I was born and raised down in On a way back up in the woods Oh, I was so ragged, folks used call me Papa used to tease me it But down inside dad was hurtin' 'Cause he done the he could do
My papa was a old man I can see him with a shovel in his Education daddy had But he did when the times got bad The little from the crops we raised Barely paid the bills we
Oh, put him down to the ground he tried to get up, life would kick him back down On the day papa me to his dying bed his hands on my shoulders and in tears he said
"Patches, I'm on you son To pull the through, my son, it's all left up to you"
Two days later papa passed And I became a man day So, everyday I had to the fields 'Cause that's the way we got our meals See, I was the oldest of the And everybody was on me
Now, years passed, everybody's grown Mama's been living in a new home Lord knows it a lot of sweat and tears And my daddy's voice helped us through the years
He said, "Patches, I'm on you son To pull the family through, my son, it's all up to you"
Daddy had been sick for a long time, flat on his Every after we'd finished our chores and eat our dinner all go into papa's room to cheer him up a little And this day, Dad was in good spirits Sitting on the side of the bed telling mama how good she When all of a sudden papa had a pain in his
I was too young to understand, talking about a heart attack Mama rushed all of us out of the room the hallway About ten minutes she came out with tears in her eyes She out to me "Patches, patches get in here boy you're Daddy to see you" I went running to room there papa lay there
Daddy had tears in his eyes, I knew was wrong 'Cause Daddy was a poor man but all of my life he'd been a man I down on one knee beside the bed Papa put his hand on my He said, "Patches, Patches boy, the hammer of life done Your old papa down to the ground and I got nobody To turn to take of mama and the young ones"
"So, what I you to do is promise me son Is you're gonna do your best to help your mama As much as you can", I said, "Papa I'm do my best" But little did I know then I know right now That trying to climb mountain for a top when there ain't no top
Sometimes you yourself frustrated, lazy But every time I like I can't live my life like I want to My mind goes back to day I see those tears in my Daddy's eyes But most of all I his words "Patches, I'm on you boy"
Every time I feel like giving up I his voice "Patches, Patches, Patches, Patches"
"I'm on you son I tried to do my best, up you to do the rest"
"Patches, I'm on you son tried to do my best, it's up you to do the rest"
"Patches, I'm on you son To pull the family through, my son, it's all up to you"