Lahir untuk jadi pekerja kasar, aku nggak akan pernah jadi apa-apa
Pullin' case and layin' pipe is hard labor
Angkat pipa dan pasang pipa itu kerja keras
Well I was born in a boomer shack bout a half mile from town
Aku lahir di gubuk tua setengah mil dari kota
Papa was a driller on a wildcat crew and my mama never was around
Papa kerja bor di tim liar dan mama nggak pernah ada di rumah
I learn to cuss when I was two and fight when I was three
Aku belajar maki-maki pas umur dua dan berantem pas umur tiga
And by the time I was five there was no kid alive could ever get the best of me
Dan pas umur lima, nggak ada anak yang bisa ngalahin aku
Born to be a roughneck...
Lahir untuk jadi pekerja kasar...
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Well I started workin' like a regular man when I was just about knee high
Aku mulai kerja kayak orang biasa pas masih kecil banget
Skinning the knuckles with my two bare hands but they never heard me cry
Berkutat dengan luka di tangan tapi mereka nggak pernah denger aku nangis
I remember walkin' down the road and hearin' somebody say
Aku ingat jalan di jalan dan denger seseorang bilang
He was born to live a roughneck's life and he's never gonna change his ways
Dia lahir untuk hidup sebagai pekerja kasar dan nggak akan pernah berubah
Born to be a roughneck...
Lahir untuk jadi pekerja kasar...
Born to be a roughneck...
Lahir untuk jadi pekerja kasar...