Artist: Diamond Shell Album: The Grand Imperial Diamond Shell Song: Cut School Typed by: OHHLA Webmaster DJ Flash [Diamond Shell] Here I am bored, man, sittin in my math class How much longer? (Yo thirty minutes G) Yo, let me get this bathroom pass I raised my hand but the teacher expects it and I didn't put it up there to get it neglected And yo, I'm not goin out like that so I excused myself and interrupt the hoe She hands me a pass and says, "Two minutes Shell" (Wha-huh) Givin me a pass is like the ringin the dismissal bell I'm out the door, and I step to the left The noise in the lunchroom sounds crazy def I step in, I see a new face so hey I introduce myself, hello I'm Shell, "I'm Natae" We talked for a while and when I was through She slid me her digits, yeah that'll do I stood up and got ready to leave the place and bumped into my teacher, face to face So to avoid bein dragged off back to class I pumped my Reeboks and pimp game and just hauled ass Dipped around the corner, down the staircase Security grabbed me, man I ain't goin no place Kids if you think that's funny or cool The only thing it got me was suspended from school So don't ya ever cut school I'm tellin ya, don't ever cut school Six A.M., my mom came down to shake me "Shell, time for school!" Man, but no need to awake me I play it off, I get up and dress myself Grab my schoolbooks from off the bookshelf I step out, and now I'm bored as could be So what will I do? Hang out with Capital T I step around the corner, to the bus stop Hey yo Cap! "Yo Shell, what's happenin G? Yo man I heard what happened, yo that's foul But yo we can both hang together and get paid, knowhatI'msayin?" Hmm yeah, I think I'm with that black Cause we can both hit the spots, sling drugs and be fat So we div up the stuff and step off to the spot that crackheads and dopefiends just love to hang out at Now after an hour of not even gettin paid cop shows up, dump the drugs, "Freeze, drug raid!" I dropped my stuff and stepped off to the left with a cop on my heels (did you shake him?) Man yeap, I dipped down some steps and into the sub Whatever made me think that I could deal drugs? The cop followed me down I tried to play it smooth He spotted me - "Freeze!" Time to move I jumped down on the tracks, he couldn't follow me there I crossed the tracks and up the other side, yeah He let loose a buck, I ducked and he missed I shot back a dead aim he's on the knockout list I flee cause I'm free up the stairs and I'm mad The cop snatched my gun and beat me down real bad First he broke my nose and busted up my glasses All of this happened to me cuz I'm too cool for classes? Man, don't ever cut school Kids I'm tellin ya, don't ever cut school Down at the cop stop, I thought this can't be My mom is on her way down and my bail is 30 G's (what?) She's flippin and she's buggin cause my charge is red Drug posession, plus shot one cop dead I'm worried about what's gonna happen to me I'm the all-time great rhyme maker Shelly D Yo the judge dropped the hammer gave me life in the slammer No more tours, no more radio shows magazines or glamour The judge said, "Son, I don't mean no harm but I hope your girl can find another date to the prom" Prison future for now, is unclear and smoky The only senior (??) will be taken to the pokey If ya smoke cigarettes, I suggest you bring a stock up Like Sly Stallone, you're the star of this lock up My mom is upset, but not as half as me cause I'm locked up in jail and she's on the streets free Oh well, my bad, I shouldn'ta been so cool Had to try to be bold and get suspended from school So don't ya ever cut school..