Came Up Hard

I picked my share of cotton I drank water from a creek Split a hot dog five ways Just to make it through the week I came up hard Oh, I came up hard Oh, I count my blessing every day But Lord knows I came up hard Sharecropper's shack, nine years old Learned how to play the blues On a two-string diddley bow I came up hard Lord knows I came up hard Oh, I can laugh about it now But Lord knows I came up hard Rain leaking through the ceiling Wind blow through the door Didn't have no bed Just a ripped blanket on the floor I came up hard Yes, I came up hard Oh, but I ain't the only one Lord knows I came up hard From sun up to sun down Every day I played a lot of hooky Never once got caught Out behind the juke joint And I surely learned a lot Oh, I came up hard Oh yes, I really came up hard Looka here, I think I did alright Lord knows I came up hard Oh, I count my blessing every day Lord knows I came up hard Oh yes, I did, yeah