KEEP PUSHING

[Verse 1]

Uh!

Life of a young nigga in his delicate years

The normal cycle of the city speed propellin’ your fears

Maybe you make it out of here, nobody's tellin’ em’ yeah

You step outside to get some air and all the felons appear

Maybe you bump into a angel kick a spell in his ear

He’s gettin’ stares the connection to his melanins clear

Lookin’ for refuge in the home, but ain’t no peace in there

Thе arguings been leakin’ through the walls, the radio up to keep it fair

His mom is hidin’ undеr make up

Kicks her ass then they make up

Prays to God that they break up

Hope he’s gone when he wakes up

But he’s right there in the kitchen starin’ at em’

Hopin’ his dad can just get out of prison but it won’t happen

You tell ya grandparents to take you, they don’t listen

So you wind up on the corner with the thugs for supervision

Ya testimony ain’t workin’ nor superstition

Forced to grow up with chaotic terms, horrible conditions

[Chorus]

Keep it pushin’ (Pushin’)

Gotta keep ya head up even when niggas ain’t lookin’ (Ain’t lookin’)

Niggas want the name, take a look at where the name took em’ (Name took em’)

Even when it rains get back at it the same and keep pushin’ (Keep pushin’)

ON! (ON!)

[Verse 2]

Uh!

Life’s a bitch, til someone let her loose in the world

Somewhere along the way he introduced mom to another girl

Now she’s tweakin’ up in the crib, money’s the weakest

Nose open and so was his ears while they were speakin’

Makin’ shit worse, he’s thinkin’ when is she leavin’

So it’s back out to the corner he goes and now it’s freezin’

He’s thinkin’ bout sellin’ somethin’ for many reasons

Funny how you try to get away, run right into demons

Only fifteen you suppose to be dreamin’

Boulevard of hard lessons that the teachers can’t teach 'em

Through all of this managed to find someone decent

The only one that seems to understand em’ when he’s speakin’

She learned about his situation on the twelfth weekend

They had similarities maybe the cards were dealt even

Sat in the park and had conversations of leavin’

'Cause they wings are opening up and the ghetto don’t need em’

[Chorus]

Keep it pushin’ (Pushin’)

Gotta keep ya head up even when niggas ain’t lookin’ (Ain’t lookin’)

Niggas want the name, take a look at where the name took em’ (Name took em’)

Even when it rains get back at it the same and keep pushin’ (Keep pushin’)

ON! (ON!)

[Verse 3]

Awakened by the telephone

A invitation to the flicks, he was down 'cause it was hell at home

But this morning it was quiet, almost too quiet

He press his ear to the door before he walked by it (Nothin’)

He turned the knob and pushed it open slow

There she lay, face down, needle all in her glow

She had another man, one of the evilest motherfuckas, damn

Demon as a boy he would grow up to destroy, this life sucks

Cuz deaths in its battle stance

Growth never had the chance

Ripped from the average plans

Waitin’ on the ambulance

Checkin’ for a pulse and normal heartbeat

Pillows full of sorrow, hands cold as the concrete

He loved her though he never said it

I was really alone in this foul world where no one’s empathetic

And they’re lookin’ normal story in Queens, same thing in Brooklyn

Just let the tears hit ya jeans and keep it pushin’

[Chorus]

Keep it pushin’ (Pushin’)

Gotta keep ya head up even when niggas ain’t lookin’ (Ain’t lookin’)

Niggas want the name, take a look at where the name took em’ (Name took em’)

Even when it rains get back at it the same and keep pushin’ (Keep pushin’)

ON! (ON!)