Song: Patches by Clarence Carter

Clarence Carter - Patches

I was born and raised down in ____________

On a farm way back up in the________________

I was so raggedy, folks used call me, "Patches"

Papa used to ____________ 'bout it

Of course deep down inside he _______________

'Cause he'd done all he could

My papa was a great ol' man

I can see him with a shovel in _____________

See, ________________ he never had

But he did wonders when the time got bad

The little money from the crops he raised

____________ paid the bills we made

Oh, life it _____________ down to the ground

When he tried___________ , life would kick him back down

One day papa ______________ to his dyin' bed

Put his hands on my shoulders and in tears he said

He said, "Patches

I'm dependin' on you, son

To pull the family _________________-

My son, it's all ________________ to you"

Two days later papa ______________

And I became a man that day

So I told mama I was gonna _______________

But she said that was daddy's ________________

So every morning 'fore I ____________________

I fed the chickens and I ____________ wood too

________________ I felt that I couldn't go on

I wanted to leave, just run away from home

But I would remember what my ____________

With tears in his eyes on his dyin' bed

He said, "Patches

I'm dependin' on you, son

I tried to do my best

__________ to you to do the rest"

But then one day a strong rain came

And washed all the ___________________

And at the age of 13

I thought I was carryin' the weight of the whole world on ________________

And you know mama knew what I was going through

'Cause every day I had to work the fields

'Cause that's the only way we got ____________

You see, I was the oldest of the family

And __________________ depended on me

Every night I heard my mama pray

Lord, give him strength to face another day

4 years have passed and all the kids ___________

The angels took mama to a brand new home

__________ knows people, I shed tears

But my daddy's voice kept me through the years

Sayin', "Patches

I'm dependin' on you, son

To pull the family through

________________ it's all left up to you"

I can still hear papa when he said, "Patches

I'm ____________  on you, son

I tried to do my best

It's up to you to do ___________"

I can _______________ papa when he said, "Patches

I'm dependin' on you, son

____________ the family through

Youtube  video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_LQ4_MhDu4

Fill in the blanks with the words from the table

education		My son,	daddy said
left up	still hear	dependin'	have grown
Barely	his hand	quit school	to get up
our meals	crops away	through	strictest rule
passed away	went to school	Sometimes	kicked him
To pull	my shoulders	everybody else	the rest
chopped	called me	woods	It's up
God	Alabama	tease me	was hurt

 CLARENCE CARTER

Life and career

Born in Montgomery, Alabama on 14 January 1936,^[1] Carter attended the Alabama School for the Blind in Talladega, Alabama, and Alabama State College in Montgomery, graduating in August 1960 with a Bachelor of Science degree in music.^[2] His professional music career began with friend Calvin Scott, signing to the Fairlane Records label to release "I Wanna Dance But I Don't Know How" the following year. After the 1962 release of "I Don't Know (School Girl)," Carter and Scott left Fairlane Records for Duke Records, renaming themselves the CL Boys for their label debut, Hey. In all, the duo cut four Duke singles, none of them generating more than a shrug at radio^{[citation needed]}.

In 1965, they travelled to Rick Hall's FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals to record "Step by Step" and its flip side, "Rooster Knees and Rice."^[3] Atlantic Records took notice and released "Step by Step" on its Atco Records subsidiary, but it flopped. Carter continued as a solo act, signing to the Fame Records label for 1967's Tell Daddy. Several more solid singles followed, until Carter released "Slip Away," which hit number 6 on the Pop Charts. "Too Weak to Fight" hit number 13. Several more soul singles followed, like "Snatching It Back," "Making Love (At The Dark End of the Street)",^[4] "The Feeling Is Right," "Doing Our Thing" and "Patches." "Patches", (first recorded by Chairmen of the Board), was a UK number 2^[5] and a U.S. number 4 in 1970, and won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song in 1971. This disc sold over one million copies, and received a gold disc awarded by the R.I.A.A. in September 1970, just two months after its release.^[6] Following "Slip Away" and "Too Weak to Fight", it was Carter's third million seller.^[6]

With the advent of disco in the mid 1970s, Carter's career suffered, before he found a new audience with bawdy songs such as "Strokin'" for Ichiban Records in the 1980s and 1990s. Carter's strong soul sound also found an audience within the then-nascent hip-hop community. Most notably, the horn break from Carter's song "Backdoor Santa", is sampled in the Run DMC Christmas song "Christmas in Hollis".^[7]

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Clarence Carter - Patches

I was born and raised down in Alabama

On a farm way back up in the woods

I was so raggedy, folks used call me, "Patches"

