Lloyd Banks Keep Pushing Lyrics

[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 motherf*ckas, 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!)