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Metrorail was the daily commute
'cause Alice Deal was not my neighborhood school
Red line, gentrify, same old tune
Every city, man they hit us with that same old move
Winter time, fully dressed gloves, and hat for warmth
But, Ian, and Brad came to class in shorts
How they don't freeze with flip flops on they feet?
To get to school, they only had to cross the street
Showed up with pajamas on, I saw 'em yawn
It seemed like they just woke up, maybe I'm wrong?
I was up at five in order to come to class
And teachers wondered why it was harder for us to pass
Why'd it have to be that way? I want to ask
You think we don't wanna' succeed because we're Black?
An hour train ride both ways for education
But, it was all worth it the day that we graduated, okay
We studied at Tenleytown
Then we had to walk when the trains let out
I won't get home 'til a long time from now
And I gotta' do well so that my mom is proud, ugh
We went far for school 'cause it was safe there
Got our SmarTrips discount for the train fare
Homework, and Toonami shows
Kept me busy afterschool 'til my mom was home, okay
We studied at Tenleytown
Then we had to walk when the trains let out
I won't get home 'til a long time from now
And I gotta' do well so that my mom is proud, ugh
We went far for school 'cause it was safe there
Got our SmarTrips discount for the train fare
Homework, and Toonami shows
Kept me busy afterschool 'til my mom was home, ugh
We studied at Tenleytown
We studied at Tenleytown
We studied at Tenleytown
We studied at Tenleytown
We studied at Tenleytown
We studied at Tenleytown
We studied at Tenleytown
We studied at Tenleytown
