Don't Be A Dropout

Don’t Be A Dropout - James Brown

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

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 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 so happy

And I know they weren't sad

But the point isn't

That they follow the rules

They got an education

And they all been in 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

What do you say

Without an education

You might as well be dead

Got to got to got to listen now now

What do you say

Without an education

Might as well be dead

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 the 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

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

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

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

So kids stay in school

Don't be no drag

Take a fool's advise

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

Don't don't don't ever blame

Don't ever blame don't ever blame come on