Don't Be A Dropout-James Brown

[00:01.88]Don’t Be A Dropout - James Brown [00:06.45] [00:09.33]Now a good friend of mine [00:12.99]Sat with me and he cried [00:14.91]He told me a story [00:16.92]I know he ain't lying [00:18.58]Said he went for a job [00:21.33]And Mr Man said [00:22.90]Without an education [00:24.35] [00:25.08]You might as well be dead [00:27.21]Now don't get me wrong [00:29.12]He said it's not who you are [00:31.25]But people come to me [00:33.44]From near and far [00:35.25]But I do just what [00:37.71]And I follow the rules [00:39.87]I didn't have an education [00:41.92]So I had to go back to school [00:43.93]Tell me one more time people now [00:46.31]What do you say [00:48.02]Without an education [00:49.46] [00:49.99]You might as well be dead [00:52.43]One more time [00:55.05]What do you say [00:56.84]Without an education [00:58.46]You might as well be dead [01:00.59]My friends told all his buddies [01:03.65]That he loved so well [01:05.06]And of their personal troubles [01:07.26]I will not tell [01:08.88]Now those guys didn't seem good [01:11.54]And they didn't seem bad [01:13.36]They didn't seem so happy [01:15.54]And I know they weren't sad [01:17.33]But the point isn't [01:19.33]That they follow the rules [01:21.48]They got an education [01:23.61]And they all been in school [01:25.58]Now underneath his tears [01:28.14]I could see the true fact [01:30.07]When he dropped out of school [01:32.56]He never never went back [01:34.04]Tell me one more time people [01:36.16]What do you say [01:38.78]Without an education [01:40.52]You might as well be dead [01:42.99]Got to got to got to listen now now [01:45.39]What do you say [01:47.13]Without an education [01:48.78]Might as well be dead [01:50.97]So one day he got tired [01:53.76]Of his little spending change [01:55.29]So he looked up his friends [01:57.53]To check their pay range [01:59.13]When he got there the crib [02:01.87]He found that he was a drag [02:03.79]'Cause man they were clean [02:06.07]And his clothes were like rags [02:07.99]One was a business man [02:10.75]With the plenty of dough [02:12.49]He had his thing so set up [02:14.43]You know he couldn't blow [02:16.43] [02:17.14]The other had his job so uptight [02:20.40]He had his whole family [02:22.66]And his kids all out of sight [02:24.93]Tell me one more time now [02:26.91]What do you say [02:29.09]Without an education [02:30.72]Might as well be dead [02:32.15]You got to got to got to get a little learning [02:35.15]What do you say [02:37.18]Without an education [02:39.48]Might as well be dead [02:41.69]What made him so hurt [02:43.95]That these were his friends and he was a drag [02:46.32]They looked at him [02:47.63]And he was in the same old bag [02:49.61]For his friends they worked real hard [02:52.32]When the work day was through [02:54.09]Now he realized [02:56.02]He should have done the same thing too [02:57.92]Tell me one more time now [03:00.14]What do you say [03:02.27]Without an education [03:04.51]Might as well be dead [03:06.54]You got to got to got to get a little learning now [03:09.60]What do you say [03:10.56]Without an education [03:12.37]Might as well be dead [03:14.60]For the last time I'm gonna say [03:16.24]They kept on pushing [03:17.45]When the going was tough [03:19.24]And now they know [03:21.03]That things don't seem so rough [03:23.70]So kids stay in school [03:26.69]Don't be no drag [03:28.08]Take a fool's advise [03:29.97]And stay out of that bag [03:32.35]Look here tell me Bobby tell me one more time [03:34.99]What do you say [03:36.81]Without an education [03:38.31]Might as well be dead [03:39.93]Tell me The Jewels tell me now one more time [03:43.38]What do you say [03:44.86]Without an education [03:46.80]Might as well be dead [03:48.25]Everybody tell me one more time [03:50.92]What do you say [03:53.44]Without an education [03:55.54]Might as well be dead [03:57.00]You got to got to got to got to get some learning now [03:59.89]What do you say [04:02.15]Without an education [04:03.08]Might as well be dead [04:05.02]Don't be a drop-out stay in school now listen to me [04:08.41]What do you say [04:10.17]Kids kids [04:12.29]Might as well be dead [04:13.94]No no [04:15.11]What do you say [04:18.02]Without an education [04:19.38]Might as well be dead [04:22.08]Stay in school have a good time [04:24.63]What do you say [04:26.42]Don't don't don't ever blame [04:27.97]Don't ever blame don't ever blame come on