Uploaded March 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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For the 2017 album Crash, I experimented with some more modern sounding songs, to see if there was any cross over potential. But then I never got around to making any music videos! SO I'm fixing that now.
The song work hard is about how we are taught in schools, and by culture, that simply working hard towards your goals will make you successful, and ultimately rich.
But if that was once the case, it no longer is. With a very rare few exceptions, the rich are born rich, and people born poor stay poor.
In fact, it seems like the world is filled with traps designed to make a hard working person into a homeless person. One medical bill, or lawsuit, or tax problem, or bad home load, or car loan, can take away every dollar you've ever made, and leave you on the street.
LYRICS:
"Work Hard"
they told me to work hard
Never break, never play, I'm broken
In the schoolyard, I learned all the rules they've spoken
In my backyard, I've dreamed of a life I've fought for
So I worked hard, then they closed the back door.
I solved the impossible puzzles they gave me
But they Changed the rules, no way to save me
Fought all the fights, but the world forgave me
Wrapped up my dreams, and the world repaid me
Tell me how to balance all the troubles that come up
Overtime when my balances burn up
Drop to my knees, feel like I'm gonna throw up
they changed the game just as I started to come up
Follow the rules, do what you're told
And and your steps will lead you to gold
Make your own way, be your own man
But the world has another plan. (Plan, plan, plan...)
TThey told me to work hard
Never break, never play, I'm broken
In the schoolyard, I learned all the rules they've spoken
In my backyard, I've dreamed of a life I've fought for
So I worked hard, then they closed the back door.
I solved the impossible puzzles they gave me
But they Changed the rules, no way to save me
Fought all the fights, but the world forgave me
Wrapped up my dreams, and the world repaid me
Tell me how to balance all the troubles that come up
Overtime when my balances burn up
Drop to my knees, feel like I'm gonna throw up
they changed the game just as I started to come up
Follow the rules, do what you're told
And and your steps will lead you to gold
Make your own way, be your own man
But the world has another plan. (Plan, plan, plan...)
But the world has another plan. (Plan, plan, plan...)
But the world has another plan. (Plan, plan, plan...)
You can buy this album here: abneypark.com/market
For the 2017 album Crash, I experimented with some more modern sounding songs, to see if there was any cross over potential. But then I never got around to making any music videos! SO I'm fixing that now.
The song work hard is about how we are taught in schools, and by culture, that simply working hard towards your goals will make you successful, and ultimately rich.
But if that was once the case, it no longer is. With a very rare few exceptions, the rich are born rich, and people born poor stay poor.
In fact, it seems like the world is filled with traps designed to make a hard working person into a homeless person. One medical bill, or lawsuit, or tax problem, or bad home load, or car loan, can take away every dollar you've ever made, and leave you on the street.
LYRICS:
"Work Hard"
they told me to work hard
Never break, never play, I'm broken
In the schoolyard, I learned all the rules they've spoken
In my backyard, I've dreamed of a life I've fought for
So I worked hard, then they closed the back door.
I solved the impossible puzzles they gave me
But they Changed the rules, no way to save me
Fought all the fights, but the world forgave me
Wrapped up my dreams, and the world repaid me
Tell me how to balance all the troubles that come up
Overtime when my balances burn up
Drop to my knees, feel like I'm gonna throw up
they changed the game just as I started to come up
Follow the rules, do what you're told
And and your steps will lead you to gold
Make your own way, be your own man
But the world has another plan. (Plan, plan, plan...)
TThey told me to work hard
Never break, never play, I'm broken
In the schoolyard, I learned all the rules they've spoken
In my backyard, I've dreamed of a life I've fought for
So I worked hard, then they closed the back door.
I solved the impossible puzzles they gave me
But they Changed the rules, no way to save me
Fought all the fights, but the world forgave me
Wrapped up my dreams, and the world repaid me
Tell me how to balance all the troubles that come up
Overtime when my balances burn up
Drop to my knees, feel like I'm gonna throw up
they changed the game just as I started to come up
Follow the rules, do what you're told
And and your steps will lead you to gold
Make your own way, be your own man
But the world has another plan. (Plan, plan, plan...)
But the world has another plan. (Plan, plan, plan...)
But the world has another plan. (Plan, plan, plan...)
