A college (Latin: collegium) is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage of the word college varies in English-speaking nations. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, an institution within a university, an institution offering vocational education, or a secondary school.
In the United States and Ireland, "college" and "university" are loosely interchangeable, whereas in the UK, New Zealand, Australia, Canada and other Commonwealth nations, "college" may refer to a secondary or high school, a college of further education, a training institution that awards trade qualifications, or a constituent school within a university.
In ancient Rome a collegium was a club or society, a group of persons living together, under a common set of rules (con- = "together" + leg- = "law" or lego = "I choose").
There are secondary schools that have "college" as part of their name. In Australia, this usage varies between the different states. In all states there are independent schools called "college". In the state of Victoria, some state high schools are referred to as secondary colleges. In Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory, "college" is used in the name of all state high schools built since the late 1990s, and also some older ones. In New South Wales, some high schools, especially multi-campus schools resulting from mergers, are known as "secondary colleges". In Queensland some newer schools which accept primary and high school students are styled state college, but state schools offering only secondary education are called "State High School". In Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory, "college" refers to the final two years of high school (years 11 and 12), and the institutions which provide this. In this context, "college" is a system independent of the other years of high school. Here, the expression is a shorter version of matriculation college.
We were just dumb kids with a six pack
That a bad fake ID bought
Sittin' on the livin' room couch
Hopin' that we didn't get caught
And when we did, my dad
Had some good advice for me
He said, "Son, there's a time and place
For just about everything, it's called 'College'"
Next thing I know I'm packin' up
And hey I'm outta here
A backseat full of clothes
And my old cavalier
And there was empty pizza boxes
Attacked all around the room
A couple of beers on a Tuesday
And one in the afternoon, hey college
Those were the best days of my life
I found my friends, myself, and my wife
I learned almost everything that I know
Without ever gaining knowledge
In college, in college
I had such a good time in those four years
That I stretched it into six
And I'd like to thank ole George's Bar
For the the classes that I missed
I was searchin' for the meanin' of life
When I saw her walk my way
There was not doubt in my my mind
That it wasn't about a GPA
Those were the best days of my life
I found my friends, myself, and my wife
Learned almost everything that I know
Without ever gainin' knowledge
In college
Those were the best days of my life
I found myself, my friends and my wife
Learned almost everything that I know
Might have gained a little knowledge
In college
In college
In college
I could be a business man, sign here on the dotted line
Maybe that's a perfect plan but it isn't mine
'Cause I don't have time for chasing carrots on a stick
When I think of wearing suits to work, it really makes me sick
I don't wanna go to college
I don't wanna do things that require a degree
That seems like death to me
I don't wanna be in college
I don't wanna be another puppet of demand
I hope you understand
That I don't wanna go to college
I could be the CEO of a great big company
But deep down in my heart I know that it's not for me
Because my destiny simply cannot be bought or sold
Or forced into the mold that the world shoves down my throat
I don't wanna go to college
I don't wanna do things that require a degree
That seems like death to me
I don't wanna be in college
I don't wanna be another puppet of demand
I hope you understand
That I don't wanna go to college
Oh no, I don't wanna take what they wanna give
I don't want the life they want me to live
I don't even know what I wanna do
I just know I don't wanna be like you, no
I don't wanna go to college
I don't wanna do things that require a degree
That seems like death to me, yeah
I don't wanna be in college
I don't wanna be another puppet of demand
I hope you understand
That I don't wanna go to college
No, I don't wanna go to college
When I'm feeling down and it's hard for me to see
I just think of when you slept over watching over me
and it makes me feel better, but really not that much
I reach out my hand frightened to throw your hand a
clutch
You taught me how to play this thing then you left me
here
I'm running from my sadness and I'm running from my
fear
Something deep inside of me will always miss you
But now you're gone and there is nothing I can do
but like it ever was,
my guitar needs tuning and the TV's in a fuss
I lay awake and cry at night waiting for the sound
Of your foot steps coming up the stairs while I watch a
show downtown
You taught me how to play this thing, then you left me
here
I'm running from my sadness and I'm running from fear
A broken string, a broken heart is all I have to hold
but just like you have always been I'll try to be as
bold
I lost a real good friend today but you had to leave
and now I hope, and every night I pray
that you are kept safe and brought back to me someday
I miss you and I love you, this you already know
Now that I think about it
I was always takin away from my father
Or he was always takin away from me
It's probably why we so close now
Ya kno
We been starvin so long in these crazy ghetto streets
And they say we're so wrong for the way we try to eat
How long will he struggle
I gotta grind jus to eat now
I gotta eat jus a lil now
So I gotta live my life this way
I stretched and yawned
4 years from a newborn
On a charter bus
Filled with stranged humans
Besides my mother nobody seems anxious
Though we on our way to visit a college campus
We roll up freshen up at a food concession
Can't talk to strangers
I wanna ask em questions
Saw a woman cryin
Boy face the fence
I don't wanna go to college
If it causes this
Back on the bus still analyzin vibes
Turned to my moms excel asked her
'why you cryin? '
She said because I'm happy
But I could tell she lyin
And since lyin was a curse
I sense storytellin
Her eyes focused on a object long enough they tingle
That's when she reached into her bag because her phone was ringin
She said 'I accept'
I'm still puzzle piecin
I knew my pops was on the other line
Lonely singin
Soon after we roll up to these gates
Barbed wired up
Men standin in the entrance armed up
With a close eye on us
We enter the buildin
Got checked by the women who starin
My mother
Pull out a card with a picture of her face on it
Two papers with our names on it
They identify her
They lookin at me
Me my confusion of the journey
Thorugh these walls we go
Before the next one opens
The past one must close
As they check for proper clothes
My mama so prepared
For this mini battle has chose
Finally we reach our final destination
My poppa placed in a seat
Facin me
No women in his class
Jus men who never laugh
And when they see they family
They sing
So I begin my investigation
My elbow on the round table
My palm at chin
I'm lookin at him
Ask questions like
'how you been? '
'when you graduatin? '
Time was up got pulled away
Kickin and screamin
Tears came to his eyes
But never fell in front me
Got old enough to realize
Must've fell up under me
Bein locked away in prison from your family
Tryin to find ways for us to eat
I missed to sit on that class
But I'm sad if I couldn't do that
I care if you do listen to me
But I'm here to write all these shit
And I'm mad if I sucks here
I mad if I sucks here
And I wanna go to college
I wanna go to college
I wanna go to college again
I'm mad with my own decision
I'm big enough to decide anything