Working this assembly line
Getting by with overtime
Trashman's got a hold on me
But brother, he won't let me be

Broken backs and callous hands
But tell me how is that a man
In four years I'll be thirty-one
Maybe then I'll have my fun

I know It's sounding crazy
'Cause you don't understand
No one here can stop them
With nothing in his hands

It takes blood sweat and love
If you wanna make it, baby
Blood sweat and love
Sugars

Walking with the ball and chain
Career will drive a man insane
I'd change my job for a life of crime
But no one here has got a dime
Not, no one

Sometimes it makes you wonder
It makes you wanna shout
I could surely run away
But there's only one way out

Blood sweat and love
If you wanna make it, baby
Blood sweat and love

Every night, I'm so damn tired
But I can't get myself no rest, no
Gotta fight to sleep, gotta fight to eat
Baby, it's one hell of a mess, yeah
It's a bloody mess, baby

Every night, I'm so damn tired
I can't get myself no rest, no
Gotta fight to sleep, gotta fight to eat
Baby, it's one hell of a mess, yeah-yeah

Blood sweat and love
If you wanna make it, baby
Blood sweat and love
Don't let it fool ya, baby