Writer(s): Wasalu Jaco
Uh
what up ya'll
Yeah
ya'll ain't know
I go by the name of
Lupe Fiasco
Representin' that first an fifteen
yeah
And this one right here
I dedicate this one right here
To all my homies out there grindin'
Ya know what I'm saying
Legally and illegally
Ha-ha
You know what I'm talkin' 'bout
So check it out
First got it when he was six
Didn't know any tricks
Matter fact
First time that he got on it he slipped
Landed on his hip and busted his lip
For a week he had to talk with a lipse
Like this
now we can end the story right here
But shorty didn't quit it was somethin' in the air
yeah
He said it was somethin' so appealing
He couldn't fight the feelin'
Somethin' about it
He knew we couldn't doubt it
Couldn't understand it
Brand it since his first kickflip he land it
uh
Labeled a misfit abandoned
Ca-kunk ca-kunk kunk
His neighbors couldn't stand it so
He was banished to the park
Started in the morning wouldn't stop till after dark
Yeah
when they said it's gettin' late in here
So I'm sorry young man there's no skating here
So we kick push kick push Kick push kick push coast
And the way he roll just a rebel to
the world with no place to go
So we 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
yeah uh
and push
uh huh
what And coast
Uh
my man got a lil older became a better roller
Yeah
no helmet hell-bent on killin' himself
is what his momma said
But he was feelin' himself
Got a lil more swagger in his style
Met his girlfriend
she was clappin' 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 twenty pounds now
Lemme 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
Somewhere in the 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
So they kick push kick push Kick push kick push coast
And the way they roll just lovers
inter twined with no place to go
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 uh uh
an push yeah yeah
And coast
Yeah uh yeah yeah
Before he knew he had a crew
That weren't no punk
In they spitfire shirts and S-B dunks
They would push
till they couldn't skate no more
Office building
lobbies weren't safe no more
And it wasn't like they weren't
getting chased no more
Just the freedom is better
than breathing they said
And escape routes
they used to escape out
When things got crazy they needed to break out
To any place with stairs
any good grinds the world was theirs uh
And they four wheels would take them there
Till the cops came and said
There's no skating here
So they kick push kick push Kick push kick push coast
And the way they roll just rebels
without a cause with no place to go
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 uh uh
and push yeah yeah
and coast
Yeah ha-ha