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  • 作词 : James Brown/Nat Jones
    作曲 : James Brown/Nat Jones
    Now a good friend of mine
    Sat with me and he cried
    He told me a story
    I know he ain't lying

    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

    Tell me one more time, people now
    What do you say?
    Without an education
    You might as well be dead

    One more time
    What do you say?
    Without an education
    You might as well be dead

    My friends told all his buddies
    That he loved so well
    And of their personal troubles
    I will not tell

    Now those 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 isn't
    That they follow the rules
    They got an education
    And they all been in school

    Now underneath his tears
    I could see the true fact
    When he dropped out of school
    He never, never went back

    Tell me one more time, people
    What do you say?
    Without an education
    You might as well be dead

    Got to, got to, got to listen now, now
    What do you say?
    Without an education
    Might as well be dead

    So one day he got tired
    Of his little spending change
    So he looked up his friends
    To check their pay range

    When he got there, the crib
    He found that he was a drag
    'Cause man, they were clean
    And his clothes were like rags

    One was a business man
    With the plenty of dough
    He had his thing so set up
    You know he couldn't blow

    The other had his job so uptight
    He had his whole family
    And his kids all out of sight

    Tell me one more time now
    What do you say?
    Without an education
    Might as well be dead

    You got to, got to, got to get a little learning
    What do you say?
    Without an education
    Might as well be dead

    What made him so hurt
    That these were his friends and he was a drag
    They looked at him
    And he was in the same old bag

    For his friends they worked real hard
    When the work day was through
    Now, he realized
    He should have done the same thing too

    Tell me one more time now
    What do you say?
    Without an education
    Might as well be dead

    You got to, got to, got to get a little learning now
    What do you say?
    Without an education
    Might as well be dead

    For the last time, I'm gonna say
    They kept on pushing
    When the going was tough
    And now they know
    That things don't seem so rough

    So kids, stay in school
    Don't be no drag
    Take a fool's advise
    And stay out of that bag

    Look here, tell me, Bobby tell me one more time
    What do you say?
    Without an education
    Might as well be dead

    Tell me, The Jewels, tell me now one more time
    What do you say?
    Without an education
    Might as well be dead

    Everybody, tell me one more time
    What do you say?
    Without an education
    Might as well be dead

    You got to, got to, got to, got to get some learning now
    What do you say?
    Without an education
    Might as well be dead

    Don't be a drop-out, stay in school now listen to me
    What do you say?
    Kids, kids
    Might as well be dead

    No, no
    What do you say?
    Without an education
    Might as well be dead

    Stay in school, have a good time
    What do you say?
    Don't, don't, don't ever blame
    Don't ever blame, don't ever blame, come on
  • 作词 : James Brown/Nat Jones
    作曲 : James Brown/Nat Jones
    Now a good friend of mine
    Sat with me and he cried
    He told me a story
    I know he ain't lying

    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

    Tell me one more time, people now
    What do you say?
    Without an education
    You might as well be dead

    One more time
    What do you say?
    Without an education
    You might as well be dead

    My friends told all his buddies
    That he loved so well
    And of their personal troubles
    I will not tell

    Now those 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 isn't
    That they follow the rules
    They got an education
    And they all been in school

    Now underneath his tears
    I could see the true fact
    When he dropped out of school
    He never, never went back

    Tell me one more time, people
    What do you say?
    Without an education
    You might as well be dead

    Got to, got to, got to listen now, now
    What do you say?
    Without an education
    Might as well be dead

    So one day he got tired
    Of his little spending change
    So he looked up his friends
    To check their pay range

    When he got there, the crib
    He found that he was a drag
    'Cause man, they were clean
    And his clothes were like rags

    One was a business man
    With the plenty of dough
    He had his thing so set up
    You know he couldn't blow

    The other had his job so uptight
    He had his whole family
    And his kids all out of sight

    Tell me one more time now
    What do you say?
    Without an education
    Might as well be dead

    You got to, got to, got to get a little learning
    What do you say?
    Without an education
    Might as well be dead

    What made him so hurt
    That these were his friends and he was a drag
    They looked at him
    And he was in the same old bag

    For his friends they worked real hard
    When the work day was through
    Now, he realized
    He should have done the same thing too

    Tell me one more time now
    What do you say?
    Without an education
    Might as well be dead

    You got to, got to, got to get a little learning now
    What do you say?
    Without an education
    Might as well be dead

    For the last time, I'm gonna say
    They kept on pushing
    When the going was tough
    And now they know
    That things don't seem so rough

    So kids, stay in school
    Don't be no drag
    Take a fool's advise
    And stay out of that bag

    Look here, tell me, Bobby tell me one more time
    What do you say?
    Without an education
    Might as well be dead

    Tell me, The Jewels, tell me now one more time
    What do you say?
    Without an education
    Might as well be dead

    Everybody, tell me one more time
    What do you say?
    Without an education
    Might as well be dead

    You got to, got to, got to, got to get some learning now
    What do you say?
    Without an education
    Might as well be dead

    Don't be a drop-out, stay in school now listen to me
    What do you say?
    Kids, kids
    Might as well be dead

    No, no
    What do you say?
    Without an education
    Might as well be dead

    Stay in school, have a good time
    What do you say?
    Don't, don't, don't ever blame
    Don't ever blame, don't ever blame, come on