San Quentin - Nahko and Medicine For The People

Windy coastal California

Cradle me, City of Angels

I know, I know it won’t come easily

Return to the source of light indefinitely

Call a cab, 6 a.

m

Tears just before I’m driving

Hold up, scene check, am I crazy

Greet him and release him from mental slavery

Walked the yellow line, penitentiary

Feeling off-shore wind come wink at me

Weeping like a waterfalls

To the call of the ocean

Grandfather, please bring me your medicine

I’ve come a long way to tell you this story

There’s no turning back now

Angels come when you least expect 'em

I’ve seen some crazy dreams manifested

He said an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

A life for a life, I give mine to you

He said an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

A life for a life, I give mine to you

Hum-numbaway, away

Hum-numbaway, away

Way way way way way

I’ve washed away

Hum-numbaway, away

Hum-numbaway, away

Way way way way way

I’ve washed away

Sunrise flower, San Francisco

Have you ever met an angel?

I know, I know only the half of it

One side of the story, now I cannot forget

Here we go, another chapter, one step closer

Needed some closure, cross a couple borders

Got into the mind of a tortured warrior

I’m not responsible for a dark past

On a journey from the head to heart

Do you think you can last?

Well, maybe these are growing pains for such eloquence

Grandmother came and brought the evidence

I’ve come a long way to tell you this story

There’s no turning back now

Angels come when you least expect them

I’ve seen some crazy dreams manifested

He said an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

A life for a life, I give mine to you

He said an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

A life for a life, I give mine to you

A life for a life, I give mine to you

Hum-numbaway, away

Hum-numbaway, away

Way way way way way

I’ve washed away

Hum-numbaway, away

Hum-numbaway, away

Way way way way way

I’ve washed away

I may be a stranger, but I come as a brother

We are not so different from one another

The man that you become and the child you are

Your anger is a strength, but it only goes so far

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

A life for a life, I give mine to you

He said an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

A life for a life, I give mine to you

A life for a life, I give mine to you