One for the money,
two for the show,
three to get ready,
now go kids go
I went to school six years,

but I never graduated,
Like so many others,
All over the nation,
'cause my parents were poor,
Now I'm undereducated
'cause the government's
Saving up all the education

common white trash,
I am thirty, male,
With my pockets full of cash,
Standing in line,
It was payday today,
And I'm gonna spend money,
On a bottle of booze,

My future's all set,
To bring home for my honey
I'm a part of the gang,
I make money on the street,
I sell drugs to the kids,
Anytime I can,
'cause that's what pays
I make a couple a hundred,

in just one day
You see my 'vet in the drive,
At home I got a ?bitch?,
Iv'e got a couple of grams
I like speeding on the highway,
Do you need a woman,
With a ?bust? forty-two,
Got one for youa bitch,
Just that you know,







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    A statement about the cause of drug problems, I say. "Cause the government is saving on public education"

    S'pose the chorus, then, is suggesting that the kids don't have much time to get ready, they're just told 'go kids go!'.

    mechon January 28, 2006   Link

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