[00:00.000] 作词 : General Johnson/Ronald Dunbar[00:00.286] 作曲 : General Johnson/Ronald Dunbar[00:00.572] 制作人 : Rick Hall[00:00.858]I was born and raised down in Alabama[00:04.251]On a farm way back up in the woods[00:06.484]I was so raggedy folks used call me Patches[00:08.752]Papa used to tease me out it[00:11.328]Deep down inside he was hurt[00:12.447]Abuse he done all he could[00:15.155]My papa was a great ol man[00:18.228]I can see him with a shovel in his hand[00:21.017]See education he never had[00:24.090]But he did wonders when the time got bad[00:26.878]The little money from the crops he raised[00:29.678]Barely paid the bills we made[00:32.478]Oh life it kicked him down to the ground[00:35.559]When he tried to get up life would kick him back down[00:38.343]One day papa called me to his dying bed[00:41.146]Put his hands on my shoulders and in tears he said[00:42.262]He said Patches[00:45.050]I depending on you son[00:48.123]To pull the family through[00:53.724]My son it all left up to you[00:58.196][01:00.146]Two days later papa passed away[01:02.661]And I became a man that day[01:05.453]So I told mama I was gonna quit school[01:08.808]But she said that was daddy strictest rule[01:11.605]So every morning ore I went to school[01:14.406]I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too[01:16.930]Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on[01:20.004]I wanted to leave just run away from home[01:22.799]But I would remember what my daddy said[01:25.879]With tears in his eyes on his dying bed[01:27.281]He said Patches[01:30.072]I depending on you son[01:32.596]I tried to do my best[01:40.403]It up to you to do the rest[01:45.159]Then one day a strong rain came[01:47.394]And washed all the crops away[01:49.346]And at the age of 13[01:52.697]I thought I was carrying the weight of the whole world on my shoulders[01:55.769]Mama knew what I was going through[01:59.400]Because every day I had to work the fields[02:02.200]Abuse that the only way we got our meals[02:04.998]You see I was the oldest of the family[02:08.326]And everybody else depended on me[02:11.114]Every night I heard my mama pray[02:13.903]Lord give him strength to face another day[02:16.689]4 years have passed and all the kids have grown[02:22.572]God knows people I she'd tears[02:25.915]But my daddy voice kept me through the years[02:26.754]Saying Patches[02:29.550]I depending on you son[02:32.631]To pull the family through[02:39.074]My son it all left up to you[02:41.804]He said Patches[02:44.604]I depending on you son[02:47.688]I tried to do my best[02:50.527]It up to you to do the rest[03:08.826] 鼓 : Cornell McFadden/Fred Prouty[03:09.659] 次中音萨克斯风 : Aaron Varnell/Harvey Thompson[03:10.492] 小号 : Harrison Calloway/Jack Peck[03:11.325] 低音吉他 : Bob Wray/Jerry Masters[03:12.158] 萨克斯 : Ronnie Eades[03:12.991] 吉他 : Albert Lowe/Clarence Carter/Travis Wammack