2009 Tiger Trail Festival, Pompano Beach, Florida,

Mother To Son

Well Son, I'll tell you;
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair,
It's had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards turn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor Bare,
But all the time's been a-climbin' on,
and reaching' landin's
And turnin' corners,
And sometims goin' in the dark
Where there ain't been no light
So boy, don't you turn back
Don't you set down on the steps
'Caus you finds it's kinder hard
Don't you fall not-
For I's still goin, honey,
I's still climbin,
And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

unknown author