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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, cause I’m pimpin your 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 your 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 got 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 your exam 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 your 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
Know all the classes that you need 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 it eats up 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 your names Lebron James
Cause if you don’t hustle like hustler 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 Bently 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, cause its built in your head
Dr. Boyce Watkins is a Finance Professor at Syracuse University and author of “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about College”. He makes regular appearances in national media, including CNN, FOX, ESPN, and Essence Magazine.
