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to earn the right to work

references a video which is a remix to the song called "fine print" which repeats the line "to earn the right to work" for over 8 hours, often references repetition in terms of manual labour jobs.
"we work to earn the right to work to earn the right to work to earn the right to work to earn the right to work"

"ok bro calm down"

earning stripes 

Earning your stripes refers to putting in hard work and effort and earning respect from your peers as a result. Similar to mitary rank and displaying military stripes, moving up the chain of command from sergeant to Lieutenant to captain to major
Example 1:
Taeshawn: Did you see Omar putting in mad work after school in the gym?

Julius: Yep, he's earning stripes with the coach, Omar might be playing varsity ball this year.

Example 2:
Victor: Damn ese, Julio's been pushing mad weight lately homie, he pushed a key last week.

Jorge: Yea ese, the vatos in the barrio are saying that he's earning stripes with the O.G.'s.
earning stripes by RondoZongo February 4, 2014
Essex way of saying "Earned."
e.g Last month I earnt £500.
earnt by melina_x November 14, 2013
The saggy puckered lobe hole resulting from a removed gauge earring. Larger gauges will yield a sloppier, more ragged earnus resembling a pack of crusty rubber bands.
"Those gauges look cool now but underneath I know they're just two stretched-out leathery earnuses."
earnus by Daniel Reskin October 26, 2014
He is a great father and is very sweet and kind and he may act all tough on the outside but on the inside he is a cuddle bear and is caring if u are down.
My dad
Earnest is Awesome!
Earnest by Kay.A November 13, 2019