[Spoken:]

Hi, this is the big O, Otis Redding

I was just standing here thinking about you

Thought I'd write a song about you

And dedicate it to you

Take a listen



[Sung:]

If you didn't go back to school this year

your really not groovy

Maybe you feel that school is a drag

it's just don't moving

But did you ever think about how square you look standing

in an employment line because school didn't empty you



You really ought to think about it

Without an education you could only be a tramp

Grow ?grain? shoes, no haircut, just plain ole country

Don't worry 'bout the fellows gonna calling you green

Because your heading no future condition



You really ought to think about it

And further motto than that Otis Redding saved you very wise

Because you'll be at the top

When they get that and if they make it

When they get that and if they make it

When they get that and if they make it

You really ought to think about it

Think about it

Really ought to think about it