Don't Be A Drop-Out Lyrics

Now a good friend of mine

Sat with me and he cried

He told me a story

I know he ain't lying

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

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 do you say)

Without an education

You might as well be dead

One more time (what do you say)

Without an education

You might as well be dead

My friends told all his buddies

That he loved so well

And of their personal troubles

I will not tell

Now those guys didn't seem

Good and they didn't seem bad

They didn't seem happy and

I know they weren't sad

But the point isn't

That they follow the rules

They got an education

And they been in school

Now underneath his tears

I could see the true fact

He dropped out of school

Never, never went back

Tell me one more time, people

(What do you say)

Without an education

You might as well be dead

Got to, got to, got to listen now

(What do you say)

Without an education

(Might as well be dead)

One day he got tired

Of his little spending change

So he looked up his friends

And checked 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 do you say)

Without an education
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(Might as well be dead)

You got to, got to

Got to get a little learning

(What do you say)

Without an education

(Might as well be dead)

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

His friends 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

Lookie here

(What do you say)

Without an education

(Might as well be dead)

You got to, got to, got to

Get a little learning now

(What do you say)

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

Well, kids, stay in school

Don't be no drag

Let the fool advise you

And stay out of that bag

Look here, tell me, Bobby

Tell me one more time

(What do you say)

Without an education

(Might as well be dead)

Tell me, The Jewels

Tell me now one more time

(What do you say)

Without an education

(Might as well be dead)

Everybody, tell me one more time

(What do you say)

Without an education

(Might as well be dead)

You got to, got to, got to

Got to get some learning now

(What do you say)

Without an education

(Might as well be dead)

Don't be a drop-out

Stay in school

Now listen to me

(What do you say)

Kids, kids

(Might as well be dead)

No, no (what do you say)

Without an education

(Might as well be dead)

Stay in school

Have a good time

(What do you say)...