We Got Work To Do is the third song in Firebringer. It was written by Meredith Stepien and Mark Swiderski and performed by Lauren Lopez as Zazzalil, Meredith Stepien as Jemilla, Rachael Soglin as Emberly, Denise Donovan as Keeri, Jaime Lyn Beatty as Schwoopsie, Brian Holden as Smelly-Balls, Jamie K. Burns as Chorn, Tiffany Williams as Tiblyn and Joe Walker as Ducker. It is the third track on the cast album.
Lyrics[]
Jemilla, spoken: We got work to do.
(Everyone groans.)
There's just not time for singing and dancing right now. We got work to d-
Zazzalil, sung: I don't really wanna do the work today I don't really wanna do the work today I don't really really wanna do the work today I don't wanna do the work today
Jemilla, spoken: What? What's this?
Zazzalil, spoken: Uh-oh!
Everybody but Jemilla, sung: I don't really wanna do the work today I don't really wanna do the work today I don't really wanna do the work today I don't wanna do the work today
Jemilla, spoken: How do you guys all know this dance? Zazzalil: Just figured out how to move, how to sing, how to groove And now you're tellin' me I gotta work today
Jemilla, spoken: Keeri, did you choreograph this and teach everyone? Where was I?
Zazzalil, spokenL You know that feeling When you find the thing that blows your mind And next thing you know They wanna take it away
Jemilla, spoken: Okay, I am not trying to take anything away, I'm just.. telling you not to do something.
Tribe (Scwhoopsie, Emberly): Yeah, but you heard what Jemilla said! (I know, I know, I know...) You gotta work to get ahead! (Our people have to grow)
Tribe, sung (Jemilla, spoken): We gotta harness our pride (Thank you) And keep it up to survive (Thank you) Jemilla: Alright now listen girls, let me reiterate I know it's hard to just work with no play I hope we all understand the importance of what we do And that this world is full of obstacles we gotta work through
We got so much to do already you and me have made discoveries That have helped our kind in so many ways
I hope you're feeling proud We're working through the shroud of mystery And our history's growing every day
Emberly, spoken: Aw, come on Jemilla, you know we're just messing with you!
(sung) I got the best job, 'cause I'm in charge of food I gotta eat everything to find out what tastes good
(spoken) Don't eat that! No one eat that!
Smelly-Balls, sung: When I'm not kicking ass I sit and stare at the grass And let the time pass To find out how it grows Tribe: And?
Smelly-Balls, sung: I still don't know
Tribe: Oh
Smelly-Balls: I still don't know
Schwoopsie and Chorn: We've been watching our shadows every day We notice when the sky's cloudy, they go away We're trying to explain
Ducker: What could they be? These dark spirits that follow us? No matter how fast we run They are trying to swallow us!
Jemilla: So many wondrous things here for our kind A world of tools and knowledge left to find And I hope to bring you there Because you know how much I care
So we'll join each other hand in hand And try to help ourselves to understand This world is what we make of it, together
This is the dawn The dawn of our time We are mankind With the gift of a greater mind
Tribe: This is the dawn The dawn of our time We are womankind With the gift of a stronger mind
Ooooh Ooooh Ooooh
Trivia[]
- The intro became an Internet meme.