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And Still I Rise By Maya Angelou

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.


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.

Just like moons and like suns,

With the certainty of tides,

Just like hopes springing high,

Still I'll rise.


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 back yard.

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.


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.

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

I rise

I rise.

Still I Rise By Yolanda Adams 

Shattered, But I'm not broken

Wounded the time will heal

Heavy, The load the cross I bear

Lonely, The road I trod I dare

Shaken, but here I stand

Weary still I press on

Long are the nights, The tears I cry

Dark are the days

No sun in the skies

Yet still I rise

Never to give up, Never to give in

Against all odds

Yet still I rise

High above the clouds

Yet times I feel low

Yet still I rise


Sometimes I'm troubled, But not is despair

Struggling, I make my way through

Trials they come to make me strong

I must endure, I must hold on

Yet still I rise

Never to give up, Never to give in

Against all odds

Yet still I rise

High above the clouds

At times I feel Low

Yet still I rise


Above all my problems

Above all my eyes can see

Knowing God is able

To strengthen me, To strengthen me

Yet still I rise

Never to give up, Never to give in

Against all odds

Yet still I rise

High above the clouds

At times I feel Low

Yet still I, I need to know

Which way to go

Yet still I, At times I feel Low

Yet still I, I rise

Yet still I rise

"Never Gonna Break My Faith"

(feat. The Harlem Boys Choir)

My Lord, I have read this book so many times

But nowhere can, can I find the page that says what I experienced today has any grace

Now I know that life is meant to be hard

That's how I learned to appreciate my God

Though my courage may be tried

I can tell you I won't hide

Because the footprints show you were by my side

You can lie to a child with a smiling face

Tell me that color ain't about a race

You can cast the first stone

You can break my bones

But you never gonna break

You never gonna break my faith

Faith and hope ain't yours to give

Truth and liberty are mine to live

Steal a crown from a king, break an angel's wings

But you never gonna break

You never gonna break my faith

My Lord, won't you help them, help them, help them to understand

That when someone takes the life of an innocent man

Well they never really won

Because all they really done is set the soul free

Where it's supposed to be

You can lie to a child with a smiling face

Tell me that color ain't about a race

You can cast the first stone, you can break my bones

But you never gonna break

You never gonna break my faith

Faith and hope ain't yours to give

Truth and liberty are mine to live

Steal a crown from a king, break an angel's wings

But you never gonna break

You never gonna break my faith

For those we lose before their time

I pray their souls will find a light

I know that the day will surely come, when it will be done

You never gonna break my faith

You never gonna break my faith


"We Honor You" by Norman Hutchins 

"Never Be Defeated "

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