Chords for Jamila Woods - GIOVANNI

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_ _ _ If you really want something done _ _ and done well, _ _ do it yourself. _ _
Nobody else can do it for you. _ _ _
You can't depend on other folks to do what you want to do
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and the way you want it done, so you do it yourself.
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Be your own person. _ _ _ _
_ Don't depend on _ _ no man. _ _ _ _ _
I said let it down, okay? _ _ _
_ Don't let them misuse you. _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ They're a child, you're [A#] my child, and I didn't misuse you, did I? _
Okay. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [C#] I'm _ [C#m]
not going _ [G#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ _ [E] to do it.
I'm not [G#m] going to do it.
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I've been up in here since grandmama [C#m] was a baby.
Praise me.
I've [G#m] been on my [F#m] Giovanni, tea and honey.
Tell it like [G#m] I see it, speak it so I feel it.
My ancestors watched me, [A] buried their walking.
Black holes in life, [C#] yeah, my life's [G#m] just right.
You got questions, I know that's [F#m] right. _
_ _ There [D#m] must be a [C#m] reason [G#m] why.
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_ _ There must be [C#] a reason.
_ [G#] There _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m]
must _ _ _ [C] be a [C#m] reason [E] why.
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_ _ There must [C#] be a reason.
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_ _ There [C] must be a reason why.
Every _ [C#] _
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_ _ [C#m] _ morning _ _ _
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_ _ _ [G#] I [A] wake up and I _ _ actively have to tell [C#] myself,
like, I love [G#] you, you're beautiful, you are [F#] worth this day.
_ _ Be bold, _ _ [G#m] _
don't be [G#] afraid, and [A] when you are afraid,
like, look at it, like, [C#] look it square in the eye
and know that [G#] you can win and you're [F#] worth that battle.
_ And even if you do fail, like, [C#] you're still the shit.
[G#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
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_ _ _ [G#m] _ [F#m] Fighting against the limitations of your [C#m] body
_ is [F#] probably the hardest [G#m] thing that you can do
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_ _ because it's [C#m] always, you're carrying that limitation with you [G#m] all the time.
_ [F#m] So when you break through, [E] it's like _ [G#m] you're shedding, _ you know,
and [A] you're a little bit more new.
_ _ _ [C#m] _ I'll never forget that moment in [G#m] the mirror when [F#m] I just was like,
who [G#m] is this person?
_ And then I showed up differently in the mirror [A] day after day.
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_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] At the championship fight, I had really [C#m] long hair,
and I [G#] did not want to put it up.
I was like, no, you got to [A] tie it up.
I was like, okay.
When [F#] I was walking [C#] around, the audience was like,
they started [G#] calling me pretty girl, and I was [C#m] like, I [F#m] like that.
Like, that is my aesthetic.
[C] Most people, like, [C#] they walk around looking real [G#m] tough.
I was in there [A] waving, blowing kisses.
Like, it was [C#] really cool owning that, like, thing [G#m] as myself
and molding [F#] it to who I was and, like, being like, yeah,
[C] I'm super femme, [E] and I'm also whipping [G#m] ass.
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[E] I love finessing [D#m] the government.
[F#m] I love [C#] finessing these white people.
And _ [G#] my [C#] thing is, like, finesse [G#] isn't even stealing.
[A] It isn't even lying.
It's just using [G#] everything _ about you with an elusive tone [F#] to it.
And I think that's what being a black woman [G#] is.
A black woman is a natural finesse.
It's [A] like we start wars and we do [C#] everything,
but we keep it all together [G#] without fucking up our hair [F#] wraps.
You know what I'm saying?
Like, we are the ultimate finesse.
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_ _ _ [G#] I'm very proud of [D#]
myself for quitting [G#m] my last [F#m] job _
and relying [E] only on myself.
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Because for so [G#m] long, I lived for other people.
I [A] went to college.
I did everything that [C#m] everybody told me to do.
[G#] I think I'm the most proud for [B] rebelling
_ [F#m] and going about life in [B] my own way, [E] in my own speed, [G#m] my own tempo,
doing what I [A] love to do.
I'm very proud [C#] for only taking [C#m] in opinions that matter
[G#m] and taking in the [F#m] right feedback for what I do.
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Little [C#] bitty, you [G#] want to call [A] me
A hundred motherfuckers can't tell _ [C#m] me
How I'm supposed to look [G#] when I'm angry
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How I'm supposed to shrink when you're around me
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[C#] Permission did not to [G#] rearrange me
[A] I am the kingdom, I am not your [G#] queen
Hold step, better step from up around me
[F#] I am not your Rive, I am not your [C#m] Eve
Any [B] minute now you'll get the [A] message
Any minute, Ronnie Bricker, [C#m] at description, I'm impressive
You can [G#m] check my chart for [F#m] reference
Moon and sun, kiss, rare and [E] blessed
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Come on, let's just [G#m] do a quick _ [A] confession
Pottery's so oil me to your [C#m] aggression
I'm protected, joy [G#m] celebrate on me
[F#m] Mama bursted for me
[E] Nothing take that energy [G#m] away from me
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I've been up in here since grandmama [C#] was a [C#m] baby Praise me
I [G#m] be on my [F#m] Giovanni, tea and honey
Tell it like I see it, speak it so I feel it
My ancestors watched me, [A] buried to walking
Like old [E] Elas, yeah, my life's just right
You got [G#m] questions, I know that's right _
_ _ _ [C#] There must be a reason why
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_ _ _ There [C#] must be a reason
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_ _ _ There [C] must be a [G#m] reason why
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_ _ _ There must be a [C#m]
reason
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_ _ _ There [C] must be a [C#]
reason why
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_ _ _ _ _ There [C#] must be a reason
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_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [C] There [C#] must be a reason [G#m] why
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_ _ _ _ _ [F#] There [C#] must be a reason
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_ _ _ _ _ [E] There's what the culture says about middle [G#] years
and it [C#m] can be terrifying if you listen to [G#m] that story
[A] but then sometimes I look at my hands
and they're starting to look [C#m] like Aunt [C#] Donny's hands
so then that [G#m] makes me kind of happy
and [A] I'm like, wow, you know, things just [G#m] evolve
and you're in the place where [E] you need to be
[A] and whatever gifts [F#m] come, you might [C#m] discover about yourself
so I [G#m] think that's [E] more of what I'm discovering
is that things aren't as lost as they [B] seem
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