[Verse 1]
              
I was born in 

      
south Texas
              
Didn't have a 


dollar to our 

name

My poppa left 

my momma there

To pick cotton

 and cut down 

sugar cane
            
She had to wor

         
k like a slave

, all day

So I might hav

e better

Spend my time 

in them sunshi

ne ray


[Chorus]

I'm workin'
          
Baby, I'm work

in'
              
Ooh daddy, I'm

 
 workin'
              
Yes momma, I'm

 
 workin'
              
Ooh brother, I

   
'm workin' for

 you
              
Wanna know if 

     
it's worth it,

 or true
            
I just want be

tter
              
And I'm about 

   
to break on th

rough
            
Baby, I'm work

          
in'


[Verse 2]
              
Might not mean

   
 a thang to yo

u
              
These places t

        
hat I'd like t

o go
              
But the things

          
 that I'm look

ing for
           
Just ain't aro

und no more
              
My uncle was a

 
 gambling man
            
Way down in Ne

w Orleans
             
There let me r


un them street

s
           
Baby now I do 

my thing


[Chorus 2]
           
Honey, I'm wor

kin'
              
And baby, I'm 


workin'
           
Sugar, I'm wor

kin'
            
Sister, I'm wo

rkin'
              
Ooh brother, I

   
'm workin' for

 you
              
Wanna know if 

     
it's worth it,

 it's true
            
I just want be

tter
              
Tell me what e

    
lse can I do?


[Outro]
          
Baby, I'm work

in'
           
Sugar, I'm wor

kin'
             
Darlin', I'm w


orkin'
              
Oooh baby, I a

  
m workin'
              
Yeah, darlin',

      
 I am workin'