21 years of living under the hammer    But there's still a chance for me    Take my pride and traditions and country    But i won't let them choose for me    No i won't stay in this ditch they've dug for me    There is another road I can take    After 21 years of living under the hammer    This man will never break      21 years of an iron hand   Oppression of the working class is their plan    You might never understand    But after 21 years you'll never break this man       I have done my time in the factories and the sweat shops    I know that there is something more    But every time that i come up for air    Another situation slams the door    Like my father before me I have owned what I got    Never taken anything on the dole    When you lose your pride and give into the system    The system steals your soul