Shut it down! we're tired yeah,
tired of workin' yeah, workin' for nothin' we all want,
What we got comin' all we need is a break.
Come on, take a break.
Everything is not all right and there's no end in sight
you can call it, what you like.

Come on stand up for your rights stand up,
stand and unite it's time for a general strike.
We been out breakin' our backs been out workin' gettin'
no slack all week long, payin' those bills.
That's just the people, that still got a job what about
the rest of us on the soupline.
Stand up, stand and unite it's time for a general strike.
stand up, stand and unite it's time!!!