Tenleytown

Metrorail was the daily commute 'cause Alice Deal was not my neighborhood school Red line, gentrify, same old tune Every city, man they hit us with that same old move Winter time, fully dressed gloves, and hat for warmth But, Ian, and Brad came to class in shorts How they don't freeze with flip flops on they feet? To get to school, they only had to cross the street Showed up with pajamas on, I saw 'em yawn It seemed like they just woke up, maybe I'm wrong? I was up at five in order to come to class And teachers wondered why it was harder for us to pass Why'd it have to be that way? I want to ask You think we don't wanna' succeed because we're Black? An hour train ride both ways for education But, it was all worth it the day that we graduated, okay We studied at Tenleytown Then we had to walk when the trains let out I won't get home 'til a long time from now And I gotta' do well so that my mom is proud, ugh We went far for school 'cause it was safe there Got our SmarTrips discount for the train fare Homework, and Toonami shows Kept me busy afterschool 'til my mom was home, okay We studied at Tenleytown Then we had to walk when the trains let out I won't get home 'til a long time from now And I gotta' do well so that my mom is proud, ugh We went far for school 'cause it was safe there Got our SmarTrips discount for the train fare Homework, and Toonami shows Kept me busy afterschool 'til my mom was home, ugh We studied at Tenleytown We studied at Tenleytown We studied at Tenleytown We studied at Tenleytown We studied at Tenleytown We studied at Tenleytown We studied at Tenleytown We studied at Tenleytown