《Don’t Be A Dropout》歌词

[00:00:00] Don't Be A Dropout - James Brown (詹姆斯·布朗)

[00:00:00] Written by：James Brown/Nat Jones

[00:00:11] Now a good friend of mine

[00:00:13] Sat with me and he cried

[00:00:15] He told me a story

[00:00:17] I know he ain't lying

[00:00:19] Said he went for a job

[00:00:21] And Mr Man said

[00:00:23] Without an education

[00:00:25] You might as well be dead

[00:00:27] Now don't get me wrong

[00:00:29] He said it's not who you are

[00:00:32] But people come to me

[00:00:33] From near and far

[00:00:36] But I do just what

[00:00:37] And I follow the rules

[00:00:40] I didn't have an education

[00:00:42] So I had to go back to school

[00:00:45] My friends told all his buddies

[00:00:46] That he loved so well

[00:00:48] And of their personal troubles

[00:00:50] I will not tell

[00:00:53] Now those guys didn't seem good

[00:00:55] And they didn't seem bad

[00:00:57] They didn't seem so happy

[00:00:58] And I know they weren't sad

[00:01:01] But the point isn't

[00:01:02] That they follow the rules

[00:01:05] They got an education

[00:01:07] And they all been in school

[00:01:09] Now underneath his tears

[00:01:11] I could see the true fact

[00:01:13] When he dropped out of school

[00:01:15] He never never went back

[00:01:17] Got to got to got to listen now now

[00:01:20] What do you say

[00:01:22] Without an education

[00:01:23] Might as well be dead

[00:01:26] So one day he got tired

[00:01:28] Of his little spending change

[00:01:30] So he looked up his friends

[00:01:32] To check their pay range

[00:01:34] When he got there

[00:01:35] The crib he found that he was a drag

[00:01:38] 'Cause man they were clean

[00:01:40] And his clothes were like rags

[00:01:43] One was a business man

[00:01:45] With the plenty of dough

[00:01:47] He had his thing so set up

[00:01:49] You know he couldn't blow

[00:01:51] The other had his job so uptight

[00:01:55] He had his whole family

[00:01:56] And his kids all out of sight

[00:01:59] Tell me one more time now

[00:02:01] What do you say

[00:02:03] Without an education

[00:02:05] Might as well be dead

[00:02:06] You got to got to

[00:02:07] Got to get a little learning

[00:02:10] What do you say

[00:02:12] Without an education

[00:02:14] Might as well be dead

[00:02:17] What made him so hurt

[00:02:18] That these were his friends

[00:02:19] And he was a drag

[00:02:20] They looked at him

[00:02:21] And he was in the same old bag

[00:02:24] For his friends they worked real hard

[00:02:27] When the work day was through

[00:02:29] Now he realized

[00:02:30] He should have done the same thing

[00:02:32] Tell me one more time now

[00:02:35] What do you say

[00:02:37] Without an education

[00:02:39] Might as well be dead

[00:02:40] You got to got to

[00:02:41] Got to get a little learning now

[00:02:43] What do you say

[00:02:45] Without an education

[00:02:47] Might as well be dead

[00:02:49] I'm gonna say

[00:02:50] They kept on pushing

[00:02:52] When the going was tough

[00:02:54] And now they know

[00:02:55] That things don't seem so rough

[00:02:58] So kids stay in school

[00:03:00] Don't be no drag

[00:03:02] Take a fool's advise

[00:03:04] And stay out of that bag

[00:03:09] What do you say

[00:03:11] Without an education

[00:03:12] Might as well be dead

[00:03:13] You got to got to

[00:03:14] Got to get a some learning now

[00:03:17] What do you say

[00:03:19] Without an education

[00:03:20] Might as well be dead

[00:03:21] Don't be a drop out

[00:03:23] Stay in school now listen to me

[00:03:25] What do you say

[00:03:27] Kids kids

[00:03:29] Might as well be dead

[00:03:30] No no

[00:03:34] What do you say

[00:03:35] Without an education

[00:03:37] Might as well be dead