| Song | Don't Be a Dropout |
| Artist | James Brown |
| Album | Star Time |
| [ti:Don’t Be A Dropout] | |
| [ar:James Brown] | |
| [al:Star Time] | |
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| [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 |
| 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 dropout 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 |