"show me a boy that stays in school and i will show you a boy aware" that line did more than anything my mother or father ever said to me was what help me stay and finish high scholl I JUST WANNA THINK PRINCE FOR SONGS LIKE THAT

....mmmm-kay....

christtracy said:

Well done!

All of those lessons in grammar, spelling and punctuation clearly paid off.

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langebleu said:

christtracy said:

That's great - music is all about inspiration. Not only was Prince's music an inspiration to you, but your message is an inspiration to others.

Congratulations, good luck and remember - never stop learning.

ya'll some cold blooded mu'fuckas ya know that???

Why do u all take the piss out of people so much... give him a break

BTW Good for you christtracy, there are lots of good messeges to be found in Prince's songs.

langebleu said:

Geez... what's with the attitude? The guy's just sharing his enthusiasm for Prince.

christtracy said:

Good for you christtracy.

coolcat said:

Ditto, although i am kinda used to these sort of comments... It's not so bad if they're in the name of fun (as my siggy shows)... but when it is done too much it just gets unfair.

GoldenGlove said:

Oh, c'mon, it's called a dry sense of humour. Sarcasm maybe the lowest form of wit - but it's still wit, and as such, I embrace it!

metalorange said:

Me too, but enough is enough...

U have to say "give me a shot of that Prince ass juice" or U get it up the ass
from fellow ogres

christtracy said:

Good for you, just take your time when typing because you left yourself wide open the Org's dry wit.

metalorange said:

The person who started that saying was obviously being sarcastic.

TheFrog said:

Sarcasm is the only form of wit

metalorange said:

As I said, christracy - "Well done".

(And with sarcasm being the lowest form of wit, and only half my comments being potentially genteel and decorous, I guess that singles me out as a right half wit - please take it in the way it was intended).



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even better is :

what u puttin up your nose?
is that where u're money goes?
the river of addiction flows.
there wont be no water when the fire blows.


as someone that had never done cocaine when i heard that at 15, i thought it was cool and deep. then years later got into it heavily and then heard that song again.

it blew my mind. wow.

to the point!!

christtracy said:

that actually explains what happened to me then.
I always thought it said "show me a boy who plays in School and i'll show you what i wear"

Ive ruined my life

@ the direction this thread took about 3 seconds after conception

christtracy said:

to cool.


i always felt that line was saying...like he was a school nerd back in the day or something.

I take the line to mean that a boy who stays in school will be more 'aware' ie well-rounded and intelligent, especially in later life.

Not knocking education at all, but that doesn't always hold true. There are plenty of people out there who left school early and went on to be very successful people. It always seems like millionaires invariably ducked out of school early to pursue their entrepeneurial dreams...

metalorange said:

I think he was trying to say something similar in Pussy Control.

metalorange said:

The vast majority of millionaires are people like you and me, who worked hard all their life, saved some money, and watched it grow over time.

There are very few really rich people who dropped out of high school. There aren't many more who dropped out of college. Education is absolutely the key to financial success.

What a lot of people fail to realize is that one of the most important things you can learn at school isn't in a book. It's how to deal with people. You can learn that at school without any financial penalty.

RodeoSchro said:

Show me a millionaire who stayed in school and I'll show you one who stayed away. Off the top of my head of some of the most famous self-made millionaires:

Bill Gates - dropped out of college
Steve Jobs - dropped out of college
Stephen Wozniak - dropped out of college
Alan Sugar - dropped out of school
Richard Branson - dropped out of school

Okay, Donald Trump stayed in college, but his dad was already rich, so you can't argue that he was 'self-made'.

For a list of other rich school drop outs: http://education.independ...e13060.ece



Actually, as much as I'd like to believe that, generally it isn't true. There was a program about millionaires on BBC2 a few years back, they tried to find if there were any common elements between millionaires, and one of the things they found is that they constantly risked big to gain big. Many of them had failed businesses many times before finally making it - they just had a huge amount of self belief and kept going at it. It really isn't in their nature in general to do the safe thing and save money and watch it grow. They are constantly trying to make more money, not for the sake of it, but because they enjoy the challenge and proving themselves right.



I agree that the ability to deal with people is key, and you can learn some of that at school, but school is often far removed from 'the real world' and you learn a lot more about how to deal with people when you leave school.
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