(Jimmy Holiday, Friendly Womack, Troy Laws, Mel Bolton)

[Chorus:]
we're going thru high school
(we're going thru high school)
trying to play it by the rules
things are not always cool, heck no
going thru high school
we don't like the situation
but till the day of graduation
we don't have to like the rules, no
but we're gonna finish high school

in this life,
there's a whole lot of living to do
oh yeah
who using me, oh no
but I don't mind using you

[bridge:]
there's no fool like an old fool
so I've been told
but a young girl in high school
gotta be slick quick
when I get out (when I get out)
to say body and soul
to say body and soul

[repeat chorus]

going to school
sometimes I have to demand
oh yeah
teacher, teach me
teach me all you can

[repeat bridge]

we're going thru high school
(we're going thru high school)
yeah, trying to play it by the rules
(trying to play it by the rules)
things are not always cool, heck no
going thru high school

we're going thru high school
we're going thru high school
what we need an education, well
(going thru high school)
teach the situation, yeah
I'm gonna need to go to college
gonna finish up a knowledge
(trying to play it by the rules)
oh, we need Biology (Biology)
oh, we need Psychology (Psychology)
oh, sometimes it's gets hard
in high school
(we're going thru high school)
oh lord, in high school
we need a little bit of Trigomometry
(Trigomomety)
oh, we'll take some History (History)