Chords
[Intro 1]
No matter how hard you try, you can't stop us now
No matter how hard you try, you can't stop us now
[Intro 2]
We're the D5reneG5gadesF5 of this atomic age
This aD5tomG5ic D5age of renegades
The D5reneG5gadesF5 of this atomic age
This aD5tomG5ic D5age of renegades
[Verse 1]
Since the C5PreD5historic agesC5 D5and the days of ancient C5Greece D5
Right F5down G5through the Middle Ages
Planet earth kept going through changes
And C5then D5the Renaissance cameC5 D5and times continued to C5change D5
F5NotG5hing stayed the same but there were always renegades
Like Chief C5SittingD5 Bull, Tom C5Paine
D5Doctor Martin Luther King, C5MalD5colm X
They were F5reneG5gades of their time and age
So many renegades
[Chorus]
D5 G5 F5 We're the D5renG5egaD5des of funk
We're the renegades of funk
D5 G5 F5 We're the D5renG5egaD5des of funk
We're the renegades of funk
[Verse 2]
From a C5difD5ferent solar system C5many D5many galaxies aC5way D5
We are the F5force G5of another creation
A new musical revelation
And we're C5on D5this musical missionC5 D5to help the others C5lisD5ten
And F5groove G5from land to land singin' electronic chants like
[Bridge]
D5Zulu nation and
Revelations
Destroy our nations
Destroy our nations
Destroy our nations
Destroy our nations
Destroy our nations
Destroy our nations
[Verse 3]
Now C5reneD5gades are the peopleC5 with D5their own philosoC5phies D5
They change the F5course G5of history
Everyday people like you and me
We're the C5reneD5gades we're the people C5
With D5our own philosoC5phies D5
We change the F5course G5of history
Everyday people like you and me
C'mon
[Chorus]
D5 G5 F5 We're the D5renG5egaD5des of funk
We're the renegades of funk
D5 G5 F5 We're the D5renG5egaD5des of funk
We're the renegades of funk
[Alternative Verse 1]
Will poppin', sockin', rockin' puttin' a side of hiphop
`Cause where we're goin' there ain't no stoppin'
Poppin', sockin', rockin', puttin' a side of hiphop
`Cause where we're goin' there ain't no stoppin'
Poppin', sockin', rockin' puttin' a side of hiphop
'Cause we're poppin', sockin', rockin', puttin' a side of hiphop
Poppin', sockin', rockin', puttin' a side of hiphop
[Alternative Chorus]
C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 We're the F5renG5egades of funk
We're the renegades of funk
C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 We're the F5renG5egades of funk
We're the renegades of funk
[Bridge]
We're G5teachers A5of the funk
And not of empty popping
Blessed with the force and the sight of electronics
The G5bass,A5 and treble the horns and our vocals
'Cause every time I pop into the beat we get fresh
[Interlude]
C'mon, ah! C'mon!
[Alternative Verse 2]
There was a time when our music
Was something called the Bay Street beat
People would gather from all around
To get down to the big sound
You had to be a renegade in those days
To take a man to the dance floor
[Verse 4]
Say C5jamD5 sucker C5
D5Say jam suckerC5 D5 Say F5grooveG5 sucker
Now groove sucker
Say C5danceD5 sucker C5
D5Say dance suckerC5 D5 Say F5moveG5 sucker
Now move sucker
Say C5jamD5 sucker C5
D5Say jam suckerC5 D5 Say F5grooveG5 sucker
Now groove sucker
Say C5danceD5 sucker C5
D5Say dance suckerC5 D5 Say F5moveG5 sucker
Now move sucker
[Alternative Chorus]
C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 We're the F5renG5egades of funk
We're the renegades of funk
C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 We're the F5renG5egades of funk
We're the renegades of funk
C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 We're the F5renG5egades of funk
We're the renegades of funk
C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 We're the F5renG5egades of funk
We're the renegades of funk
[Outro]
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