Came Up the Hard Way

I came up the hard way, I had to work both night and day I came up the hard way, I had to work both night and day It's a shame, shame, shame, that a poor man have to live this way I came up the hard way, they kept me workin' from sun to sun I came up the hard way, they kept me workin' from sun to sun Well it seems somehow or another, That a poor man's work ain't never done Well my mother sat down and told me, She said Son, don't forget the golden rule My mother sat down and told me, She said Son, don't forget the golden rule I had to go head-on and deal with it yes I did, Cause I didn't get, I didn't get too far in school I came up the hard way, I had to work both night and day I came up the hard way, I had to work both night and day Ain't it a shame, ain't it a shame, That a poor man gotta live this way (Guitar solo) My mother sat down and told me, She said Son, don't forget the golden rule My mother sat down and told me, She said Son, don't forget the golden rule That's all I had to deal with, Because I didn't get too, too far in school (Harmonica solo by Mack Simmons)