Republic of the Exploited

Here on the high seas, you will put in A whole years' work, lest the whip Your mark's on the parchment, you'll do as I say And make in a year what I make in a day It's my right to exploit the jobs I create You would be naught if it wasn't for me Never again, no, never again One mind, one vote for what, where, & when Just twice the pay for the captain Maroon those swayed in corruption With deckhands' value now recognized, We work for more than a wage enterprise We have the say now, the profit is shared Incentive is mutual All loss, we bear The profit is now shared All loss we together bare Your belittlement has cost you dearly now We are the force you failed to reckon with We work as one under same sun No trepidation of temper undone ​Just twice the pay for the captain Maroon those swayed in corruption Never again, no, never again One mind, one vote, for where & when Just twice the pay for or he'll swim to the shore ​Recommended Reading: The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates by Peter Leeson