College Days

IT'S EARLY AS I WHIPE THE SLEEP OUT MY EYES I KNOW I NEED THIS EDUCATION I WANT TO BE GREAT IN MY FAMILY'S MINDS AS I WALK THROUGH THE CAMPUS I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN STORE I THINK NOTHING OF IT WHEN I WALK INTO THE BOOK STORE 300 FOR THIS AND 400 FOR THAT MAN I'M GLAD FINANCIAL AID HAS MY BACK ALL THESE PRETTY GIRLS THAT SURROUND ME MY NECK STAY SNAPPED "ELIZABETH, I'M COMING!!" AS I HAVE MY FRED SANFORD HEART ATTACK I HAVE NICE TEACHERS AND THE OTHERS DON'T CARE MY UPPER CLASSMAN EVEN TOLD ME "BEWARE" BECAUSE SOME OF THESE TEACHERS ARE JUST HERE FOR CHECKS THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING SO STUDENTS TEND TO ACT WRECKLESS BUT BEING ON THE BASKETBALL TEAM HAD ITS UPS IT PUSHED ME TO STAY IN THE FRONT OF CLASS AND KEEP MY GRADES UP BUT WITH EVERY UP CAME A DOWN HUNG WITH THE TEAM ALL THE TIME AND WE DRANK UNTIL WE DROWNED I KNOW IT WAS A BAD HABIT BUT I COULDN'T BREAK IT I WAS HAVING TOO MUCH FUN NO CHASERS I WAS DRINKIN STRAIGHT SHOTS UNTIL THE LIQUOR WAS GONE BUT THEN IT ALL CAME TO AN END WHEN THOSE GRADES CAME IN AND THERE WENT MY COLLEGE DAYS THE END