Brian Jackson, Gil Scott-Heron - Push Comes To Shove lyrics

Push comes to shove
You’ll find exactly what you’re made of

Can’t nobody shame you
Can’t nobody scold you
Can’t nobody blame you and make you feel bad
Nobody should chide you
And tell you, "I told you"
Nobody should ride you
About commitments you had
‘Cause they done learned you
And they done burned you
Showed you idealistic is all you was
Everybody gotta realize
That we all had to compromise
Had to put on suit and ties
When push came to shove, it seems like

Push comes to shove once
In your lifetime, yes, and
Push comes to shove
You’ll find out just what’s on your mind
Push comes to shove
You’ll find еxactly what you’re made of

Nobody can own you nobody should teasе you
Not try to disown you
And make you feel strange
Nobody got to explain
Ain’t really nothing to explain
Everything got rearranged
And the weather can change
But they done taught you
‘Cause they done caught you
Showed you unrealistic is all you was
So everybody once believed
Was only showing how naive
You gotta give up to be free
When push came to shove, it seems like

Push comes to shove once
In your lifetime, yes, and
Push comes to shove
You’ll find out just what’s on your mind
Push comes to shove
You’ll find exactly what you’re made of

Well everybody knew we was
Somehow running late (Push coming to shove)
And with the captains overboard
Who was handling the ship of fate?
(Push coming to shove)
And all we knew is what
We really did not know
(Push coming to shove)
And that’s when push was sure
‘nough coming to shove
(That’s when push was sure
‘nough coming to shove) push comes to shove
You’ll find exactly what you’re made of

‘Cause they done learned you
And they done burned you
Showed you idealistic is all you was
Everybody gotta realize
That we all had to compromise
Had to put on suit and ties
When push came to shove, hey now

Push comes to shove once
In your lifetime, yes, and
Push comes to shove
You’ll find out just what’s on your mind
Push comes to shove
You’ll find exactly what you’re made of
Push comes to shove
You’ll find exactly what you’re made of
Push comes to shove
You’ll find exactly what you’re made of
Push comes to shove
You’ll find exactly what you’re made of