Manifesto Tabulatur von Nahko and Medicine For The People (für Baryton)

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well this is real talk, this is non-stop
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it is looped now tongue and mind
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played off the sidewalk, straight to your boombox
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how it travels from ear to memory
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well this is medicine, there's a message within
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and each will find it in their own time


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well this is music, this is how I use it
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It makes you move and move the movement
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this is how I focus, knowing it's not hopeless
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but it sure starts with me and ends on a whole note
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musical medicine, this is my healing
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for past and present future things to come


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I see people stressin' over space and possessions
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out of fear and a need for visual aids of our abundance
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give me examples or something tangible
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something I can get my hands on and find real meaning
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where is the medicine? well I've been searching
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and I suppose each will find their own kind


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well everything's at stake, it makes it hard to concentrate
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and there are men who see a war and see a paycheck
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Such different programming, to live so fearfully
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terror this and terror that terrible reality
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there is no medicine on the television
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so turn it off and turn yourself around


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and let's just face it, the world's fuckin' racist
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even the most peaceful of us gets caught in the trend
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to live cohesively is almost a fantasy
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and we ought to know it starts with humbling our egos
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what is the medicine for cultural woundin'?
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has it's moments has it's melodies has it's time


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well I was listening to the outgoing seasons
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about climate change and some of the reasons
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when the sky opened like I been hopin'
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and there came horses by the thousands
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and there was thunder on their tongues, and lightning on their minds
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and they were singing this old melody from some other time

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they sang don't waste your hate
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rather gather and create
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be of service, be a sensible person
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use your words and don't be nervous
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you can do this, you've got purpose
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find your medicine and use it
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they sang don't waste your hate
Ab     Bb         Eb  Cm
rather gather and create
      Ab                     Bb
be of service, be a sensible person
         Eb                 Cm
use your words and don't be nervous
        Ab       Bb         Eb
you can do this, you've got purpose
AB        Bb           Eb
find your medicine and use it