"Case of the P.T.A." is the first single by

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from their debut album '' A Future Without a Past...''. It peaked at number four on the

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charts. The song contains a sample from

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, The Mighty Quinn.

Music video

In the video, it starts an introduction about somewhere in "Strong Island", where

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, Charlie Brown, and Dinco D are in high school. Dinco drops his first verse about discussing his best & worst times on how he got in trouble with himself. Then, in the second verse, Busta drops his line about his

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that he had so much troubles while in class. And in the final verse where Charlie Brown talks about himself being suspended from school and went to

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to see the

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. As for people in the hallways running around and people dancing in the lunchroom, the video ends with the group leaving the

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External links

"Case of the P.T.A" music video
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