Push Back!

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Lyric: Bill Talen
Music: Julio Herrera, arranged by William Moses/James Solomon Benn
Vocals: John Quilty, Amber Gray
Band: E.K. Lewis / E. Johnson/ N. Stevens/ L. Gruenbaum / M. Tipton / R. Becker

THIS TOWN AINT NO SUPERMALL

Whoa, Pushback! Can’t Suburbanize Manhattan
Pushback! Don’t destroy my Downtown Brooklyn
Pushback! Don’t you bulldoze Cabo Rojo
Pushback! The Jets should get out - take your logo

THIS TOWN AINT NO SUPERMALL

Pushback! Stop that Starbucks not another
Pushback! No your latte’s not my lover
Pushback! Don’t take slavery in my coffee
Pushback! Your milk is juiced your talk is lofty

THIS TOWN AINT NO SUPERMALL

Who are these developers, have you ever seen one live?
They gotta live in Westchester, not in Queens or in Bed-Stuy
When one of them knocks on your door
The Shopocalypse is here
We’re gentrified it’s getting weird

Whoa Whoa Whoa
Pushback! Rezoning will kill Billyburg
Pushback! East village wants its Voice heard
Pushback! Transnationals have their targets
Pushback! The working poor the artists

THIS TOWN AINT NO SUPERMALL

Pushback! Homogenizing in this big box
Pushback! Defend what’s left - save the small shops
Pushback! Chainstores give us migraines
Pushback! Where is Ginsberg? Where is Coltrane?

THIS TOWN AINT NO SUPERMALL

Who are these politicos, have you ever seen one live,
They gotta live uptown, somewhere where they can hide
Who buys them all that TV time?
He’s the one who broke your lease
Officials slick their palms with grease

Whoa...PushBack! Can’t Suburbanize Manhattan

PushBack! Don’t destroy my Downtown Brooklyn!
PushBack! Don’t you bulldoze Cabo Rojo
PushBack! The Jets should get out - take your logo

THIS TOWN AINT NO SUPERMALL

Pushback! Stop that Starbucks not another
Pushback! No your latte’s not my lover
Pushback! Don’t take slavery in my coffee
Pushback! Your milk is juiced your talk is lofty

THIS TOWN AINT NO SUPERMALL

PUSHBACK!

THE SHOPOCALYPSE