Mick Jagger

Released: September 14, 1987

Songwriter: David A. Stewart Mick Jagger

Producer: David A. Stewart Keith Diamond Mick Jagger

No sitting down on your butt
The world don't owe you
No sitting down in a rut
I wanna show you

Don't waste your energy
On making enemies
Just take a deep breath
And work your way up

Let's work, be proud
Stand tall, touch the clouds
Man and woman, be free
Let's work, kill poverty

(La, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la)
Work your way up

Let's work, be proud
Stand tall, touch the clouds
Man and woman, be free
Let's work, kill poverty

You're sitting down on your butt
And you're get greedy
You start to lose your nuts
Don't you look seedy

Can generosity
Bring you humility?
So take a deep breath

Ain't gonna sweat for you
Ain't gonna sigh for you
Ain't gonna cry for you
If you're lazy

Ain't gonna slave for you
Ain't gonna hurt for you
It just won't work for you
If you're lazy, oh

Come on, come on

Let's work, be proud
Stand tall, touch the clouds
Let's work, let's eat
Let's live in ecstasy
Man and woman, be free
Let's work, kill poverty

Let's work, be proud
Stand tall, touch the clouds
Man and woman, be free

Let's work
Let's work
Get down, get down, get down
Get down in the dirt and let's work
Get down in the dirt and let's work
Get up, be free
Let's work, kill poverty

Get down in the dirt, let's work
Get down in the dirt, let's work
Get down in the dirt
Take off your shirt
Get down in the dirt
Now let's work, let's work
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

Michael “Mick” Jagger, (born 26 July 1943) is an English singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the lead singer and a co-founder of The Rolling Stones.

Jagger’s career has spanned over 50 years, and he has been described as one of the most popular and influential frontmen in the history of Rock & Roll. Jagger’s distinctive voice and performance, along with Keith Richards‘ guitar style, have been the trademark of the Rolling Stones throughout the career of the band.

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