Album Name

Janet

Artist

Janet Jackson

Genre

POP

Release Date

1993.01.01

Release Agency

Universal Music Group

New Agenda - Janet Jackson
It ain't nothin but an us thang
And it's time
for us to step it up and respect

That level of sisterhood
That's been holding up
our neighborhood
And if it wasn't for our mothers
There would be no brothers
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
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
My spirit you tried to break
My soul you tried to take
There's no need to be afraid
Cause I won't do unto you now
Amen All that we've been through
Our time has come to rejoice
A new agenda's due
Amen It's time to know the truth
Our time has come to rejoice
A new agenda's due
Time to step it up step it up
Better check yourself
I get vexed to protect what we got
Left her alone
Because of my gender
I've heard no too many times
Because of my race
I've heard no too many times
But with every no
I grow in strenght
That is why
African American woman
I stand tall with pride
You want to know what it takes
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
Our time has come to rejoice
A new agenda's due

Amen All that we've been through
Our time has come to rejoice
A new agenda's due
Amen It's time to know the truth
Our time has come to rejoice
A new agenda's due

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 A new agenda's due
Amen All that we've been through
Our time has come to rejoice
A new agenda's due
Amen It's time to know the truth
Our time has come to rejoice
A new agenda's due
Amen All that we've been through
Our time has come to rejoice
A new agenda's due
Amen It's time to know the truth
Our time has come to rejoice
A new agenda's due
Amen All that we've been through
Our time has come to rejoice