《Minimum Wage》歌词

歌曲： Minimum Wage

所属专辑：Shake Away

歌手： Lila Downs

时长： 04:08

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Minimum Wage - Lila Downs (利拉·唐斯)[00:00:00]

Traveled seven hundred miles[00:00:05]

Crossed the border to the States[00:00:08]

With a plastic bottle running[00:00:11]

Cross the desert in a shake[00:00:13]

Come to English only country[00:00:16]

Hidin' from the minutemen[00:00:19]

Come to make this place my home[00:00:21]

Run a long long way from then[00:00:24]

Story of a lifetime[00:00:27]

For the minimum wage[00:00:31]

Well they chased me through the desert[00:00:35]

Then the agents strapped me down[00:00:40]

Then they ask me why in Spanish[00:00:43]

Why you keep on comin' back [00:00:45]

When I left my dad in Jersey[00:00:48]

And my sister in Des Moines[00:00:51]

They've been workin' in this country[00:00:53]

Pickin' lettuce washing floors[00:00:56]

Story of a lifetime[00:00:59]

For the minimum wage[00:01:03]

Well they raised me to eight dollars[00:01:07]

'Cause I washed the dishes fast[00:01:12]

Well the boss he got me workin'[00:01:15]

On the porch and in the back[00:01:17]

Then I wash the dish and rinse it[00:01:20]

Then I go home late and sleep[00:01:23]

Well I need to be awake now[00:01:25]

'Cause I walk out in my sleep[00:01:28]

When I see that black van comin'[00:01:30]

Then I know I'm sure to run[00:01:33]

Goddamn them agents caught me[00:01:36]

Cuffed me on the spot[00:01:39]

For the minimum wage[00:01:41]

No one forced the boss to hire me[00:02:13]

But it's nearly been fifteen[00:02:16]

When I left my baby cryin'[00:02:18]

With a promise in my skin[00:02:21]

On the outskirts of L A [00:02:24]

I recite a native poem[00:02:27]

Million hands ten thousand years[00:02:29]

It's the season for the crop[00:02:32]

It's my people doin' the pickin'[00:02:34]

In the valley of the dolls[00:02:37]

It's a decent job to work at[00:02:40]

Any day I'll take this job[00:02:43]

Ethiopian Colombian Pakistani Cantonese[00:02:45]

Every man that I run into[00:02:50]

All the kitchens on the strip[00:02:53]

And they're pluggin' in them hours[00:02:56]

Smilin' in their dreams[00:02:59]

They´re a long long way from home now[00:03:01]

But they lookin' to be free[00:03:04]

California Alabama and Missouri Oregon[00:03:06]

They been workin' like their fathers were[00:03:12]

A long long time ago[00:03:15]

For the minimum wage[00:03:17]

For the minimum wage[00:03:19]

For the minimum wage[00:03:30]

For for for for the minimum wage[00:03:34]

It's a bumpy road to ride in[00:03:38]

But I'll take it anytime[00:03:41]

It's a bumpy road to take[00:03:44]

But I'll take it day[00:03:46]

It's a bumpy road to take[00:03:49]

But I'll take it anytime[00:03:52]

For the minimum wage[00:03:56]