I was born on a plantation, and things weren't so good. We didn't have any money. I never thought of the word 'poor' 'til I got to be a man, but when you live in a house that you can always peek out of and see what kind of day it is, you're not doing so well. And your rest room is not inside the house. B. B King Born • Day • Doing • Good • House • Live • Man • Money • Plantation • Things • Til • Word
Growing up on the plantation there in Mississippi, I would work Monday through Saturday noon. I'd go to town on Saturday afternoons, sit on the street corner, and I'd sing and play. B. B King Corner • Growing • Growing Up • Mississippi • Monday • Plantation • Play • Saturday • Saturday Afternoons • Sit • Town • Work
When we went into World War II, I was a tractor driver then. I drove tractors on the plantation. So when they start calling people my age, 18, up, I was one they called. B. B King Age • People • Plantation • Start • Tractor Driver • Up • War • War II • World
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