(Slave) {repeat in song}
Slave, yeah {x2}
Slave to the system here before I was born
Slave to the master, workin' me till I'm worn
The only penthouse I can count on's a big black ball and chain
Slave to the system, the future's all arranged
Oh, you better fetch that water, boy {x2}
Slave to the system
Thompson's my last name, but my daddy's name is Lloyd
The farther back I trace it, the more it becomes null and void
All my life I've struggled just to be called a boy
Slave to the system, oh what a joy
Oh, you better fetch that water, boy
Hell if I do!
(Oh, you better fetch that water, boy)
Oh, I'm just a slave to the system
Here before I was born
Slave to the master, workin' me till I'm worn
Slave to the system