Reclamation chords by The Strides

SimplifiedBm · C · Am · G · F#dim

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Bm
C
Am
G
F#dim

Verse 1
Bm 
C 
 (B minor)  (C major) 
Bm 
C 
Bm 
 (B minor)  (C major) A part  (B minor) of   conversation,
the art of elevation
C 
The start of something  (C major) beautiful,
embark on reclamation
Bm 
Generosity,  (B minor) respect,
missing from a nation
C 
Let's take it back  (C major) to before
when the ships came in
I'm just saying,
Bm 
 (B minor) strange how the record keep playing
C 
The clicks and the  (C major) seconds
keep changing
Bm 
Alleviate the facts and keep  (B minor) ra   cing
Still refusing to embrace him
C 
When actions  (C major) so evasive,
blatant and complacent
Bm 
Let's  (B minor) take it back to before
you began stating
C 
The war you began  (C major) faking
Say it's history like ancient
Bm 
Mys (B minor) tery like the bodies in
your basement
C 
Genuinely  (C major) face it, together we can take it
Bm 
Back  (B minor) to   when the land was rich
No people could I ever bore
C 
 (C major) Everyone are living here,
Bm 
what you need and  (B minor) never more
Simply what we're fighting for
Against the greed and selfishness
C 
 (C major) Take the yeed and nourish it,
Bm 
take the seed  (B minor) and  flourish it
C 
 (C major) We take it back, yo,
Am 
Bm 
we  (A minor) take it, take it back  (B minor) 
C 
 (C major) We take it back, yo,
Bm 
we take it, take it back  (B minor) 
C 
 (C major) We take it back, yo,
Bm 
we take it, take it back  (B minor) 
C 
 (C major) We take it back
Bm 
You don't want no confront (B minor) ation,
banners bearing abbreviations
C 
Trouble  (C major) with three quarters
of the population
Bm 
Somebody  (B minor) got  ta do with this,
daily operation
C 
Restructuring the very  (C major) foundation
Bm 
Politicians still  (B minor) ballin' while we
sufferin' inflation
C 
Retail ads  (C major) on every station,
the last surviving matrix
Bm 
Zion awaits im (B minor) patience,
take it back to before the slave ships
C 
Bm 
Even  (C major) back before the ages  (B minor) 
C 
 (C major) We take it back,
Am 
Bm 
yo, we  (A minor) take it, take it back, feel  (B minor) it?
C 
 (C major) We take it back, yo,
Bm 
we take it, take it back  (B minor) 
C 
We  (C major) take it back, yo,
Bm 
we take it, take it back  (B minor) 
C 
G 
We  (C major) take it back  (G major) 
C 
Bm 
 (C major) Move  (B minor) a direction in mi heart fi di core
C 
Use  (C major) a intention in mi heart fi di pore
Bm 
Make  (B minor) a correction avoiding a war
C 
What  (C major) a reason fi make a change for
Bm 
Find  (B minor) the infection and pray fi di cure
C 
Fix  (C major) the intention and pray fi di sure
Bm 
 (B minor) One  life di live and mi made fi di more
C 
Bm 
Spir (C major) itually item no material sup (B minor) port
C 
Bm 
 (C major) We take it back, yo, we  (B minor) take it, take it back
C 
We  (C major) take it back,
Bm 
yo, we  (B minor) take it, take it back
C 
Bm 
 (C major) We take it  (B minor) back, yo, we take it, take it back
C 
Bm 
G 
Bm 
We  (C major) take it back  (B minor)  (G major)  (B minor) 
C 
Bm 
G 
Bm 
C 
 (C major)  (B minor)  (G major)  (B minor)  (C major) 
Bm 
 (B minor) 
G 
Bm 
G 
Bm 
 (G major)  (B minor)  (G major)  (B minor) 
G 
C 
F#dim 
 (G major)  (C major)  (F sharpdim) 
C 
F#dim 
 (C major)  (F sharpdim) 
C 
Bm 
What  (C major) have we, a  (B minor) little time,
maybe family
C 
Precious  (C major) thoughts,
only hopes of what can be
Bm 
Can we  (B minor) cla  rify my position
so you can understand me?
C 
 (C major) Eyes where your hands be,
where your possession?
Bm 
 (B minor) Pioneers flippin'
and they rest for you to listen
C 
These  (C major) days,
too many cooks in the kitchen
Bm 
Rookies on  (B minor) commission,
shot callers without vision
C 
 (C major) Taking responsibility, strides on a mission
Bm 
Set  (B minor) the  record straight,
show the world how we kick it
C 
So  (C major) many got their own cause
music is a business
Bm 
Too  (B minor) many are abusers,
exploiters,
claiming religious
C 
Karaoke  (C major) fame for beginners,
Bm 
the pain when it  (B minor) beckons
Destruction of an art form,
C 
no aim for decep (C major) tion
So much wackness, but style is a weapon
Bm 
No  (B minor) hesitation for protection
C 
Preservation like natur (C major) al selection
Take you back to when the gift of
Bm 
C 
music was a  (B minor) blessing  (C major) 
Bm 
Strides in the building  (B minor) 
If we don't take it back,
C 
nobody's  (C major) gonna take it back
Bm 
This how it's supposed  (B minor) to be
C 
If you got a problem  (C major) 
Ask a pioneer I'm