Dispatch & Nahko and Medicine for the People - "Letter to Lady J / Manifesto" Mashup

Dispatch and Nahko and Medicine for the People have been touring the US together all summer. After all that time on the road, this happened...

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CREDITS
Filmed & Edited by Michael Smith
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"LETTER TO LADY J" LYRICS:
My dear old friend, it’s you we need
There’s blood in the gutters, and fear in the street
How long can we fight for a change that never comes

In some ways it’s the same, but tonight the crowd they came
Fists in the air, candles and vigils, cracked dreams held together with curses and wishes

But how long’s it been since you been outside
How long’s it been since you open your eyes
Cuz I've been to the line, and it’s all right there
And I cannot wait to get on from here

Arms bent back and black jack welt
Involuntary tears and the tears we felt
Does it always have to get worse before it gets better

In some ways it’s the same, but tonight the crowd they came
Fists in the air, candles and vigils, cracked dreams held together with curses and wishes

But how long’s it been since you been outside
How long’s it been since you open your eyes
Cuz I've been to the line, and it’s all right there
And I cannot wait to get on from here

Virgil Caine where are you now
Did they bury the hate when they buried the south
You got to tell the spirits mystics of tomorrow

That in some ways it’s the same, but tonight the crowd they came
Fists in the air, candles and vigils, cracked dreams held together with curses and wishes

But how long’s it been since you been outside
How long’s it been since you open your eyes
Cuz I've been to the line, and it’s all right there
And I cannot wait to get on from here


"MANIFESTO" LYRICS:

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 its moments, has its melodies, has its 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