Various Artists - We Don't Work For Free lyrics

* organized by Rhino comp. for convenience regardless of original [Melle Mel] In the darkness of night, huh All the stage lights are shinin bright, hey And we work very hard, to make you stay, RRRAAH But it ain't no thing y'all Cause I know that you can hang We're not too expensive but you got, to, pay, RRRAAH Some say the money is the root, of all evil It's not the love, but lust of it, that makes men greedy, oooh You said, "You wanna go for a ride? You gotta pay the fare" So stop! You ain't got no money, you ain't got no beat Hoooooh, say you Got no satisfaction, won't you come and work for me And I say to you Can't you see baby, we don't work for free You know you gotta live, but sh** they give you stuff for free Man these times are hard heyyy, ah don't nothin come easy-hee-ee-yeah I just got good news -- you wanna come with me Hey let's go uptown -- I got somethin you should see And my friends all say to you they say Got no satisfaction, won't you come and work for me And I say to you Can't you see baby, we don't work for free Finance, city life You gotta work to afford paradise, huh But if you livin in a gla** house Don't throw no stones, rrrraah! Slave, trade, don't get laid You gotta get paid, if you wanna go places Where you never been before OK baby, rrrraah! Where you been before, don't matter with me Better save your pennies nickels and dimes Cause we don't work for free-hee-ee-yeah I just got good news (from the IRS) you wanna come with me C'mon let's go uptown baby, because ?we all drink? for free Hee hee hee, hee, haoowww, we don't work for free-heee Gotta understand what I mean Don't you wanna come with me, can't divide yourself Unless you work for free, ah c'mon now, and I don't know what to say I forgot somethin that you should see C'mon baby, you gotta come along with me, cause girl I'm rea-dee-hee for you-uuu, are you ready for me? I'm sure, I'm sure And I say to you now -- we don't work for free C'mon baby, you gotta come along with me Cause satisfaction is guaranteed (we don't work for free) C'mon now, said I ready to jam C'mon now, you gotta understand what I mean (we don't work for free) I've got somethin that you should see C'mon baby, you gotta hum along with me (we don't work for free) Yeahhh, a yeeee hoo We don't work for free C'mon now, you gotta come along with me And satisfaction is guaranteed (we don't work for free) Baby, c'mon now, said here I am C'mon now you gotta understand what I mean (we don't work for free) I've got something that you should see! Ah c'mon baby, don't you wanna ? (we don't work for free) And I'm ready for you so tell me, are you ready for, meeeeeeeeee We don't work for free No mo-ney, we-don't-work-for-free Nah nah nah (we don't work for free) No mo-ney, we-can't-work-for-free C'mon now, you gotta understand what I mean No mo-ney, we-don't-work-for-free Aooohhwhwowwww! (we don't work for free) No mo-ney, we-can't-work-for-free C'mon now, you gotta understand what I mean (we don't work for free) No mo-ney...