Don’t Be a Dropout James Brown

[Verse 1]
Now a good friend of mine sat with me and he cried
He told me a story, I know he hadn't lied
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

[Chorus]
Tell me one more time, people now
What he said
Without an education
You might as well be dead
One more time
What he said
Without an education
You might as well be dead, looka here

[Verse 2]
My friend told all his buddies that he loved so well
And of their personal troubles I will not tell
Now both 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