School Spirit (Skit 2) Lyrics

[Skit: De'Ray Davis]
You keep it going, man, you keep those books rolling
You pick up all those books that you're gonna read and not remember and you roll, man
You get that associate's degree, okay?
Then you get your bachelor's
Then you get your masters
Then you get your masters' masters
Then you get your doctorate
You go, man
And then, when everybody says quit, you show them those degrees, man
When everyone says, "Hey, you're not working, you're not making any money"
You say, "You look at my degrees, and you look at my life
Yeah, I'm fifty-two, so what?
Hate all you want, but I'm smart, I'm so smart
And, and I'm in school
All these guys out here, uh, making money all these ways
And I'm spending mine to be smart
You know why?
'Cause when I die, buddy
You know what's gonna keep me warm?
That's right, those degrees"

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Genius Annotation

Donda West, Kanye West’s mother, was a strong believer in academics and this skit can be seen to be directed at her. Of course, there is no disrespect intended, but this is what Kanye felt was right and so who is to stop him?

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