Still I Rise

Still I Rise

Published on Apr 23
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Still I Rise<br>by Maya Angelou, 1928 - 2014<br><br>You may write me down in history<br>With your bitter, twisted lies,<br>You may trod me in the very dirt<br>But still, like dust, I’ll rise.<br><br>Does my sassiness upset you?<br>Why are you beset with gloom?<br>‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells<br>Pumping in my living room.<br><br>Just like moons and like suns,<br>With the certainty of tides,<br>Just like hopes springing high,<br>Still I’ll rise.<br><br>Did you want to see me broken?<br>Bowed head and lowered eyes?<br>Shoulders falling down like teardrops,<br>Weakened by my soulful cries?<br><br>Does my haughtiness offend you?<br>Don’t you take it awful hard<br>‘Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines<br>Diggin’ in my own backyard.<br><br>You may shoot me with your words,<br>You may cut me with your eyes,<br>You may kill me with your hatefulness,<br>But still, like air, I’ll rise.<br><br>Does my sexiness upset you?<br>Does it come as a surprise<br>That I dance like I’ve got diamon...