Nahko and Medicine For the People - Make a change

^GIf I make it o^Amut alive, I^Em’ll make a^D change^{G Am Em D G}If I make it o^Amut alive, I^Em’ll make a^D change^{G Am Em D}

^EmI need a change, it’s evident ^CA transformation imminent ^EmA chance for my soul’s intelligence to ^Credefine lines of indifference ^EmI ride past the spirit with the well scratched pad ^CAlways looking at my poetry for the reasons I had ^EmNever stopped and let someone else take the wheel ^CNow I’m in the backseat like "what the fuck is real?" ^EmGot to bury the hatchet, bones no casket ^CThe dead don’t dance to a liars message ^EmSo restless, cross it off my checklist ^CPoetic warfare, a bear with horse hair ^EmHe’s reckless, acts like he’s got a deathwish ^CTrue hey hoka, tricking the trickster ^EmLaws of nature, loyal creature ^CSon of the most high, willing to wager my p^Emlan

^CAnd ultimately liberate my consciousness ^EmI want the change ^CI will make a^Em chang^Ce

^GIf I make it ou^Amt alive, I’ll se^Eme you on the other ^Dside ^GIf the sacrifice I^Am owe is t^Emhe reason that I d^Die ^GAnd I know this t^Amoo shall pass^Em, so I put it in the pas^Dt ^GAnd of all the things I fe^Amar, it is^Emn’t now and it isn’t ^Dhere ^EmI’ll make a chang^Ce, I wi^Emll make a ch^Cange

^EmWell it comes at a cost, and that’s obvious ^CMy list of distractions is infinite ^EmMy delusions of grandeur are all equipped ^CWith dark lords, back doors, and some wizard shit ^EmWell I did not know they were gonna choose me ^CAnd I oughta take myself more seriously ^EmCause what comes through me no it ain’t no trick ^CAnd I know that all of us are born with different gifts, so ^EmLift yourself from darkness take a couple steps back ^COn an abstract attack I fell beneath the cracks ^EmI didn’t come here to drone out and drag my feet ^CStand in quicksand both hands and accept defeat ^EmI got work to do, let me get back at it ^CThe clock is tickin’, I can hear it through the static ^EmNow I’m not being dramatic, enemies don’t sleep ^CIn fact some aren’t human and that’s hard to believe ^EmCause I’m such a visual person, my third eye don’t lie ^CHe’s a wise guy inside, even fooled himself twice ^EmThinking maybe I’m not ready to be leading the way ^CI mean fuck, I’m only human, bound to make some mistakes ^EmAn earthquake took place within my lifetime of fear ^CI hear this too shall pass, the beginning is near ^EmI want the change ^CI will make a c^Emhange

^GIf I make it ou^Amt alive, I’ll se^Eme you on the other ^Dside ^GIf the sacrifice I^Am owe is t^Emhe reason that I d^Die ^GAnd I know this t^Amoo shall pass^Em, so I put it in the pas^Dt ^GAnd of all the things I fe^Amar, it is^Emn’t now and it isn’t ^Dhere ^EmI’ll make a chang^Ce, I wi^Emll make a ch^Cange

^CI wanna walk in righteousness ^EmBut I keep tripping over ditches of my selfishness ^CI wanna pass a fist to a pacifist ^EmI keep beating round the bush instead of facing it ^EmSo I’m facing it, some gladiator shit ^CYeah i’m rippin' over rhythms and I’m healin' it ^EmBut it’s non-stop knocks from the mountain top, ^Cto the city block. to the tanks: stop and block ^EmAnother brother got shot dead on the sidewalk ^CWhile the cops doing inside jobs and I'm shocked ^EmSo my hands are stretched out to the sky ^CGot some poems in my left and a gun in my right ^EmAnd my eyes’ll cry over bulletproof pride ^CCause I know I didn’t come to make it out alive ^EmAnd I thrive in the midst of a battle ^CFront lines you can see me in the struggle ^EmThese are the songs of a walk towards revival ^CEven brave men can put down their rifles ^EmI got my orders, and Imma follow them ^CYou can find me kickin´ back inside the lion’s den ^EmI’m making friends and amends with some evil men ^CGonna bring them in and inject them with the medicine ^EmImma do no harm, but I’m a take no shit ^CAnd I’m a build a bridge out of the emptiness ^EmAnd then potentially well I^Cmma live to be the hardest working bear in the fucking industry ^CI will make a^Em change ^CI will make a^Em change ^CI will make a^Em change