Still I Rise

[Intro] You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. [Verse 1] Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? 'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells Pumping in my living room. [Pre Chorus] You may s***t me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may k**l me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, Still I'll rise [Chorus] Out of the huts of history's shame I rise Up from a past that's rooted in pain I rise Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear I rise [Verse 2] Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops, Weakened by my soulful cries? Does my haughtiness offend you? Don't you take it awful hard. 'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines Diggin' in my own backyard. [Pre Chorus] Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rse [Chorus] Out of the huts of History's shame I rise Up from a past that's rooted in pain I rise Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear I rise [Bridge] 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? [Outro] I'm a black ocean, Leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I rise, I rise, I rise