hardships:life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tcks in it, and splinters, and boards torn up, and places with no carpet on the floor.
responses to hardships:but all the time i'se been a-climbin' on. and reachin' landin's, and turnin' corners, and sometimes goin' in the dark where there ain't been no light.
mother's advice to keep: so boy, don't you turn back. Don't you set down on the steps 'cause you finds it's kinder hard.
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hardships:life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tcks in it, and splinters, and boards torn up, and places with no carpet on the floor.
responses to hardships:but all the time i'se been a-climbin' on. and reachin' landin's, and turnin' corners, and sometimes goin' in the dark where there ain't been no light.
mother's advice to keep: so boy, don't you turn back. Don't you set down on the steps 'cause you finds it's kinder hard.