I was walking down a long road
People commenting on everything they saw
I thought what has The world become

Then i saw a man in bright clothes
Like The card
Like The joker
The crazy smile
The bad jokes

He walked toward me
And Then whispered in my ear
Were all mad around here

You may write me down in history 
With your bitter, twisted lies, 
You may tread me in the very dirt 
But still, i rise 

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. 



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

 

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.

My soul honors your soul.
I honor the place in you where the entire universe resides. 
I honor the light, love, truth, beauty & peace within you, because it is also within me.
In sharing these things we are united, 
we are the same, 
Oh mane padme hum
Come to me
Our love is eternal
Like the fire in the earth
Like the sky above us
We are the same we are One