People Don't Get What They Deserve lyrics

When I was a child I believed what they told me (every word)

To each one shall come what each one shall earn

And if I worked hard nobody could hold me (hold me)

And cheaters will fail, that's what they all learned (cheaters never prosper)

There is a man who is born with a fortune

A hard days work he's never done (livin' on easy street)

He lives from the sweat of other men's labor

As he sips his champagne and lays in the sun

Money don't follow sweat

Money don't follow brains

Money don't follow deeds of peace

(People don't get what they deserve) x2

There is a man who lives like a saint

He works from daybreak to late in the night

He's never stolen, he's never been lazy (not a day in his life)

To feed his children is always a fight (work work work)

I try to do right by all of god's children

I work very hard for all I could afford

But I don't pretend for one single moment

That what I get is my just reward

Money don't follow sweat

Money don't follow brains

Money don't follow deeds of peace

(People don't get what they deserve) x13

• Artist:Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
• Album:Give the People What They Want (Deluxe Version)