[Verse 1]
See that man in the field over yonder
With dirt on his hands and a load on his back
He's the man puts the food on your table
He's the man grows the clothes on your back
We're runnin' him out of a house he was born in
Standin' on the sidelines and watching him fall
Sellin' his land to the big corporations
What you gonna do when they get it all?

[Pre-Chorus]
He's been rolled for sure, treated like a outlaw
Turned down, sold out, put out to graze
He's been pushed, he not gonna push no more
It gets a little harder every day

[Chorus]
He's the American farmer
And he's damn hard to beat
Better wake up America, wake up America
'Cause if the man don't work, then the people don't eat

[Verse 2]
Keep sendin' that high-tech stuff off to Russia
I can't figure what we doin' it for
We should be sending them wheat and meat and cotton
'Cause a loaf of bread never started no war
See that man in the middle of the city?
Eatin' out a garbage can, sleeping in the street
See that lady livin' in the ghetto?
How in the world she gonna make ends meet?
[Bridge]
It's a damn disgrace on the face of America
Hungry people everywhere you go
Children in Africa starvin' by the fields
While the land lays fallow and the banks foreclose

[Chorus]
He's a American farmer
And he's damn hard to beat
Better wake up America, wake up America
'Cause if the man don't work, then the people don't eat

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]
He's an American, he's an American
He's an American, American, American farmer
Never see him through
'Cause if he goes down swingin'
You better know where gonna go down swingin' too

[Chorus]
He's an American farmer
And he's damn hard to beat
Better wake up America, wake up America
'Cause if the man don't work, then the people don't eat
[Outro]
The people don't eat, people don't eat
Said the people don't eat