New Agenda

It ain't nothin' but an us thang

And it's time for us to step it up and respect(Amen)

That level of sisterhood

That's been holding up our neighborhood

And if it wasn't for our mothers

There would be no brothers(Amen)

And if it wasn't for our sisters

There would be no misters

So it ain't nothin' but a us thang

She's strong and that's a fact

Now it's time for us to take up the slack

Step it up, step it up, time to go to work

History hidden from me(Hey)

To hide my identity

So I'd never feel

I am somebody

You've gouged my eyes

I see more clearly

You've tried to rob

My humanity(Oh now)

My spirit you tried to break(No)

My soul you tried to take(I took)

There's no need to be afraid'

Cause I won't do unto you now(Amen)(Hey)

All that we've been through(Turn your body down)

Our time has come to rejoice(Oh)

A new agenda's due(Amen)

It's time to know the truth(You don't wannabe)

Our time has come to rejoice(Rejoice)

A new agenda's due

Step it up, step it up, better check this up

I think it's best we protect what we have got left(No, no)

Because of my gender(No)

I've heard no too many times

Because of my race

I've heard no too many times(No, no)

But with every no(No)

I grow in strength(That is why)

That is why

African-American woman

I stand tall with pride(I stand tall with pride)

You want to know what it takes(Wanna know)

To rid yourself of me now

There's nothing you can do

Accept me for who

I am now(Amen)

All that we've been through(Hey)

Our time has come to rejoice(Yeah)

A new agenda's due

Check it out, check it out, gotta check it out

Listen to me gotta check it out, come on we will do it now

Come on, come on step it up

AmenAll that we've been through(Step it up)

Our time has come to rejoice

A new agenda's due

Amen(Everybody, everybody)

It's time to know the truth

Our time has come to rejoice(Hey)

A new agenda's due

Step it up, step it up, this time step it up

Step it up, check it up, come on

Time to step it up, step it up

Better check yourself

I get vexed to protect what we got

Left her alone

Lookin' for your own

Here it is

I know what

I'm sayin'

But the klan ain't playin' at the range

Gotta step it up us to discuss a must

It ain't nothin' but an us thang

Rewind back to the time

Where the color of our mother

Had 'em call it a crime

Brother what in the world?

And the world says where is the black man

Support the woman and children

Time to step it up, step it up, it's playoff time

And the rhyme go to check, so check yourself

Amen(Step it up, step it up)

A new agenda's due(Amen)

All that we've been through

Our time has come to rejoice(Oh)

A new agenda's due(C'mon step it up)(Amen)

It's time to know the truth(Give all a bit)

Our time has come to rejoice(Respect)

A new agenda's due(Amen)(All that we've been through)

All that we've been through(Yeah)

Our time has come to rejoice(This is our time)

A new agenda's due

Amen(Hey)It's time to know the truth(It's time to know the truth)

Our time has come to rejoice(Our time has come to rejoice)(It's time to know the truth)

A new agenda's due(Respect)

AmenAll that we've been through

Our time has come to rejoice