[ti:Don’t Be A Dropout]
[ar:James Brown]
[al:Star Time]
[offset:0]
[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