Dropout Boogie

You're going to school? Don't wanna miss that, blood Go on and get that honky education You might be big someday, president (Fuck school!) Go to school, go to school, dropped out when I heard that Too busy tryna figure out where the birds at And them broads all stopped when I half They tryna throw me in detention, in Spofford But I prospered, unlike they intended You had on suspenders, I was gettin' suspended Posted up outside in my street clothes Principals tried to keep me out the hall like Pete Rose Gambling, popped 'em all with a six Four bogies and malt liqs, alcoholics Yesterday E&J, brought rum out today Tappin' bottles like, "Warriors, come out to play" These meddling kids was peddling mids We sold that high grade like nerds I paid to solve a square root for me That's why both the goon and the square root for me But if I went back in time, I would dare Be that geek sittin' front the class doing his homework Preppin' to be somebody in life Instead of roaming the streets with my mom's kitchen knife She didn't even buy it when I told it Like, "We bought the whole set from IKEA, I know you stole it" Snuck around real cowardly Took a metro to go uptown to cop sour D Never chill downtown on Bowery Was either my hood, Flatbush, Harlem or the Bronx Out of my mind, straight lunacy Avoidin' truancy and chasin' new pussy You see where that took me All those years of not paying bookies and playin' hooky Never danced at the prom I did the dropout boogie I don't wanna listen, I don't believe in this kinda system And let me tell ya, I'm 20 years old And I know a lot, understand? For my age, I know a lot And where did I learn it? In the streets Because the school couldn't do nothing for me Stick wit' it baby, some day you might be king Remained true to the task Got bad grades still stayed doing the math Prom night, packin' bones in a flask Chaperone maricón let him in with the mask Envisioning cocking the hammer and letting it blast Feasible then, with cameras ain't gettin' a pass And that's trash Deserve worse for late night meddlin' Villain irate, still be quite the gentleman The off-beat's two left hooks, stewed pork meat Snowing powdered sugar saying, "New York's sweet" 'Til they blind-sided, high speed on a cross street Or swipe a MetroCard down they face to the raw meat Remember classmates, some of 'em bad apes Hallway jooks to bathroom gang-rapes Property deface ass bet dice games for mad papes Windows shatter, just blame the brown dude when the glass breaks And thank the public school system for providing new landscapes Deficit in attention, honorable mention for detention Actions, foul language, words and unleashed tensions Often probably resulted in suspension As they say Another vay-cay, melee, and yoke up a teacher on payday Or roll the reefer up, say, "Hey!" Then go get the Le Tigres and the lees off layaway Stepped off then bounced Couldn't deal on a day-to-day Dropout boogie, repeat the steps or pave the way, okay? Yo no se Shalom, instructor told you, "Stay at home today" His favorite class, got along with the Jew kids And still cool up 'til now, is you stupid? It's all about commerce, regardless who bomb first More like who stay calm when the drama burst