Pusha Man

Pusha Man/ Paranoia is a song that was released in 2012 in Chance the Rappers Acid Rap album. In his songs he sings about many different topics, in Paranoia, the second half of Pusha Man, Chance talks about people ignoring crime in chicago. I believe that this is poetry because he isn’t just singing mindlessly to a beat trying to make a catchy song, he is spreading awareness in a problem that he really believes needs a solution. One line from the song is:

They murking kids; they murder kids here

Why you think they don't talk about it? They deserted us here

Where the f**k is Matt Lauer at? Somebody get Katie Couric in here

Probably scared of all the refugees, look like we had a f**kin' hurricane here


He begins by identifying one of the problems that Chicago has. Gang violence has gotten so bad in Chicago that people have gone as far to murder kids who are forced to walk through some of the bad neighborhoods on a daily basis. He also mentions that the media has done nothing to try and help them, “why do you think they don’t talk about it?” In this line “they” refers to the media who has chosen to ignore the cries for help of the people living in violent Chicago neighborhoods. This idea is expanded on later in the song when Chance says that the place where children are growing up is so violent that the news is scared to even go there. “Probably scared of all the refugees, look like we had a f**kin’ hurricane here” Nobody besides local Chicago news focuses on the murder rate in Chicago, and everyone even kids just get left as another statistic for death. Chance is fighting hard to get more people to be aware of the danger of Chicago and has even gone as far to start a movement called Save Chicago.