The First Semester
by: Dr. Boyce Watkins

Listen up people, you can all now relax

Einstein has arrived, and you can ride on my back

Oh you ain’t heard?  I’m a genius you see

These scrubs pay tuition, but I attend school for free

 

If you think that I’m joking, then please have no doubt

I got more awards in high school than the grammies give out

They call you the fraction, I’m 100 percent

If brains were like money, I’m the national mint

 

Profs say that I’m tripping, but I’ll make them say “wow”

Why don’t you just give me my straight As right now?

Cause you know it’s a forgone when it comes to the books

Just call me the dial tone cause I’m straight off the hook

 

Now I’m on campus, but I must split my time

Cause the opposite sex is just looking so fine

My old friends from high school?  I ain’t stuttin them geeks

Cause I was just asked to be one of the greeks

 

I took over this campus right out of the box

Me and my homies got the parties on lock

When I go to the club, they call me the fish

Cause I drink like a guppie inside of a dish

 

I know that you’re worried, but don’t be alarmed

I keep busy, but you know that my grades won’t be harmed

Oh, about that math test?  Don’t worry bout it cuz

Alright….OK, what had happened wuz…..

 

Imma be real, I won’t tell you no lies

My midterms had grades that I don’t recognize

But that’s all gonna change cause I’m more focused see

I’ll be studying with Billy, Tyrone, Angie and T

 

They say that studying in groups doesn’t work all that well

I told Dr. Watkins, and he just said “Awwww hayell”

He said I was getting too carried away

And in the long run, there’s a price I would pay

 

How does that little cricket know what life’s all about?

He needs to just keep my name out his mouth

I’m not his son, his daughter, his husband or wife

How can that fool know what’s best for MY LIFE?

 

My report card should be arriving today

My grades are not perfect, but they should be ok

I procrastinated a little, I must confess

But I DID study all night before I took the test

 

I open the mailbox with real shaky hands

My parents are sweating me like internal glands

I creak open the paper, then a little more

The first letter makes my mother pass out on the floor

 

I now get a seizure like epilepsy

Cause my report is yelling “FDDFC”!

Daddy is about to have cardiac arrest

If his cussin were holy, I would have been SUPER BLESSED

 

My face fills with liquid from all of my tears

Cleaning this mess will take 2 or 3 years

My friends that studied and partied with me

Are back home with their mama’s just watching TV

 

It was bad enough hearing my parents lip

But the school is now taking my whole scholarship

If my brain were really the national mint

I would have looked at the scholarship and all the fine print

 

College is thunder, you already know

But if I could start over, I would have started off slow

Cause things don’t always go as we planned

There’s a whole lot of distraction in this wonderland

 

Have fun while in college, but don’t lose your mind

Smart students have BALANCE and get on the grind

Be smart with your choices, don’t forget who you be

Or you’ll be home with yo mama, just hanging with me.

 

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