----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vultures of Culture - Medicine for the People ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Samuel Rede Tuning: Standard F#m C#m I am indigenous original resistance, I'm gonna need assistance if I'm gon make a difference F#m C#m Used to be restless, now I am relentless, I teach my children who to trust and how to listen. F#m Are you listenin' (are you are you listen') C#m Are you listen (are you are you listenin') F#m Are you listen (are you are you listenin') C#m I teach my children who to trust and how to listen F#m I am an Indian I'm Puerto Rican C#m I'm Filipino, I live in Hilo F#m Went to the heavens came back a stallion C#m F#m Now I am riding into the storm, the storm, the storm, the storm, the storm. C#m Thunderbeings carry me home F#m I am a raven, I am a buckskin C#m I am a killer whale, I am a lion F#m C#m I am a panther, I am coyote, I'm just a human being on another fucking journey F#m I'm on a journey (what about that journey) C#m I'm on a journey (what about that journey) F#m C#m I'm on a journey (what about that journey), I'm just a human being on another fucking journey D A Well I will learn to be peaceful D A But I keep my knife at my side, I will pray for compassion, wha oh E But if war comes to my door ya know I will be blastin' D A E Warrior mentality, my responsibility, bringing it to my people now holler if your feelin' me D A E Feelin' me, feelin' me, feelin' me, feelin' me yeah D A E Feelin' me, feelin' me, feelin' me, feelin' me yeah D A E Feelin' me, feelin' me, feelin' me, feelin' me yeah D A E Feelin' me, feelin' me, feelin' me, feelin' me yeah F#m I am an Indian, I've been betrayin' C#m Sold my heritage so I could get off reservation F#m Can you blame my situation, my situation C#m I come from a long line of people in displacement F#m I am an Indian I'm on a mission C#m These times definitely call for certain kinds of patience F#m I'm changing, it's amazin' C#m Everyday is a new day for this Indian in trainin' F#m I am a hustler, got all kinds of customers C#m People need their medicine, this music promotes consciousness F#m Past present future tense all the healing elements C#m Everything you do in life is definitely relevant F#m Warrior people, warrior warrior people C#m Warrior people, warrior warrior people F#m Warrior people, warrior warrior people C#m Making the best of peace with the strength of an eagle F#m Warrior people, warrior warrior people C#m Warrior people, warrior warrior people F#m Warrior people, warrior warrior people C#m Making the best of peace yes ambitiousness is lethal D A I will learn to be peaceful D A But I keep my knife at my side, I will pray for compassion, wha oh E But if war comes to my door ya know I will be blastin' D A E Warrior mentality, my responsibility, bringing it to my people now holler if your feelin' me D A E Feelin' me, feelin' me, feelin' me, feelin' me yeah D A E Feelin' me, feelin' me, feelin' me, feelin' me yeah D A E Feelin' me, feelin' me, feelin' me, feelin' me yeah D A E Feelin' me, feelin' me, feelin' me, feelin' me yeah F#m I have two mothers, two beautiful mothers C#m One of them is brown and one of them is white F#m One of them taught me to be peaceful, one of them taught me how to fight C#m Now I put the two together and I know wrong from right, said F#m I have two fathers, two beautiful fathers C#m One of them is brown and one of them is white F#m One of them taught me how to sing, one of them taught me how to write C#m Now I put the two together and I know wrong from right, said F#m I am a white man I raped my children C#m I am a black man, I am an African, F#m I am a woman, I am a Muslim, C#m I was raised Christian, now I am forgiven F#m Saved by native wisdom I follow my traditions C#m I teach my children who to trust and how to listen F#m Are you listenin' (are you are you listenin') C#m Are you listenin' (are you are you listenin') F#m Are you listenin' (are you are you listenin') C#m I teach my children who to trust and how to listen