Prince, Audio Stepchild - When Will We Be Paid lyrics

Prince, thanks for dropping by
The studio audio Stepchild
Let's do this, when will we be paid
Take one rolling

When will we be paid for the work we've done
When will we be paid for the work we've done

We fought in your wars in every land
To keep this country free
Y'all, for women, children
And men
But every time we ask for pay or a loan
That's when everything seems to
Turn out wrong
We been beat up, called names
Shot down and stoned
Every time we do right
Somebody say we're wrong

Listen, we worked this country
From shore to shore
Our women cooked all your food
And washed all your clothes
We picked cotton and laid the railroad steel
Worked our hands down to the
Bone at your lumber mill

I refuse to back down in the face of violence
As I protest
I'm attacked dogs, mobs
Police and military force
We've been beaten, blackmailed
Tortured and maimed
But I'm still on strike
Holding this sign that say we can't be tamed
The unfair brutal violence you inflict
So we protest to resolve this conflict
They throw their tear gas, I put on mask
I get zapped by a stun gun, I'm numb
I get thumped with a stick
I'm brave, not a slave
And I'm fed-up with this shit
I'm an activist
With an active stand to fight
For what is right
So we picket strike and form blockades
They bring their soldiers
But we are soldiers in a different way
And we won't stop until we are free
(free, free, free, free)

Will we ever be proud of "My country
Tis of thee"?
Will we ever sing out loud
"Sweet land of Liberty"?
When will we be paid for
The work we've done?
I wanna know
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna know
(when, when, when, when)

Why can't we be paid?
Oh, oh when, when will we be paid?
We've given up our sweat, now
And all of our tears
Stumbled through this life for
More than 300 years
I, I wanna know, the work we've done