• Song:

    Manifiesto

  • Artist:

    Nahko and Medicine for the People

Manifiesto

C
Well this is real talk
C7
This is not on start
Fmaj7                         G
It is looped now tongue and mind

Played off the sidewalk 
Straight to your boombox
How it travels from ear to memory

Well this is medicine 
And there is message within
And each will find it within their own time

Well this is music
This is how I use it
It makes you move and move the movement

This is how I focus
Knowing it's not hopeless 
But it sure starts with me and ends on a whole note 

Musical medicine
This is my healing 
For past and present future things to come

I see people stressing 
Over space and possessions
Out of fear and need for visual aids of our abundance

Give me examples 
Or something tangible 
Something I can get my hands on and find real meaning

Where is the medicine
That I've been searching 
And I suppose each will find their own kind

Well everything is at stake
It makes it hard to concentrate,
And there are men who see war and see a paycheck

Such a different programming 
To live so fearfully
Terror this and terror that terrible reality

There is no medicine
On the television
So turn it off and turn yourself around

And let's just face it 
The world is fucking racist
Even the most peaceful of us get caught in the trend

To live cohesively 
Almost is a fantasy
And we ought to know it starts with humbling our egos 

What is the medicine 
For cultural wounding
Has its moments, has its melody, has its times 

Well I was listening
To the outgoing seasons 
About climate change and some other reason 

When the sky opened 
Like I've been hoping
And there came horses by the thousands

And there was thunder on their tongues
And lightning on their minds
And they were singing this old melody from some other time 

(3x) 
Fmaj7 G C Am 
They sang
Don't waste your hate, 
Rather gather and create

Fmaj7 G C 
Be of service
Be a sensible person
Use your words and don't be nervous

You can do this
You've got purpose 
Find your medicine and use it

@kmurav
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