Plantation Philosophy

I b'lebe dat ef I wuz on er race hoss an' had two hours de start, debt could jump on er cow an' obertake me. I doan un'erstan' how it is dat some folks dat ain't got half de sense nur nigh de jedgment dat I is ken run right erlong outen debt, while de cut throat mortgage has allus got its bad eye on my crap. I uster 'low dat it wuz 'caze I was too hones', but sence I kotch merse'f wushin' dat I had Mr. So-an'-So's farra, widout stoppin' to think whut would 'come o' Mr. So-an'-So's chillun, I'se sorter come ter de 'clusion dat ef I goes ter de po'house it won't be my honesty dat takes me dar. You'U fin' mo' honesty 'inung well-ter-do folks den yer will 'mung people