Geo Friend-Lee - Education is Everything: Part 1 of 3 "Expectations" lyrics

As my mom sits upon the stairs with tears upon her face, in her hands I see paper, but in her eyes I see disgrace, I'm thinking to myself, why is she in this state? Then she looked me in the eyes and said "Education is Everything"!! I realized, she had my middle school rejection letter in her hands, she places it in my hand, and again she says, "Education is Everything"!! Out of respect I stood silent but in my mind I said a lot, I thought, "Even though I was not accepted, I know Im not a fool, It's just another stupid school, with too many rules, plus their uniforms are not even cool" But in reality, I just stood there and cried, Not because I was denied, but because my mom was disappointed and I didn't understand why, As she went on and on about how she never expected, for me, her son, to ever be rejected, I still didn't get it, I just walked to my room and called it a night, little did I know this conversation would save my life, Expectations