[Intro: Duval] The year is 1980, September Almost time for jackets and corduroys Back in June I graduated from 8th grade, I had a fun summer According to my moms, she was supposed to be getting this new job and we were gonna move to Atlanta this fall I thought I was gonna start on a high school right there Well, it turns out... That job that moms was counting on, fell through And we gonna be staying right here, in Brooklyn Now we in the panic Try to find a school at the last minute, oh boy