Ray Charles - Hard Times video free download


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Uploaded: 2010/01/25

My mother told me before she passed away,

Said, "Son, when I'm gone, don't forget to pray

'Cause there'll be hard times, Lord those hard times -

Who knows better than I?"

Well I soon found out just what she meant

When I had to pawn my clothes just to pay the rent;

Talkin' 'about hard times, hard times

Who knows better than I?

I had a woman, Lord, who was always around,

But when I lost my money, she put me down.

Talkin' 'bout hard times, you know those hard times,

Yeah, Lord, who knows better than I?

Lord, one of these days, there'll be no sorrow

When I pass away,

And no more hard times,

Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?

Yeah, Lord, who knows better than I?

Comments

7 years ago

Zft6ix Vlogs

Who still here in 2017 ??

8 years ago

Terry Fikes

Genius, listen to those keys.....

8 years ago

jonbap426

Wow. Amazing emotion and heart here. Not to bring up any comparisons or anything, but there's a song by John Lennon about his mother, and it has a lot of emotion, tangible emotion to it as well. This just reminded me of that one.

8 years ago

Shody Larkins HEBREW

I love this song! Makes me so emotional because of how TRUE this is! There will be hard times, there is now! So don't forget to pray to the almighty JESUS! I love my Jesus!

9 years ago

white1967falcon

he gave everything he had.

9 years ago

Michele Ludovico De Candia

My favourite song by Ray Charles. There's so much emotion in his voice...

9 years ago

Raymond Cortez

My father (19 yrs old at the time) had to sell his first car after having it just a few months to feed my sister back in the 80s. Talk about the struggle. I'd like to hear some of your stories of hard times in the struggle and how you got out of it.

9 years ago

Marlon Peters

Glad I'm not the only one that recognizes the true pain in Ray's voice on this one. It grips you...pure emotion.

9 years ago

Anita Parker

I love a song you can feel. You can feel brotha Ray's agony in this song, You know he knows all about Hard Times.

9 years ago

Penguin TheP.

Like The Body Needs Water...

9 years ago

Devin Jones

Don't forget to pray Cuz there be hard times

9 years ago

장장수

but... dislike WHO.... KNOWS??????

10 years ago

wupomLines

Wow....

10 years ago

Dan Bee

And the only thing that can save the world is bikes, and renewable energy

10 years ago

drew Till

141 to 203 the intensity of his voice...real pain

10 years ago

Arnas Šimaitis

It breaks my heart everytime I hear this... Ray, you're amazing...

11 years ago

thehiphopprophet

I listen to this song whenever I'm going through a great hardship to help me get through the struggle. I couldn't be any more grateful to Mr. Charles for creating it. This is music in it's purest form.

11 years ago

MICHAEL SWINGA

THANK YOU RAY, NOTHING LIKE A MOTHERS LOVE!!!

11 years ago

rigership

Ray Charles. A timeless men.

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