Escrita por Bob Marley, foi gravada entre janeiro e abril de 1980, no Tuff Gong Studios, em Kingston, Jamaica. Saiu no disco Uprising, o décimo segundo disco de Bob Marley and The Wailers, em 10 de junho de 1980. Foi produzida por Bob Marley e Chris Blakwell. Bob cantou, tocou guitarra e violão. Aston Barrett tocou baixo, piano e percussão. Carlton Barrett tocou bateria e percussão. Carlton Davis tocou bateria. Tyrone Downie tocou teclado e fez backing vocals. Alvin Patterson tocou percussão. Junior Marvin tocou guitarra solo e backing vocals. Earl Lindo tocou teclado. Al Anderson tocou guitarra solo. Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths e Judy Mowatt fizeram backing vocals.
A letra:
We,
Jah people, can make it work
Come together and make it work,
yeah!
We can make it work
We can make it work
Five days
to go: working for the next day
Four days to go: working for the
next day
Say we got: three days to go now: working for the next
day
Two days to go (ooh): working for the next day, yeah
Say we
got: one day to go: working for the
Every day is work - work -
work - work!
We can make it work
We can make it work
We,
Jah people, can make it work
Come together and make it work
We
can make it work
We can make it work
We got: five days to
go work, oh! - working for the next day, yeah!
Four days to go:
working for the
Three days to go now: working for the next day,
yeah!
Two days to go: working for the next day
Say we got: one
day to go now: working for
Every day is work, watch a!
(Work!)
I work in the mid-day sun
(Work!) I work 'til the evening
come!
(Work!) If yeah aren't I got nothing to do!
(Work!)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-oo-oo-ooh!
(Work!)
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