The Rules of The Game
by: Dr. Boyce Watkins

Education is your vehicle, it’s kinda like your first car

Here are tips from the top on how to live like a star

You think school’s not important and you let your grades slide?

Well, buckle up my negro, cuz I’m pimpin yo ride

 

Some think school is important, some think that it’s not

But it’s Ludicrous to think you’ll get that number one spot

Without that paper in your pocket, you’re getting no love

That top position that you’re fishin….it ain’t hiring scrubs

 

Do you want to fly like an eagle or live your life with a limp?

Pimpin ain’t too easy, but it sucks getting pimped

Some people think good grades come to those who are smart

But you can’t be a great heart surgeon if you ain’t got no heart

 

If you have good grades already, then the burden’s no lighter

Your GPA is slammin, but it can always be tighter

And when you hit that first obstacle and you’ve just been beat down

Are you gonna get up like a fighter or lie down like a clown?

 

College is the place to make your dreams come true

But making silly choices can create nightmares for you

So, let me pimp your ride and I’mma start with the rims

24 inch spinners, the paint job matching your Tims

 

Number 1:  Study for 6 hours a day

If you are consistent and persistent then your hard work will pay

Pulling all-nighters might make sense when your doing it see

But that F on every test is what you’re getting from me

 

Number 2:  Don’t allow yourself to skip any class

Days off never pay off when you’re trying to pass

But passing all your classes is not your first role

Be a baller and a scholar, straight As are your goal

 

Number 3: Don’t feel you have to drink till you’re drunk

Cause cupid makes you stupid when the party’s too crunk

We have rapists and drunk drivers when the liquor gets full

And lifetime alcoholics when they get out of school

 

Number 4:  Don’t forget this part of the rhyme

NEVER drop out of college for any reason, any time!

People leave school for a second, to get out of that cage

Then they’re 35 with 3 kids making minimum wage

 

Number 5: Make sure you learn to manage your time

Your time is like your money, you should count every dime

Procrastination is a gamble, don’t rely on your luck

Or you’ll crap out and be busted, with a report card that sucks

 

Number 6: Getting a college degree is real cool

But to make the monster money, go to graduate school

I promise that if you’re willing to go that last mile

The bling on your check will match the bling in your smile

 

Number 7:  Make sure you know your major by heart

Know every class you’re taking from the end to the start

Memorize the classes needed to get the degree in your hand

Don’t be sitting at the end, saying “I didn’t know man!”

 

number 8:  Baby mamas are created by sex

And child support’s like Pacman when its eating your check

If you call yourself a player and eager to please

The campus is a GREAT place to catch a nasty disease!

 

Life is kinda serious, and it ain’t playin no games

You have to come out dunkin like Lebron James

If you don’t put hustle in the muscle to get that last inch

You’ll find yourself defeated at the end of the bench

 

Yes this ride is costly, cause pimpin ain’t free

But your whip will be the tightest if you listen to me

Whether you want a life of freedom or just want some cash

Or if you want a chromed-out Bentley with DVDs in the dash

 

Education lets you travel down the highway of life

It creates freedom for your kids or your husband or wife

You’ll drive this ride forever, until you are dead

So get on it if you want it, cause its built in your head

 

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