still 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 i'll rise.

just like suns and moons,with certainty of tides.

just like hopes springing high,still i'll rise.

you may shoot me with your words,cut me with your eyes,and kill me with your hatefulness,but still like air,i'll rise.

out of the huts of history's shame,i rise.

up from past that's rooted in pain,i rise.

I'M A BLACK OCEAN, leaping and wide !!

welling and swelling I bear in the tide

leaving behind nights of terror and fear,i rise.

into a daybreak thats wondrously clear,i rise.

i am the dream and the hope of my mind,my soul

i rise ,i rise

*maya angelou