Manifesto

Well this is real talk, this is non-stop

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, there's a message within

And each will find it in 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 stressin' over space and possessions

Out of fear and a 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? Well I've been searching

And I suppose each will find their own kind

Well everything's at stake, it makes it hard to concentrate

And there are men who see a war and see a paycheck

Such 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's fuckin' racist

Even the most peaceful of us gets caught in the trend

To live cohesively is almost a fantasy

And we ought to know it starts with humbling our egos

What is the medicine for cultural woundin'?

Has it's moments has it's melodies has it's time

Well I was listening to the outgoing seasons

About climate change and some of the reasons

When the sky opened like I been hopin'

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

They sang don't waste your hate

Rather gather and create

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

They sang don't waste your hate

Rather gather and create

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.