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George Westinghouse Institute of Technology

From "December 4th" by Jay-Z

Lyrics

Now all the teachers couldn't reach me
And my momma couldn't beat me

About

George Westinghouse Tech is a vocational high school in downtown Brooklyn attended by great rappers such as Jay-Z and Biggie Smalls. Busta Rhymes also went there. When these fledgling MCs were in school in the 80s, hip-hop was exploding in Brooklyn, and they used to have rap battles in the hallways