free?
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You know you gotta live,
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but you have to get your
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stuff for free.
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Man, these times are hard, hey
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I don't know how to come easy
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I just got good news
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You wanna come with me?
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Hey, let's go uptown
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I got something you should see
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And my friends all say to you,
they say
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Got no satisfaction,
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won't you come and work for me?
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And I say to you, can't you see, baby,
we don't want to go free?
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Finance city life,
you got to work to afford paradise,
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but if you're living in a glass house,
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don't throw no stones.
Rah! Slave trade, don't get laid,
you got to get paid
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if you want to go places
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where you've never been before.
OK, baby, rah!
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I don't know where
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you've been before
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But don't matter with me
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Better save your pennies,
nickels and dimes
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Because we don't break for free
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I just got good news
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You wanna come with me?
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Come on, let's go uptown, baby
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Because we don't break
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for free
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Oh, we don't wait for free,
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gotta understand what I mean,
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don't you wanna come with me?
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Can't define yourself,
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unless you wait for free,
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but come on now,
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and I don't know what to say
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In the darkness of night,
all the stage lights are shining bright
Hey, and we work very hard
to make you stay,
but it ain't no thing y 'all
Cuz I know that you can hang
we're not too expensive, but you got to pay
We Don't Work For Free
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