Kick, Push

Album: Food & Liquor (2006)
Charted: 27 78
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  • Ugh, what up y'all?
    Yeah (Soundtrakk, what's poppin', baby?)
    Y'all ain't know
    I go by the name of Lupe Fiasco
    Representin' that First and Fifteenth, yeah, uh
    And this one right here
    I dedicate this one right here
    To all my homies out there grindin'
    You know what I'm sayin'?
    Legally and illegaly, haha (Uproxx)
    You know what I'm talkin' about?
    So, check it out, uh

    First got it when he was six, didn't know any tricks
    Matter fact first time he got on it, he slipped
    Landed on his hip and busted his lip
    For a week he had to talk with a lisp like this
    Now we can end the story right here
    But shorty didn't quit, it was something in the air
    Yeah, he said it was something so appealing
    He couldn't fight the feeling, something about it
    He knew he couldn't doubt it, couldn't understand it, brand it
    Since the first kick flip he landed, uh
    Labeled a misfit, a bandit (ka-kump, ka-kump, ka-kump)
    His neighbors couldn't stand it
    So he was banished to the park
    Started in the morning, wouldn't stop 'til after dark
    Yeah, when they said its getting late in here
    So I'm sorry young man, there's no skating here

    And so he kick, push, kick, push
    Kick, push, kick, push, coast
    And away he rolled
    Jus' a rebel to the world with no place to go
    And so he kick, push, kick, push
    Kick, push, kick, push, coast
    So come and skate with me
    Just a rebel looking for a place to be
    So let's kick
    And push
    And coast

    My man got a little older, became a better a roller
    Yeah, no helmet, hell bent on killing himself
    Is what his momma said but he was feeling himself
    Got a little more swagger in his style
    Met his girlfriend, she was clapping in the crowd
    Love is what was happening to him now, uh
    He said "I would marry you
    But I'm engaged to these aerials and varials
    And I don't think this board is strong enough to carry two"
    She said "Bow, I weigh a hundred and twenty pounds
    Now, let me make one thing clear
    I don't need to ride yours, I got mine right here"
    So she took him to a spot he didn't know about
    Some modern apartment parking lot
    She said "I don't normally take dates in here"
    Security came and said "I'm sorry, there's no skating here"

    And so they kick, push, kick, push
    Kick, push, kick, push, coast
    And away they rolled
    Just lovers intertwined with no place to go
    And so they kick, push, kick, push
    Kick, push, kick, push, coast
    So come and skate with me
    Just a rebel, looking for a place to be
    So let's kick
    And push
    And coast

    Yeah, uh (swanky)
    Yeah, yeah

    Before he knew, he had a crew that wasn't no punk
    In they Spitfire shirts and SB dunks
    They would push 'til they couldn't skate no more
    Office building lobbies wasn't safe no more
    And it wasn't like they wasn't getting chased no more
    Just the freedom was better than breathing they said (they said)
    An escape route they used to escape out
    When things got crazy, they needed to break out
    They head to any place with stairs
    Any good grinds, the world was theirs, uh
    And they four wheels would take 'em there
    Until the cops came and said "There's no skating here"

    And so they kick, push, kick, push
    Kick, push, kick, push, coast
    And away they rolled
    Just rebels without a cause with no place to go
    And so they kick, push, kick, push
    Kick, push, kick, push, coast
    So come roll with me
    Just a rebel looking for a place to be
    So let's kick
    And push
    And coast

    Haha (swanky) Writer/s: Rudolph Lopez, Wasalu Jaco
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Moosehead from Scthis song tells such a good story. i love it
  • Victor from Palm Desert, CaThis song is aweomse!! It's about time a REAL rapper comes along. Lupe, Mos Def, Kanye, Common, Talib, Fugees saved hip hop.
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