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