[00:00.00]Work Song - Ledisi/Metropole Orkest
[00:24.90]Breaking rock out here on the chain gang
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[00:29.58]Breaking rocks and serving my time
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[00:34.26]Breaking rock out here on the chain gang
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[00:38.27]'Cause I've been convicted of a crime
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[00:42.60]Hold it steady right there while I hit it
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[00:47.53]Well I reckon that ought to get it
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[00:51.14]I've been working working
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[01:03.21]But I still got so terribly far to go
[01:15.16]Hey yeah yeah
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[01:21.47]Breaking rock out here on the chain gang
[01:24.09]Breaking rocks and serving my time
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[01:27.17]Breaking rock out here on the chain gang
[01:29.92]'Cause I've been convicted of a crime
[01:32.80]Hold it steady right there while I hit it
[01:35.71]Well I reckon that ought to get it
[01:38.00]I've been working I been working
[01:40.70]And I still got so terribly far to go
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[01:44.40]I committed crime Lord I needed
[01:47.23]Crime of being hungry and poor
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[01:50.16]Left the grocery store man bleeding
[01:52.95]When they caught me robbing his store
[01:55.97]Hold it steady right there while I hit it
[01:58.74]Well I reckon that ought to get it
[02:00.94]I've been working I've been working
[02:03.76]And I still got so far to go
[02:07.18]I heard the judge say five years hard labor
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[02:10.51]On a chain-gang you gotta go
[02:13.03]I heard the judge say five years hard labor
[02:16.10]I heard my daddy say"Oh Lordy no"
[02:19.01]Hold it steady right there while I hit it
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[02:21.89]Well I reckon that ought to get it
[02:24.12]I've been working I've been working
[02:27.09]And I still got so terribly far to go oh
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[04:49.58]Wanna see my sweet honey baby
[04:52.20]Wanna break off these chains and run
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[04:55.25]Wanna lay down somewhere shady
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[04:58.17]'Cause it sure is hot in the sun
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[05:00.99]Hold it steady right there let me hit it
[05:03.87]Well I reckon that ought to get it
[05:06.25]I been working I been working
[05:08.86]And I still got so far to go
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[05:12.72]Breaking a big rock on the chain gang
[05:15.64]Breaking rocks and serving my time
[05:18.58]Breaking rock out here on the chain gang
[05:21.22]'Cause I've been convicted of a crime
[05:24.09]Hold it steady right there while I hit it
[05:26.94]Well I reckon that ought to get it
[05:29.34]I been working I been working
[05:31.82]Ooh still got so terribly far to go
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[05:34.98]I been working working
[05:37.35]Ooh still got so far to go
[05:40.78]I been working working
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[05:44.38]And I still got got so terribly far to go
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[06:07.58]Hey oh