Deadly Class Soundtrack

Medicinal Purposes is a honky tonk country ballad that blends humor with heartbreak. A cowboy orders a double whisky “for medicinal purposes,” then confesses to the barman that his girl ran off with a trucker heading north. Through vivid verses and chant style choruses, the song captures the grit of barroom storytelling, mixing pain with wit. With its conversational lyrics, smoky saloon imagery, and sing along chorus, it’s a track that feels at home in both jukeboxes and live sets—an anthem for anyone who’s ever tried to cure heartbreak with a stiff drink.

Medicinal Purposes

TRACK 16: I'll Give you a RACE RECORD

This track captures the moment when Black sound stopped being hidden and started being documented on our own terms. Race Records were more than vinyl, they were resistance, preservation, and proof of existence. This is the sound played behind closed doors, passed hand to hand, pressed without permission. Raw drums, blues soaked melodies, and Afro rooted rhythms collide as culture refuses to be erased.

From back rooms to phonographs, this track honors the voices they tried to bury and the music they could never steal.

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OBÁ MYSTIK  
BOOK III: LIBERATION ROAD  
THE SOUND THEY TRIED TO STEAL

A sonic journey tracing the Great Migration, the rise of Harlem, and the birth of cultural power through rhythm, memory, and movement.

Released via Respawn Detroit Records  
Album drops Christmas Day  
Streaming everywhere

I'll Give You a Race Record

Taken from the band's 13th studio album 'Th1rt3en', available on Roadrunner Records

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