Papa used to tease me 'bout it

Of course deep down inside he was hurt

'Cause he'd done all he could

My papa was a great ol' man

I can see him with a shovel in his hand

See, education he never had

But he did wonders when the time got bad

The little money from the crops he raised

Barely paid the bills we made

Oh, life it kicked him down to the ground

When he tried to get up, life would kick him back down

One day papa called me to his dyin' bed

Put his hands on my shoulders and in tears he said

He said, "Patches

I'm dependin' on you, son

To pull the family through

My son, it's all left up to you"

Two days later papa passed away

And I became a man that day

So I told mama I was gonna quit school

But she said that was daddy's strictest rule

So every morning 'fore I went to school

I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too

Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on

I wanted to leave, just run away from home

But I would remember what my daddy said

With tears in his eyes on his dyin' bed

He said, "Patches

I'm dependin' on you, son

I tried to do my best

It's up to you to do the rest"

But then one day a strong rain came

And washed all the crops away

And at the age of 13

I thought I was carryin' the weight of the whole world on my shoulders

And you know mama knew what I was going through

'Cause every day I had to work the fields

'Cause that's the only way we got our meals

You see, I was the oldest of the family

And everybody else depended on me

Every night I heard my mama pray

Lord, give him strength to face another day

4 years have passed and all the kids have grown

The angels took mama to a brand new home

God knows people, I shed tears

But my daddy's voice kept me through the years

Sayin', "Patches

I'm dependin' on you, son

To pull the family through

My son, it's all left up to you"

I can still hear papa when he said, "Patches

I'm dependin' on you, son

I tried to do my best

It's up to you to do the rest"

I can still hear papa when he said, "Patches

I'm dependin' on you, son

To pull the family through

Retalhos

Eu nasci e cresci no alabama

Em uma fazenda sustentada pela madeira

Eu era tão esfarrapado que as pessoas me chamavam de "Patches" (retalhos)

Meu pai costumava tirar sarro disso

É claro que por dentro ele estava chateado

Porque ele fez tudo o que podia

Meu pai era um grande homem

Eu posso vê-lo com uma pá nas mãos

Ele nunca teve educação

Mas ele fez maravilhas quando as coisas ficaram pretas

O pouco dinheiro da colheita que ele ganhou

Mal pagaram as contas que fizemos

Oh,a vida, o chutou pro chão

Quando ele tentou se levantar, a vida lhe chutou outra vez

Um dia meu pai me chamou para seu leito de morte

Pos as mãos em meus ombros e sob lágrimas ele falou

Ele disse: "Patches

estou dependendo de você, filho

Para tirar a família do sufoco

Meu filho, tudo ficou por sua conta"

Dois dias depois meu pai se foi

E eu me tornei um homem aquele dia

Então eu disse para mamãe que eu iria abandonar a escola

Mas ela disse que isso era a regra rigorosa do papai

Então toda manhã seguinte eu ia à escola

Eu alimentei as crianças e cortei madeira também

Algumas vezes eu sentia que eu não podia continuar

Eu queria largar tudo, simplesmente fugir de casa

Mas eu devia lembrar o que meu pai disse

Com lágrimas nos olhos e em seu leito de morte

Ele disse, "Patches,

estou dependendo de você, filho

Eu tentei fazer o meu melhor

cabe a você fazer o resto"

Mas então, um dia, uma forte chuva caiu

E alagou toda a safra

E aos treze anos de idade

Eu pensava que estava carregando todo o peso do mundo em meus ombros

E mamãe sabia pelo o quê eu iria passar

Porque todo dia eu teria que trabalhar no campo

Pois esse era o único meio de nós conseguirmos nossa comida

Veja, eu era o mais velho da família

E todos dependiam de mim

Toda noite eu ouvia minha mãe rezar

Deus, lhe-dê forças pra enfrentar outro dia

Quatro anos passarm, cresceram meus irmãos

E os anjos levaram minha mãe para uma casa nova em folha

Deus sabe, eu derramei lágrimas

Mas a voz do meu pai me acompanhou pelos anos

Dizendo ?Patches

estou dependendo de você, filho

Para tirar a família do sufoco

Meu filho, tudo ficou por sua conta"

Eu ainda posso ouvir meu pai quando ele disse "Patches,

estou dependendo de você, filho

Eu tentei fazer o meu melhor

cabe a você fazer o resto"

Eu ainda posso ouvir meu pai quando ele disse "Patches

estou dependendo de você, filho

Para tirar a família do sufoco

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