Look at what we did   Came a long way from dirty ghetto kids   Yeah, look at what we did   We came a long way from dirty ghetto kids   Yeah, you know what it is, c'mon      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 song he wrote      It read, 'A lil' hungry and need a lil' money   It's for my lil' sister and her lil' tummy'   Wasn't lyin' though, he didn't go buy hydro   Went to the restaurant and bought two guiros      'Cause he knew they wasn't cookin' where he live   The cooca cooca coots now took him to the crib   A lil' hurt from the rail, he took into the ribs   Right pass the pushers who couldn't under dig      "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 and push him to the lid   Their best customer wasn't cookin' for her kids      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, 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 crack head   And his father couldn't be contacted   He knew what bein' 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 somethin' chasin' fatties, made her mama sick   Couldn't afford the medicine, pimped her to the pharmacist   And suicidal feelings would rise   Switch over the transition 'til her conquer it      Pays for mama's pills with a sponsorship   Her cell phone bill and a Honda kit   And that's why she skates with he   Someone to feel her pain and a 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, 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, a travelin' 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 filthy rich   Two was middle class and one was homeless   And then the paralyzed girl in the wheelchair   Who just liked to watch and that was the whole clique      I think about 'em every time I see this old flick   L's taken in the park, in front of this old bench   They wrote on the back, "We thankful, 'Push, Kick'   Hope you make a video, the beat is so sick"      Well, I did, I hope you seen it   It's on MTV, 'Soundtracks of Genius'   Love from Tony Hawk, beat from the Ice Creamaz   Before we put it out, had to pay the Philippines      Just to show him how you kick, push   Over ya shoulders you swore you'd never look   'Cause wasn't nothin' back there but the blackness   Life wasn't too attractive      Yeah, that's why you kick, push   Over ya shoulders, you swore you'd never look   'Cause wasn't nothin' back there but the blackness   Life wasn't too attractive, yeah