(Whoa-oh-ho)
Don't let 'em take it all away
(Whoa-oh-ho)
It's getting harder every day
(Whoa-oh-ho)
Brothers, sisters, hear me say
(Whoa-oh-ho)
I'm down on my luck, I'm out on the street's
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 dyin' day
'Cause it's part of me and it's time that we say
They will not take it all away!
No one punished
No one drugged
(Whoa-oh-ho)
Don't let 'em take it all away
(Whoa-oh-ho)
It's getting harder every day
(Whoa-oh-ho)
Brothers, sisters, hear me say
(Whoa-oh-ho)
And I'm pounding the pavement through thick and thin
Good times and bad, 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
'Til we all join hands, and all of us say
They will not take it all away!
No one push
Not one inch
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
Here we go again
(Whoa-oh-ho)
Don't let 'em take it all away
(Whoa-oh-ho)
It's getting harder every day
(Whoa-oh-ho)
Brothers, sisters, hear me say
(Whoa-oh-ho)
Don't let 'em take it all away
No, no, no, no
No, no, no, no
No, no, no, no
No, no, no, no
Never, never will they take it all away
Never, never will they take it all away