The Medicine

We are living in unprecedented times. An international health crisis slowed us down long enough to pay attention to a historic, national malpractice - systemic racism. And our country has been in crisis mode ever since. The Medicine is an honest prayer for help.

THE MEDICINE
Written by Terrell Wilson (BMI)
© 2020 Common Hymnal Digital (BMI), The Wilson Songbook Publishing (BMI) (admin by IntegratedRights.com). CCLI 7157121.

VERSE 1
Dm7 Am/#5 Dm
There's a sickness here that threatens to divide us
Dm7 Am/#5 Dm
And we're all afraid to say its name out loud
Bb F/A
But, Lord, I know that you can heal us of this virus
G7 Bb/C F
So, we need you, we need you right now

There's a darkness here that's dangerous and aggressive
It getting harder every day to shake its power
But, Lord, I know that you can free us from oppression
So, we need you, we need you right now

CHORUS
Am/#5 Dm
Cause we don't know what to do
Bb Gdim7 F/C
So, we turn our eyes to you
Am/#5 Dm7
We've run out of words to say
Bb Gdim7 F/C
But if you come and have your way
Amsus2/#5 Dm
You can save us from ourselves
Bb C/Bb Fsus2/A
Before our wounds hurt someone else
G7/B Bb/C
We need you now

VERSE 2
What does it mean to have compassion for another?
How can I claim to love a God that I can't see?
If I can find the will to harm and kill my brother
Cause he neglected to look like me

I can speak the words of men and songs of angels
I can give all my possessions to the poor
But if your love can't move the mountain of my hatred
Somehow, I missed you, and I need you so much more

TAG
Bb
We need you now
F/A
We need you now
G7/B Bb/C
We need you now
F Gm7 F/A
We need you now