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Lyricist: Lupe Fiasco
Lyrics:
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
Well the cops didn't fine 'em for grindin', no 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, he didn't go buy hydro Went to the restaurant and bought two gyros 'Cause he knew they wasn't cooking where he lived The kunk-kakunk-kakunks 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 it with y'all, I'm just pushin' for a bid But what was on his mind had pushed him to the lid Their best customer wasn't cookin' for her kids, yes sir
Gets up to pump 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
You see his mom was a crackhead And his father couldn't be contacted He lived with 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 mama but her daddy used to mama hit Daddy caught something, chasing fatties made her mama 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 mama'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
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 his shoulders she swore she'd never look 'Cause wasn't nothin' back there but the blackness Life wasn't too attractive, yeah
A traveling band of misfits and outcasts Knock 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 filthy rich Two was middle class and one was homeless Add in a paralyzed girl in a wheelchair Who just liked to watch it, that was the whole clique I think about it 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 Creamaz Before we out it, had to pay the Filipinas
Just to show 'em how 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
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