[Intro]
Girl: What are you gonna do after high school?
Guy: I don't know, just hang out I guess
Jay Pharoah: Hang out!?

[Verse 1: Jay Pharoah]
Your future is hazy
Tryna figure it out
Askin' why I'm here
So you crashin' in doubt
It's your choice, so voice it
Whole world your oyster
Can't be droppin' the ball
When your future's nothing to toy with
Telescope and stay focused
Make a mark and get noticed?
Get the degree, thermostat
Help me out, FLOTUS!

[Hook: Jay Pharoah + Michelle Obama]
If you wanna fly jets, you should go to college
Reach high and cash checks, fill your head with knowledge
If you wanna watch paint, don't go to college
But for everything else, you should go to college

[Verse 2: Jay Pharoah]
You could study engineering, they be buildin' robots
Build bridges, commute, you can get your walk on
Be a math major, hop a moon crater
Be an astronaut, be up in the sky like Vader
Finance isn't science but you still need a degree
Archaeology, astronomy, but not astrology
No, no, no

[Verse 3: Michelle Obama]
FLOTUS on the track
South Side, Chicago, we all know
We had to do overtime every night to make it tomorrow
And everyone could really make their dream true
Hey, kid listenin' in Michigan, that could be you

[Verse 4: Jay Pharoah]
But a dream is just a dream unless you go hard
Einstein put in time, here's a flow chart
Naturally, it won't happen magically
But you can change fantasy into reality so dramatically

[Hook: Jay Pharoah + Michelle Obama]
If you wanna fight crime, you should go to college
If you wanna write rhymes, fill your head with knowledge
If you wanna stare at grass, don't go to college
But for everything else, you should go to college

[Outro: Jay Pharoah]
Better make room! Better make room!
We comin'! We applyin'!
That paper is not getting thrown in the garbage!
You go to college!