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