![]() 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 Up from a past that’s rooted in pain I rise I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. 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 bear in the tide. Im a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I'll rise. You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, Ill rise. 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 back yard. Como las lunas y como los soles, con la certeza de las. Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops. Just like suns and like moons, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I rise. Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise. 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. 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. Still I Rise by Maya Angelou 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. ![]() ![]() You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may tread me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Still I Rise is an inspiring and emotional poem thats based around Maya Angelous experiences as a Black woman in America. ![]()
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