Push

I was the man of the house at 12
Contemplating ways to make it up out this hell
Survive and maybe write a book all about the tale
Cause momma said with just a smidgen of doubt, you fail
So since then I hit the block with no ounce to sell
Cause I knew she wasn't bailing me out the jail
If i got caught, so I fought for the heart
To take part in an art that would likely
Tear my soul apart, so
Call me conscious cause I don't spit nonsense
I just give em options, diversify the topics
Knock it if you must, you wouldn't be the first one
I'm certain, got thick skin so it don't hurt none
If I was cursing and blurting stupidity
It'd only make the situation worsen
My people are thirsting, while demons are lurking
It's bout time somebody pulled back the curtain
So I gotta

Push, like a mother giving birth when it hurts, gotta
Push when the scene look the worst I'm the first one to
Push for Dr. King and Push for Malcolm
Push the powers that be and change the outcome
Push like a mother giving birth when it hurts, gotta
Push when the scene looks the worst, I'm the first one to
Push for Peltier; push for Lumuumba
Push for the babies. Push for the future

Yo I change for work so I can work for change
And make the change work for me, it's a hurtful thing
Getting paid on Friday and broke by the weekend
Depressed I can't help but sleep in
But we was bred for a life of crime
My legit way was hooping on writing rhymes
My mic's my grind, third job, seed that I never had
Fight, fuss, scream even dream with a pen and pad
Raised with no pops and heaters was the stove tops
Looking at it objectively I see why rappers go pop
But I couldn't look my people in the eyes
Knowing I lied and became the person I despised
So I gotta push hard, scarred and bruised up
Watching the same system that falsely accused us
I know I'll be in pain
But I can't let the work of my ancestors
Be in vain, so Ima

Push, like a mother giving birth when it hurts, gotta
Push when the scene look the worst I'm the first one to
Push for Pac and Jam Master Jay
And Ima push for everybody that passed away, gotta
Push like a mother giving birth when it hurts, gotta
Push when the scene looks the worst, I'm the first one to
Push for the block, push for the brothers
Push for my sisters, push cause I love ya
Push