Nahko And Medicine For The People - Dear Brother (feat. Xiuhtezcatl) (Official Audio)

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Lyrics:
Dear Brother,
When you gonna call back your mother?
Thinks you’re sleeping in the gutter
We both know you can do better
And when you gonna write your older brother
A letter .. “Hey man, I miss you, getting my shit together.”
And for the record I wrote this note as a reminder
Hermano mío there’s a future we can believe in
Gonna take more than songs of justice and freedom, yeah
There’s a future, you can believe in
Gonna take more than songs of justice and freedom
Freedom, yeah
And if you’re thinking about leaving
Hold my hand over stand this too can be your kingdom
Blessed and when the rain comes
Put your hands in the dirt baba this is where you came from
This is where you came from. This is where you came from. This is where you came from.
System’s broken no fucks given - wealthy people living off the backs of the broken
Dreams of America. Dreams of America
Need a pipe carrier, let me smudge you off so the vision can get clearer
Your mother’s crying boy, can you hear her?

You gotta put down the weight.
You gotta get out of your way.
You gotta put down the weight.
You gotta get out of your way.

Dear lover,
You can find me on the front lines covered
In the blood and tears of another brother, sister, mother
Revolutions being broadcast on Facebook and Twitter
There’s a noise. I can hear it when the megaphone roars.
Wipe the tears from this tear gas. Choice.
You have a choice.
Stand in front of your fear, baby, time to find your voice.
It's a story, a love story - we can believe in
Death, birth, your life’s worth, its trending.
Story, a love story
How vain are we to expect a happy ending?
I got my hands up. Follow directions, still they shoot us.
I'm fucking sick and tired of no justice. No peace.
Promise me I’ll never pick your body off the streets
We’re all taking heat here - oh, the trust is broken, I don’t get these police! Disenfranchised, step into a new life.
Baby, if you listen to the wind there's a war cry: “Peace in America! Peace in America!"
Be decent America. Let me smudge you off so the vision can get clearer. Your mother’s crying, can you hear her?

What I see in you. A young tree bearing fruit.
Place to start. Don’t hide behind your heart.

You gotta put down the weight.
You gotta get out of your way.

(Xiuhtezcatl​)
Ye tiahu
Ye tiahu

Tiahui Yaotecame tlalpixque, (Tiahui)
Ximohuala nikan cenyiliztli

Juntar los pueblos
Empieza con la familia
Hermano luchamos por lo k dijo la abuelita (es tiempo)

I can see it in grandma’s eyes
My ancestors wildest dreams, we survived genocide
This goes out to all the young souls that never made it
Promise me I’ll never pick your body off the pavement (never)
Rematriate the land that they’ve taken
The water they’ve poisoned
My people been praying
For peace

Hands up don’t mean they won’t shoot
Uniting at the borders
A generation facing the truth

Se acabo el silencio
Bullets fly by raining in the night time yuh
Round the world tribes gather as the tides rise
Put down the weight my love this is our time

What I see in you. A young tree bearing fruit.
Place to start. Don’t hide behind your heart.

You gotta put down the weight.
You gotta get out of your way.

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