Ain't no time for education Too much corn in the field Ain't got time to go to school, y'all We got too much work around here Never had time for playin' Never had to have no fun Too much cotton needs haulin' And that's too much, probably be done It was hard, but it was fair We was always out there Out in the red hot sun 'Cause the work was never done For a sharecropper's son, yeah Workin' from kin to cane Out in the heat of the day Me and my brothers, we was prayin' for rain 'Cause we still gotta haul that hay It was hard, but it was fair We was always out there Out in the red hot sun For all the work was never done For a sharecropper's son It wasn't easy 'Cause the work was never done It wasn't easy For a sharecropper's son For a sharecropper's son It ain't easy 'Cause the work ain't never done It ain't easy For a sharecropper's son For a sharecropper's son For a sharecropper's son For a sharecropper's son