Nahko and Medicine for the People - Love Letters To God

Published on May 17, 2016

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Nahko and Medicine for the People is a music collective fronted by Nahko Bear. They have a new record this year, called "Hoka". We met the guys some time ago - this is "Love Letters To God".

Check them out at:

http://nahko.com

Lyrics

[Chorus]

Love letters to God

Wonder if she reads them, or if they get lost

In the stars, the stars, in the stars

So many parts to a heavy heart

If there’s no beginning, then where would you start?

Start, start, where would you start?

[Verse 1]

Give, Always give what you can
Even if your allies draw lines in the sand

And dig, always dig a little deeper

Sometimes it’s hard to be my brother’s keeper

Love. So you let love in

Baby I am home in the wake of your skin, and it’s crazy

How we wear our ceremonies
Always be open to your path and your journey

Yes, she cradles my loneliness
A home in a forest nest

Universal test, feel the weight of my love put your hand on my chest

And rest

In the cradle of my arms

The battle that we face is a place where our scars come from

And to pick up that gun

My love we are destined to teach these ones to be brave

And never run away

Courage is birthed from the womb on the first light of day

Yeah, the day you were born you came out perfect never meant to be torn

In silence, never been so loud in the violence

Never been so proud of a people

When we’re fighting for a change, not afraid to lose it all despite all the rage

We are animals

And we cannot be caged

Provoke us to fight

So we burn a little sage and write poetry

Wiser than the enemy will ever be

The minority

And authority

Are you here to protect or arrest me?

I can’t tolerate the hate, and we’re losing sleep

Can’t breathe because they’re choking out a war in me
Immorality

[Chorus]

Love letters to God

Wonder if she reads them or if they get lost

In the stars, the stars, in the stars

So many parts to a heavy heart

If there’s no beginning, then where would you start?

Start, start, where would you start?

[Verse 2]

Human souls, so we carve them to a story Totem poles

Because we’re always searching for a certain goal
A pattern of physics, a role

Don’t believe all you’re told

And open

Open up your fist
A misconception, you can fight like this

In praise. With the power of prayer

If God’s on our side we can take the stairs

To the heavens

Flipping through my chapter seven

I live with the snakes in the great deception

No court, in this country for men
Who steal from their mother on paper with pen

And we’re tripping

Down a red dirt road

And we’re asking

Is this the way we should go?

Kissing, soft top feet of my goddess

We walk the earth, baby yeah we got this

Focus, and it’s redirected

Grateful, and I’m resurrected

Stubborn, But I know the way

You’re the skin of my drum
To your rhythm I will sway

Take my hand

I won’t lead you astray

We will not go gently into the darkest of days

Grandma’s here, and she says persevere

Take a walk in her mocks sees a trail of tears

And our fears, are the same as they ever were beers[?]

Numb the pain of our holocaust years

Always mobbing and motion

Maybe, baby be an island over an ocean

Your arches, how they bend and contract in my Conscious
Never slipped through the grip of my thesis
And my theory is I shine in your presence
A deliverance

[Chorus]

Love letters to God

Wonder if she reads them or if they get lost

In the stars, the stars, in the stars

So many parts to a heavy heart

If there’s no beginning, then where would you start?

Start, start, where would you start?