Nahko & Medecine for the People- Manifesto CAPO-3
He plays the C7 by putting his pinky down on the G string.
Little riff that leads into the C that plays between verses.
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C
Well this is real talk
C7
This is non stop
F C G
It is looped now tongue and mind.
C
Played off the sidewalk,
C7
straight to your boombox,
F C G
how it travels from ear to memory.
C
Well this is medicine,
C7
there's a message within,
F G C
and each will find it in their own time
Riff
C C7
well this is music, this is how I use it
F C G
It makes you move and move the movements
C C7
this is how I focus, knowing it's not hopeless
F C G
but it sure starts with me and ends on a whole note
C C7
musical medicine, this is my healing
F G C
for past and present future things to come
Riff
C C7
I see people stressin' over space and possessions
F C G
out of fear and a need for visual aids of our abundance
C C7
give me examples or something tangible
F C G
something I can get my hands on and find real meaning
C C7
where is the medicine? well I've been searching
F G C
and I suppose each will find their own kind
Riff
C C7
well everything's at stake, it makes it hard to concentrate
F C G
and there are men who see a war and see a paycheck
C C7
Such different programming, to live so fearfully
F C G
terror this and terror that terrible reality
C C7
there is no medicine on the television
F G C
so turn it off and turn yourself around
Riff
C C7
and let's just face it, the world's fuckin' racist
F C G
even the most peaceful of us gets caught in the trend
C C7
to live cohesively is almost a fantasy
F C G
and we ought to know it starts with humbling our egos
C C7
what is the medicine for cultural woundin'?
F G C
has it's moments has it's melodies has it's time
Riff
C
Well I was listening,
C7
to the outgoing season
F C G
about climate change and some of the reasons,
C C7
when the sky opened, like I'd been hope'n
F C - G
and there came horses by the thousands
C
and there was thunder on their tongues
C7
and lightning on their minds
F G
and they singing this old melody
C
from some other time
F G C C\B Am
They sang don't waste your H - at - e.
F G C C\B Am
Rather gather and cr - ea - te
F G
Be a service, be a sensible person.
C C\B Am
Use your words and don't be nervous.
F G C
You can do this you've got purpose.
F G C
Find your medicine and use it.
F G C C\B Am
They sang don't waste your H - at - e.
F G C C\B Am
Rather gather and cr - ea - te
F G
Be a service, be a sensible person.
C C\B Am
Use your words and don't be nervous.
F G C
You can do this you've got purpose.
F G C
Find your medicine and use it.
