My daddy always was a gentleman Never the kind to ever force his hand He would always be the last one to raise his voice If anybody ever put us down Oh you can bet that he would stand his ground Then he would tell me son sometimes you got no choice You've got to kick a little and cause a stir Sometimes you got to make some noise to be heard If anybody ever tries to hold you back Yeah, you got to kick a little and be tough You got to let 'em know you've had enough Remember that unless you wanna finish last You've got to kick a little Some people judge you by the way you look They see you once and say you ain't no good Feels like they're never gonna take you for who you are That's when you have to stand up and be strong And go the extra mile to prove 'em all wrong Just remember when they push you way too far You've got to kick a little and cause a stir Sometimes you got to make some noise to be heard If anybody ever tries to hold you back Yeah, you got to kick a little and be tough You got to let 'em know you've had enough Remember that unless you wanna finish last You've got to kick a little, oh hang on Yeah, you've got to kick at little, cause a stir Sometimes you got to make some noise to be heard If anybody ever tries to hold you back Yeah, you got to kick a little and be tough You got to let 'em know you've had enough Remember that unless you wanna finish last You've got to kick a little, yeah