Carry Your Own Load - Jr. Walker & The All Stars

Carry your own load

If you wanna get ahead

Carry your own load

That’s what my mama and my daddy said

Boy, you’re going out into this world alone

It’s filled with misery and pain

Nothing’s gonna walk into your life

You got to work for everything

You got to carry your own load

If you wanna get ahead

Carry your own load

That’s what my mama and my daddy said

Mama said, «Son, try to be a man

Hold your chin up high

When things get tough and you feel you’ve had enough

A little prayer will get you by»

So go ahead and carry your own load

If you wanna get ahead

Carry your own load

That’s what my mama and my daddy said

Go ahead and carry your own load

If you wanna get ahead

Carry your own load

That’s what my mama and my daddy said

I normally listen to my mom and dad

I could never go wrong

They would never turn their backs on me

'Cause to them I belong

You got to carry your own load

If you wanna get ahead

Carry your own load

That’s what my mama and my daddy said

Sing it for me, children

Carry your own load

If you wanna get ahead

Carry your own load

That’s what my mama and my daddy said

Carry your own load

If you wanna get ahead

Carry your own load

That’s what my mama and my daddy said