Manifesto II - Nahko and Medicine For The People

What shall live, what shall die?

What gave birth, what gave life?

What is yours, what is mine, what is ours?

Are these questions so senseless

Well, who’s gonna answer them

At the time when I really need to know

So let it carry you like the ocean

When you first learned how to float

So I went to papa’s grave and I burned him some sage

I said, «Thank you, but I ain’t never gonna know ya»

I said, «Thank you, but I ain’t never gonna know ya»

Ah, oh-oh

Ah, oh-oh

Oh oh oh, ah-ah

Oh oh oh, ah-ah

La da da da da da da da da

La da eh eh, da da da da da

Da da da da da

No potential has limit

With ultimate forgiveness

You can try it on, try it out for size

I lost touch with myself, with my woman, my health

My god, and my perception too

Well I will always be a part of that darkness

Although I’d say it’s pretty equal to my light

I’m pretty far from knowing anything

But I do know a couple things

What I want and how I’m gonna get it

What I want and how I’m gonna get it (that's fuckin' right!)

Ah, oh-oh

Ah, oh-oh

Oh oh oh, ah-ah

Oh oh oh, ah-ah

La da da da da da da da da

La da eh eh, da da da da da

Da da da da da

Destiny you can’t control

That’s cool, I work better alone

Give me space, give me some good air to breathe

I suppose that’s what we all want

Our own slice to go off on

And believe whatever the fuck you wanna believe

Well I will never know all of the answers

Although I’d never wanna know anyway

'Cause I remember when grandma died

She had no tears in her eyes

She was laughing and raising hell

Yeah she was laughing and raising hell

(fuck yeah, she was!)

Ah, oh-oh

Ah, oh-oh

Oh oh oh, ah-ah

Oh oh oh, ah-ah

La da da da da da da da da

La da eh eh, da da da da da

Da da da da da

(Pay attention)

There’s a river in the wind

I’ve floated it before

There’s a sliver in your grin

I know who it is for

And there is magic in the skin

Of the woman I adore

Know each other to the core

So thankful

And there are four tides in a sea

There are cosmic copies

They are built like you and me

So crazy

Don’t be afraid to make mistakes

Being human can be great

No matter what is on your plate

Be grateful

And I am ready for the war

Maybe it’s coming, it’s not for sure

But it has come before

So maybe

We can end all this pursuit

Find contentment in the truth

Find out what’s gonna work for you

And try it out out out, how

Try it out out out

Ooh, da da

Ooh, da da

Da da da da da ba-da da da da

Da da da da da da da da da

La da da da da