Education

Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, and Mike

Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, and Mike

Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, and Mike

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 brushed 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 bangs ring, ding, dong

We gotta stop our rap about this song

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 Ha! Now something got 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

When the alarm clock bangs ring, ding, dong

We gotta stop our rap about this song

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 Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, and Mike

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 feel important, '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 ***

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

S C H O O L, you got to go to school and beat that bell

S C H O O L, you got to go to school and beat that bell

S C H O O L, you got to go to school and beat that bell

S C H O O L, you got to go to school and beat that bell

S C H O O L, you got to go to school and beat that bell Ronnie, Ronnie, Ronnie, Ronnie, Ronnie

Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, and Mike

Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, and Mike, and Ralph

Ronnie S C H O O L, beat that bell

Go to school and beat that bell

S C H O O L, go to school and beat that bell

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