You keep it going man You keep those books rolling You pick up all those books that you're gonna read and not remember And you roll, man You get that a**ociate's degree, okay? Then you get your bachelor's Then you get your masters Then you get your masters' masters Then you get your doctorate You go man! And then when everyone says quit You show them those degrees, man When everyone says "Hey, you're not working, you're not making any money" You say "You look at my degrees, and you look at my life Yeah, I'm 52! So what? Hate all you want, but I'm smart, I'm so smart And I'm in school All these guys out here making money all these ways And I'm spending mine to be smart! You know why? Cause when I die buddy You know what's gonna keep me warm? That's right, those degrees."