no i aint got a high school diploma
no i aint got a masters degree
but what you got to realize

is that you dont mean %#@! to me
because what i wanna do in life
dont take no education

what it takes is pure love and dedication

being told im gonna go nowhere

being told im gonna do nothing
that %#@! dont phase me (*##$ i aint bluffin
did ya really think all that %#@! ya said that it would phase me


guess again you puto I'm already loco


I know I can't turn back the time
and I know I can't change my state of mind
one thing that I know for sure

is even if I end up poor
I'll still be strummin' my guitar


I know I can't turn back the time
and I know I can't change my state of mind
one thing that I know for sure

is even if I end up poor
I'll still be strummin' my guitar


it was so long ago but not too far away
calumet park is where I used to stay
and when I was a kid everything went right

and now I'm growin' up and it seems to be going wrong
so say what you want to say
and do what you wanna do

take some words of advice from me to you
be yourself through and through


I know I can't turn back the time
and I know I can't change my state of mind
one thing that I know for sure

is even if I end up poor
I'll still be strummin' my guitar


say what you want now
say what you want now
it has no effect on me

say what you want now
say what you want now