Nahko Bear - Vultures of Culture lyrics

[Intro] Coming straight to ya, Vultures of Culture September 2009 This is Medicine For the People Bringing it to ya with Sister Golden Hair Surprise on the road We be pa**ing through Montana these days, brah Oh, but we in Idaho right now, man We been postin' up on the side of the river With a good fireplace and a marshmallow bag And our nachos, and our fudge shop, deluxe graham crackers You know, and our bottle of water and our Santitas chips Yo, we got Nalu on the wiener [Hook] It all starts to make sense It all starts to make sense With all these omens, we've been callin' it in It all starts to make sense [Verse 1] All my thoughts and particularly my prayers Have not forgotten the indigenous For the Western man's been workin' so hard against us With his Western medicine And his land management and his fences, uh huh Or the way he protects and the way he preserves Never the way he neglects the people who came first Ya know, the same ones that he ma**acred It all starts to make sense Where we're goin', where we're at, and where we've been, uh huh It all starts to make sense [Verse 2] Well, creator, the behavior Of the collective youth definitely seems to be in favor Of the western man's invasion See him pumpin' fear like an IV Spreadin' it like a disease And all the while building a clueless army Of God-fearing youth with no knowledge of the truth And their selfishness is so ugly And it all starts to make sense Who we gotta talk to if we wanna survive this mess It all starts to make sense [Verse 3] Itty-bitty economies based on geography Fueled by spectators and their money And their need for things that will not last So go on, build a hotel, a gift shop in the wilderness, haha Makin' a profit, capitalizin' on it And all the while trampling on everything that is sacred And it all starts to make sense Why the Western man destroys things he doesn't understand, uh huh It all starts to make sense All these patterns and wasteful destructive practices [Verse 4] Livin' like a third world country inside this country Forgive the government that puts the people in poverty And it bothers me when the people are goin' hungry And corporate companies have got their cupboards full of groceries It's disgusting how you can do nothing And complain about the situation in which you're living And it all starts to make sense They're vultures of culture and they're pickin' on all my friends, uh huh It all starts to make sense Oh, indigenous imprisonment, uh huh [Verse 5] Well I dedicate my life to the people who need the light Help them rise above the scam on the land and their lives And I'm cuttin' like a knife, all the lies by the slice Independent of this democracy is really worth the bite My request in reasonable, a tribe undefeatable Ambition to keep movin' toward solutions that are feasible It's unbelievable, all the slow-moving people And they could care less, just as long as they are comfortable It's unforgivable, because the conditions now are critical And whether or not you're ready, we are now approachin' a pinnacle It's difficult to say exactly what to do But the change begins with me and I reflect it back to you And you and you and you Come on, man, make the movement move (Yeah) Make the movement move (Yeah) [Hook] It all starts to make sense It all starts to make sense With all these omens and the moon phase we're in It all starts to make sense [Verse 5 reprise] Well I dedicate my life to the people who need the light Help them rise above the scam on the land and their lives And I'm cuttin' like a knife, all the lies by the slice Independent of this democracy is really worth the bite My request in reasonable, a tribe undefeatable Ambition to keep movin' toward solutions that are feasible It's unbelievable, all the slow-moving people And they could care less, just as long as they are comfortable It's unforgivable, because the conditions now are critical And whether or not you're ready, we are now approachin' a pinnacle It's difficult to say exactly what to do But the change begins with me and I reflect it back to you And you and you and you Come on, man, make the movement move (Yeah) Make the movement move (Yeah) Make the movement move (Yeah) Make the movement move (Yeah) [Elision/Outro] It all starts to make sense It all starts to make sense It all starts to make sense It all starts to make sense (the change begins with me and I reflect it back to you) It all starts to make sense (the change begins with me and I reflect it back to you) It all starts to make sense (the change begins with me and I reflect it back to you) It all starts to make sense It all starts to make sense