Pharoahe Monch

Released: September 11, 2006

Featuring: Shotyme Tower of Power Mela Machinko

Songwriter: Pharoahe Monch

Producer: Pharoahe Monch

[Chorus: Mela Machinko]
Pushin'
Pushin'
Pushin'
Pushin'

[Verse 1: Showtyme]
I live my life one day at a time
Hold my head, so I don't lose my mind
Sometimes you might fall down, but you get back up
Get on your journey, yeah, keep on

[Chorus: Mela Machinko]
Pushin'
Pushin'
Pushin'
Pushin'

[Verse 2: Mela Machinko, Showtyme, both]
I walk by faith and not by sight
Done pushed my struggles, endured my pride
I fear no man, I know wrong from right
We push until the day we see the light
And we keep on

[Chorus: Mela Machinko]
Pushin'
Pushin'
Pushin'
Pushin'

[Verse 3: Pharoahe Monch]
You weak-ass Compu-Box power shots miss and fly over me
My accurate jabs connect like rotary
Make you notice me, be like, "Damn, dude's awesome, totally
When he rides the bass line like Ginóbili"
I'm—vocally unmatched, globally
With the flow, so underground, but more public than notary
Push, in this era of G.W. Bush
We must load mental ammunition and bust
Thus, I'ma hold you down, I got you
One more repetition, I'ma spot you
This is for my blue collar workin', beer guzzlin'
Bootleg, DVD sellin', keep hustlin'
Push, if you represent the struggle then push
Peep the pieces of the puzzle and push
Never let 'em place a muzzle, just push

[Outro: Mela Machinko & Pharoahe Monch]
Keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on
(Push, push, push, push, push, push, push, push)
Keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on
(Push, push, push, push, push, push, push, push)
Keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on
Keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on

Troy “Pharoahe Monch” Jamerson is a near-universally loved and respected underground rapper. He released three extremely well-regarded albums with the duo Organized Konfusion in the 1990’s, including the classic The Extinction Agenda

Since the group’s demise, he’s released several fantastic albums' worth of boom-bap beats (occasionally with a gospel touch, as on 2007’s Desire), dense wordplay, political musings, military metaphors, and thoughts on the state of radio and today’s hip-hop ( he doesn’t like it very much)

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