little brother make a way

Albert King

(Spoken:
Now all a-you young folks, ravin
An hollerin about how bad you wanna be free
But let me tell ya what it was like in my day
For an old man like me
Are you ready? (yeah))
Take it on, little brother, an make a way
I said, take it on little brother, take it further
Now I had to work, ev ryday
On my job, I didn t get much pay
Had to say yes sir to the other man
I was too confused, to understand
I had to things, yeah, against my will
If I hadn t looked further
You wouldn t have made it
Take it on, little brother, take it further
I said take it on, little brother an make a way
Now you ve got the future, in your hand
Now don t you be, no lazy man
We laid the ground, an made the way for you
Come on an show us, that you re proud of us
You have a hard, time to get through
But keep on pushin , we re right behind you
Take it on, little brother, take it further
I said take it on, little brother an make a way
Take it on, little brother, an make a way
I said, take it on, little brother, an take it further
Uh, now I had to work, ev ryday
On my job, I didn t get much pay
Had to say yes sir , to other man
I was too confused, to understand
I had to do things, yeah against my will
If I hadn t of moved further, you wouldn t have made it
Take it on, little brother, take it further, yeah, um!
I said take it on, little brother, an make a way