Letras de 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
He said he went for a job and this the 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
'Cause people come to me from a near and afar
But I do just the work and I follow the rules
I didn't have the education so I had to go back to school

My friend told of 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 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

You got to, got to listen now now
(What he said)
Without an education
(Might as well be dead)
Look here

So one day he got tired of his little spendin' change
So he looked up his friends to check their pay range
When he got there to crib he found that he was a drag
′Cause man, they was clean and his clothes were like rags
One was a businessman with a plenty of dough
He had his thing so set up he knew 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 learnin′
(What he said)
Without an education
(Might as well be dead)
Well 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
While his friends they worked real
Hard when the work their way through
Now he realized he should have done the same thing too

Tell me one more time now
Look here
(What he said)
Without an education
(Might as well be dead)
You got to, got to, got to get some money now
(What he said)
Without an education
(Might as well be dead)
For the last time I'm gonna say

They kept on pushin' when the goin′ 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

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 money now
(What he said)
Without an education
(Might as well be dead)

Don't be a dropout, 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)