Still I Rise



Du may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
Du may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are Du beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did Du want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened Von my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't Du take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got Gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

Du may shoot me with your words,
Du may cut me with your eyes,
Du may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bär in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise

Sorry i havnt been around
things have just poped up
But now i relize my friendship on here
Is the thing that saved me all along
I owe it all to Du
For being there for me
As all as your around
I think ill be happy from now on