Hey, now, you better listen to me everyone of you   We got a lotta, lotta, lotta, lotta work to do   Forget about your women and that water can   Today were 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 your working for the man, a'working for the man   You gotta make him a hand when you're working for the man      Oh, well, I'm picking 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 oughta kill him but it wouldn't be right      Cause Im working for the man, working for the man   Gotta make him a hand, a'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   Cause 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      Working for the man, a'working for the man   Gotta make him a hand a'working for the man