School lyrics

Song information

Artist: New Edition
Album: All For Love

Lyrics

Education!
Ronnie, bobby, ricky, and mike, and ralph!
S c h o o l, you got to go to school and beat that bell
When the alarm clock bangs ring, ding, dong
We gotta stop our rap about this song
Monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, the weekend's here!

Well listen
When I was very young I used to sit around the house watching oil can harry battle mighty mouse
Until my mother said, "son, that's not the way to be. you've got to go to school and learn your abcs."
I said, "is that it, mom?"
She said, "that's not even half. you've got to go to school, you got to learn some math
You got to learn you to count- 1, 2, 3- and then get freshed up on the history."
My first day of school I'll never forget. my teacher said, "recite the alphabet."
I said, "a e m e l r," and, as you can see, I didn't get very far
The teacher said, "son, there's nothing to it. before the day's over, you'll learn how to do it
And not only that, you'll learn how to read, and that's one thing in life you'll always need."
Well, school's not all work. there's fun things to do like gym, lunch, and recess, too
Kindergarten was easy. it was mostly play. what I was worried about was elementary

S c h o o l, you got to go to school and beat that bell
When the alarm clock rings ring, ding, dong
We gotta stop our rap about this song. (2)

Ha! now without a doubt wrong. I took another turn
I didn't want to study, didn't even want to learn
Didn't want to go to class. I was always late because school became something that I started to hate
Started hanging with my boys; didn't mean no harm. we was going around the school pulling fire alarms
I was a chilly homeboy, yes, I was down because I came to school just to mess around
I started hanging in the halls, writing on the walls, until I got started playing basketball
But I didn't have a job so I couldn't get paid and I couldn't play ball because of my grades
But I still used to practice each and every day in case the coach decided to let me play
But it didn't work out the way I planned, so I ran to a man who said he can understand the troubles I was going through
He said, "son it's all about going to school."
So I shut up and shipped out to get my keys and now I'm moving up to the big leagues: high school

S c h o o l, you got to go to school and beat that bell
__________________ and ring, ding, dong
We got a ________________ about this song. (2)

Ronnie, bobby, ricky, and mike, and ralph!
Monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, the weekend's here!

So sticking out that chest
I'm feeling cool 'cause I was going on to something they call "high school."
And I'm feelin funny, 'cause things aren't the same, wondering why nobody knows my name
That became something that I started to miss, and now that I'm here it feels like a big dis
But, anyway, I had to leave. I had something to achieve
It was singing- yeah- that's what I wanted to do, so I got a tutor, because I'm no fool
Dropping out of school is quite absurd, and it's something new edition just spread the word
Stay in school!

S c h o o l, you got to go to school and beat that bell......
Ronnie, bobby, ricky, and mike, and ralph....
(Repeat and fade....)