Kick, Push II

[Lupe Fiasco]
Look at what we did,
Came a long way from Dirty Ghetto Kids (Uh, yeah)

Look at what we did,
Came a long way from Dirty Ghetto Kids (Yeah)
You know what it is (Haha, uh, uh, come on)

[Verse #1: Lupe Fiasco]

When the cops didn't find him for grindin' though

They kinda blew the vibe, figured it was time to go
Plus, he had to be at home a long time ago
And he had made like ten dollars off the sign he wrote
It read: "A little hungry, and need a little money,
It's for my little sister, and her little tummy."
Wasn't lyin' though, didn't go buy hydro
Went to the restaurant and bought two gyros
Cause he knew they wasn't cooking where he lived
Da-kook-akook-akook's now took him to the crib
A little hurt from the rail, he took into the ribs
Right past the pushers, who couldn't underdig
"What's the use of pushin', you ain't pushin' none of this"
If i kick with y'all, I'm just pushin' for a bid
But, what was on his mind had, pushed him to the lid
They best customer, wasn't cooking for a kid
Yes sir...



[Chorus #1: Lupe Fiasco]
So he kick, push
Over his shoulders, he swore he'd never look
'Cause wasn't nothin' back there but the blackness
Life wasn't too attractive (Yeah, uh)
And so he kick, push
Over his shoulders, he swore he'd never look
'Cause wasn't nothin' back there but the blackness
Life wasn't too attractive (yeah)

[Verse #2: Lupe Fiasco]
You see his mom was a crackhead, and his father couldn't be contacted
He lived where being different was, combated
Amongst the other things on his young, black head
And see, his girl was a white girl
But just cause she was white, see her life wasn't light-world
She too, had the drama thick
Had a daddy and a momma, but her daddy used to momma hit
Daddy caught something, chasing fatties, made her momma sick
Couldn't afford the medicine, pimped it to the pharmacist
As suicidal feelings would rise, switch over to transitions, helped her conquer it
Pays for her momma's pills with a sponsorship
A cell phone bill and a Honda kit, Uh-huh
And that's why she skates with he
Someone to feel her pain and her place to be


[Chorus #2: Lupe Fiasco]
That's why, that's why, that's why she kick, push
Over her shoulders, she swore she'd never look
Cause wasn't nothin' back there but the blackness
Life wasn't too attractive (Yeah, uh)
That's why she kick, push
Over her shoulders, she swore she'd never look
Cause wasn't nothin' back there but the blackness
Life wasn't too attractive (yeah)

[Verse #3: Lupe Fiasco]
A traveling band of, misfits and outcasts
Nod their heads, from Misfits to OutKast
A lot of scars, they did this, without pads
A lot of hearts, who did this, without dads
One's father was fithy rich, two was middle class, and one was homeless
Add in a paralyzed girl in a wheelchair who just liked to watch it
And that was the whole clique
I think about 'em everytime I see this old flick
That was taken in the park, in front of this old bench
They wrote on the back, "You thank for push, kick, hope you make a video,
The beat is so sick."
Well I did, I hope you seen it
It's on MTV, Soundtrakk's a genius
Love from Tony Hawk, beef from the Ice Creamer's
Before we out it out had to pay the Fillipinas

Just to show 'em how...


[Chorus #3: Lupe Fiasco]
You kick, push
Over your shoulders, you swore you'd never look
Cause wasn't nothin' back there but the blackness
Life wasn't too attractive (Yeah, uh)
That's why you kick, push
Over your shoulders, you swore you'd never look
Cause wasn't nothin' back there but the blackness
Life wasn't too attractive (yeah)