Chords for Janet Jackson - New Agenda

_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
It ain't nothing but an us thing, and it's time for us to step it up [Ab] and respect _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] that
level of sisterhood that's been holding up [Bb] our neighborhood.
And if it wasn't [Cm] for our mothers, there would be no brothers.
And if it wasn't for our sisters, [Gm] there would be no missus.
So it [Ab] ain't nothing but an us thing.
She's strong [Bb] as a fact.
Now time for us [Cm] to take up the slack.
Step it up, step it up, time to go to work.
History hit [Gm] me, to [Cm] pass my identity.
[Gm] So I never feel I am [Cm] somebody.
[Gm] You've got my eyes, I [Ab] see more [G] clearly.
You've tried to [Gm] rob my humanity.
[Eb] _ [Bb] Spirit you try to break, my soul you try to take.
There's no need to be afraid, cause I won't do [Ab] what you do now.
Amen, [Gm]
all that [Cm] we've been _ [Eb] through.
Our time has come to [Gm] express, our new [Ab] origin, us do.
_ Amen, [Bb]
start to [Eb] know the truth.
Our time has come to [Gm] express, our new origin, [Cm] us do.
Time to step it up, step it up, really [G] check yourself, I can't help but respect what we've got left.
Because [Gm] of my gender, [Ab] I've heard no tune any time.
[G] Because of my race, I've [Cm] heard no tune any time.
But with every [Gm] move, I'm growing [Cm] stronger, that is why.
African American [Gm] woman, I [Ab] dance all the [Eb] time.
You've [Bb] got to know what it is, to rid yourself of me now.
Nothing you can [Ab] do, except be [F] for who I am now.
_ _ [Gm] Amen, all that we've been [Gm] through.
Our time has come to [Bb] rejoice, our new [Cm] origin, us do.
[F] Check it out, check it out, gotta [Gb] check it out, it's a new thing, check it out, come on [Dbm] with it now.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Bb] Amen, all that [Cm] we've been through.
Our time has come to rejoice, [Gm] our new [Cm] origin, us [Ab] do.
_ _ [Bb] Amen, all [Gm] that we've been through. _
Our time has come to rejoice, our new [Eb] origin, us do.
[Gb]
Step it up, [G] step it up, it's time [Bbm] to step it up, step it up, check it out, come [F] on.
Step it [Ebm] up, step it up, better check [Fm] yourself, I'll get back to my track.
When we got [F] left all alone, looking for your own, here it is, you know what to say.
But the plan is [Gb] laying at the rate, gotta step it up, up to [Db] the skull from up.
[Fm] It ain't nothing but a [Gb] up fight, rewind, [E] back to the time,
[Bb] cynical law, but more of a hell of a thorn in the crime, [Gb] brother.
What in the world of world says where [Fm] is the blackness before other women, we're telling [Gb] you.
Gotta step it up, step it up, it's [Db] playoff time and the rhyme, go to check, so check [Ab] yourself.
_ Our time has come to rejoice, our new origin, us do.
Our time has [Bb] come to [Gm] rejoice, our new origin, us do.
Our time [F] has come to rejoice, [Bb] our new [Cm] origin, us do.
[Ab] Amen, _ _ [Bb] so the Lord [Cm] is with me.
[Ab]
Our time has come to [Gm] rejoice, our new origin, us do.
[Ab] _ _
Amen, so [Gm] the Lord [Cm] is with me.
Our time has come to [Bb] rejoice, our new [Cm] origin, us do.
[Ab] _
Amen, [Bb] so the Lord [Cm] is with me. _ _
_ [Bb] Our time has come to rejoice, our new [Cm] origin, us do. _
Amen, so the Lord is with me.
Amen, [Eb] oh, what we've been through.
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