Don't Be A Dropout

Lyrics for Don't Be A Dropout

Now a good friend of mine sat with me and he cried He told me a story, I know he hadn't lied Said he went for a job and Mr. Man said Without an education, you might as well be dead Now don't get me wrong, he said, it's not who you are But people come to me from near and far But I do just what and I follow the rules I didn't have an education so I had to go back to school Tell me one more time, people now What he said Without an education You might as well be dead One more time What he said Without an education You might as well be dead, looka here My friend told all his buddies that he loved so well And of their personal troubles I will not tell Now both guys didn't seem good and they didn't seem bad They didn't seem so happy and I know they weren't sad But the point is that they follow the rules They got an education and they all finished school Now underneath his tears, I could see the true fact When he dropped out of school, he never, never went back Tell me one more time people, looka here What he said Without an education You might as well be dead Gotta, gotta, gotta listen now now What he said Without an education You might as well be dead Look here So one day he got tired of his little spending change So he looked up his friends to check their pay range When he got there, the crib, he found that he was a drag 'Cause man, they were clean and his clothes were like rags One was a business man with plenty of dough He had his thing so set up, you know he couldn't blow The other had his job, so uptight He had his whole family and his kids all out of sight Tell me one more time now What he said Without an education Might as well be dead You got to, got to, got to get a little learning What he said Without an education Might as well be dead Look here What made him so hurt That these were his friends and he was a drag They looked at him And he was in the same old bag For his friends they worked real hard When the work day was through Now, he realized He should have done the same thing too Tell me one more time now, looka here What he said Without an education Might as well be dead You got to, got to, got to get some learning now What he said Without an education Might as well be dead For the last time, I'm gonna say They kept on pushing when the going was tough And now they know that things don't seem so rough So kids, stay in school, don't be no drag Take a fool's advice and stay out of that bag Looka here, tell me Bobby, tell me one more time What he said Without an education Might as well be dead Tell me, The Jewels, tell me now, one more time What he said Without an education Might as well be dead Everybody tell me one more time What he said Without an education Might as well be dead You got to, got to, got to, got to get some learning now What he said Without an education Might as well be dead Don't be a drop-out, stay in school now listen to me What he said Kids, kids Might as well be dead No, no What he said Without an education Might as well be dead Stay in school, have a good time What he said Don't, don't, don't ever play, don't ever play Don't ever play smart and stay away