Hoe in the row Sun on your back Shoulder the load Your ancestors packed Wear on your sleeve The virtues you lack But don't get above your raising Sell your damn soul Or get right with the man Or keep treading water As long as you can But whatever you do You must understand That you don't get above your raising No you don't get above your raising Cause it's one for the sober And two for the stoned And three for the ready to get low, low, low, low And four for the fortunate few that don't know The difference between what should be and what's so Reach for the sky Or kneel down and pray Or get in the dirt And get out of the way But don't you forget Till you climb in that grave That you don't get above your raising Cause it's one for the sober And two for the stoned And three for the ready to get low, low, low, low And four for the fortunate few that don't know The difference between what should be and what's so Cause it's one for the sober And two for the stoned And three for the ready to get low, low, low, low And four for the fortunate few that don't know The difference between what should be and what's so Ooh what's so