TRACK

King Push

Release date: 7th October 2013

From My Name Is My Name

About This Track

Pusha T opens his debut solo album with a statement of intent. 'King Push' is a declaration of arrival and authority, built on production from Kanye West and Sebastian Sartor. The track establishes the terms of engagement: this is a rapper who speaks from the perspective of the streets, who has paid dues and earned his position, and who will not compromise that credibility for commercial appeal. The song moves through three verses that establish Pusha T's worldview with precision and swagger. He positions himself as someone who has survived a particular life and now occupies a position of power within hip-hop, distinguished by his refusal to soften his edges or dilute his message. The chorus is blunt about his approach: he raps about trap culture and street life, not melodic hooks. There is no apology in that stance, only clarity about what he is and what he will not become.

"King Push" is a track by Pusha T, from the album My Name Is My Name, released 7th October 2013. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Pusha T

Pusha T

Lyrics

King Push

[Produced by Sebastian Sartor & Kanye West]

[Verse 1]

This is my time, this is my hour

This is my pain, this is my name, this is my power

If it's my reign, then it's my shower

This pole position, I made a lane 'cause they blocked ours

Dope boys, block bleeders, gold diggers don't stop either

Motivation is misguided, if you hit the mark, then it's not needed

Carry on like a carry on, on my side bitch I let tag along

Call me "daddy" from a complex

'Cause her mother's fucker wouldn't marry mom

No excuses, no regard, step on the brick like a promenade

Twenty thousand on calling cards

And I'm speaking Spanish like Don Omar

[Chorus]

But I'm King Push, this king push

I rap, nigga, 'bout trap niggas, I don't sing hooks

[Verse 2]

Fuck nigga with the sly talk

Miss me with all the pie talk

When them lights on you and them letters there

You point us out just like an eye-chart

But that's my fault, my details of the sidewalk

For eleven years, we seen better years

We was sellin' birds over the time port

My first Grammy was my first brick

Red carpet, every bad bitch

More BMF than Billboard

I got a label deal under my mattress

[Chorus]

'Cause I'm King Push, still King Push

I rap, nigga, 'bout trap niggas, I don't sing hooks, ah

[Verse 3]

Vultures to my culture

Exploit the struggle, insult ya

They name dropping 'bout Caine copping

But never been a foot soldier

Let's have another look, just get a little closer

Rage against the machine, black Zack de la Rocha

In a cranberry Rossta, inside track on the G rap poster

Best D-boy, all I'm missing is a dash

Difference 'tween me and Hova

[Chorus]

But I'm King Push, still King Push

I rap, nigga, 'bout trap niggas, I don't sing hooks, ah

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From My Name Is My Name

2013

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