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Verse 1:
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It's that time of year again, I know you all remember
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Been 2 months since we said "See you in September"
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It didn't take long to get ready for the new year
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Ain't spend a dime on books, my loot went to my school gear
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Felt like a celebrity - all the girls was checkin' me
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My recipe was wear all my new shit the second week
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I hit up every class the first day like I was serious
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And then I changed my schedule - to lunch fourth period
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Had lunch fifth period, if I ain't have gym, I'd have lunch sixth period
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Seventh - Who knows where he is?
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Given rapper's ass whippin's battlin' for lunch tickets
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Got my grade from the lady in the cafeteria
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You seen me in a class, I guarantee it was sub
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Either way my whole day was a scene from the Breakfast Club
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Report card day came, I brought my A-game
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Ballpoint pen steeze, I got my grade changed
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Did it 3 years straight - Yeah, it seems pathetic
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In eleventh grade and I barely had eleven credits
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You heard of super seniors? Well, I was a super freshman
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Go to summerschool? Forget it, dog - I never learn my lesson
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Now I'm about to show you things I bet you never seen
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Dropped outta school at the tender age of seventeen
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Get a GED, 1200 on my SATs
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Even got the Dean writin' letters recommendin' me
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It ain't like I was stupid - Trust me, I was smart enough
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I hung out wit the cool kids cuz my classes wasn't hard enough
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I learned everything naturally, and actually -
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All the kids who laughed at me graduated after me...
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Hook:
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A little hustle it could take you to the top
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Get it, get it, don't stop, people leave them kids alone
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Don't let em tell you that you need a piece of paper
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Can't nobody take your spot, you can make it on your own
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Verse 2:
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Now as I got older, life got harder
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You gotta have ambition if you wanna go farther
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I got a thirst for knowledge and an urge to get smarter
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I enrolled in Brooklyn College, that's my momma's alma mater
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I wanna make the most out of the classes that they give you
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I wanna study art, the only kind they got is Liberal
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Okay, I can deal with that
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Plus this class I'm takin' gives you credit if you workin' at the radio station, so
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I signed up, and the next thing I know
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I took over as the host of the Hip-Hop show
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Well, my pursuit for the rap dream got me kicked off the track team
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My GPA dropped to a 1.0
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Now hold up, wait a minute, there's nobody here to babysit?
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You tellin me pass or fail I still gotta pay for this?
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I don't got time or loot, so why the hell am I wastin' it?
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Degrees, please - I get a decent job doin' basic shit -
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The fuck I need this for? Watch how fast I withdraw
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It's funny how my drive quickly switched like a six-four
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That didn't last long, no need for this sad song
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Wit skills to fall back on, it's time to get my rap on...
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Hook
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Verse 3:
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High school - I dropped out of it
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College - I tried it out a bit
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I have no regrets, and actually, I'm quite proud of it
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It ain't the only way to measure success or intelligence
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Need evidence? Well, you can ask 8 US Presidents
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Or make a film helmed by Tarantino or John Woo
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Without Pacino, Robert De Niro and Tom Cruise
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No diplomas, but they all got Oscars, you can't lose
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I know most of you is wishin that you was in their shoes
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Guess who dropped out too
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Chris Rock and Cuba Gooding
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Bill Cosby's GED is on the shelf next to the pudding
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And not to mention Ray Charles, cuz that's walkin a fine line
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But your degree comes from studyin' Shakespeare and Einstein
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A whole lotta people made it that never graduated
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That's why with education, I never been fascinated
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Your lectures are overrated, so take a breath and save it
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'Cuz it's real life that teaches you lessons that can't be graded...
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Hook
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Yeah!
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Fuck school. Yeah, I said it. Do whatever you want y'all. All you gotta do is try. You could make it. I did. Fuck school.
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