Chords for Nahko and Medicine for the People - Manifesto w/lyrics

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_ _ Well this is real talk, this is non _ _
[G]-stop.
[Eb] _ It is lubed now, [Ab] _ tongue and [G] _ [Bb] mind.
Played off a [Eb] sidewalk, _ _ [Cm] straight to your _ [Eb] boombox.
_ [Ab] How it travels from ear to memory.
[Bb] _
Well this [Eb] is medicine, _ _ there's a message [Ab] _ within.
[Eb] _ And each will find it in their own _ time.
_ This _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ is music, _ this is how I use it.
[Ab] It makes you move and move the [Bb] movement.
This is how I [Eb] _ focus, knowing it's not hopeless.
_ But it sure starts with me and [Ab] ends on [Bb] a whole note. _ _
_ _ Musical [Eb] medicine, _ this is my healing. _ _
[Ab] I see people stressin' for past and present, [Eb] future things to come.
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_ _ _ I see people _ stressin' over space and _ possessions.
_ Out of fear and need for [Ab] visual aids of our _ [Bb] abundance.
Give me [Eb] examples _ or something _ tangible.
_ _ [Ab] Something I can get my hands on and find real [Bb] meaning.
_ [Eb] Where is the medicine?
_ Well I've been _ searching.
_ And I suppose each will find their own kind. _ _ _ _
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Well everything's at stake, it makes it hard to concentrate.
_ [Ab] And there are men who see a war and see a [Bb] paycheck.
Such different [Eb] programming to live so [Ab] _ fearfully.
_ Terror this and terror that terrible _ [Bb] _
reality.
There is [Eb] no medicine _ _ on the _ television.
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So turn it off [Eb] and turn yourself around. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ And let's just face it, the world's fuckin' racist. _
Even the most [Ab] peaceful of us gets caught in the _ [Bb] trend.
To live [Eb] _ _
cohesively is almost a _ fantasy.
And we ought to know [Ab] it starts with humbling our [Bb] _ egos.
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What is the medicine for cultural _ _ _ woundin'?
Has its moments, has its melodies, has its time.
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Well I was _ listenin' to the outgoing _ seasons.
_ [Ab] About climate change and some other [Bb] _
reasons.
When the sky [Eb] opened like I've been [F] _ _ [Ab] hopin'.
And there came horses by the _
[Bb] thousands.
[Eb] And there was thunder on their tongues _ and [G] lightning on their minds.
And [Ab] they were singin' this [Bb] old melody from some [Eb] other time. _ _ _ _ _ _
They sang _ [Bb] don't waste [Eb] your _ _ hate.
_ [Ab]
Rather [Bb] gather and create. _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] Be of _ service, be a [Bb] sensible _ person.
_ Use your [Gm] words and don't [Cm] be nervous.
_ _ You can do [Bb] this, you've got _ purpose.
_ _ _ [Fm]
Find your [Bb] medicine and [Eb] use it.
They [Ab] sang don't [Bb] waste your _ _ [Cm] hate.
[Ab] Rather gather [Bb] and [Gm] create.
_ [Cm] _
_ [Ab] Be of service, _ be a [Bb] sensible person.
_ _ Use your [Eb]
words and don't be [Cm] nervous. _ _
[Ab] You can do [Bb] this, you've got purpose.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] Find your medicine and use it. _ _ _