How can I get an event to occur when an argument equals a certain value?

I am currently making an admin module for my new game. I set the chat so it sets an argument for every space in the chat. I started off with a simple kick command, but instead of the chat reading "~kick", it would kick a player as long as there was a first argument (whether or not it was a valid command). Here is my module script:

local prefix = "~"
local admin = {}
local cmds = {}
cmds[1] = prefix.. "Kick"

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	plr.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)
		local args = string.split(msg, " ")
		local cmd = args[1]
		local target = args[2]
		local stringText = args[3]
--CommandStart----------------------------------------------------
		if args[1] == string.lower(cmds[1]) or string.upper(cmds[1]) then
			--kick function here
		end
--CommandEnd------------------------------------------------------
	end)
end)

If I worded it badly, I am simply saying that the function will run even if the first argument isn't "~kick".