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Don't Be A Dropout
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James Brown
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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
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