I'll Rise-Ben Harper

[00:00.09]You may write me down in history [00:04.31]With your bitter twisted lies [00:07.51]You may tread me down in the very dirt [00:11.28]And still like the dust I'll rise [00:14.38]Does my happiness upset you [00:18.01]Why are you beset with gloom [00:21.42]'Cause I laugh like I've got an oil well [00:24.94]Pumpin' in my living room [00:27.82]So you may shoot me with your words [00:31.30]You may cut me with your eyes [00:34.94]And I'll rise [00:36.89]I'll rise [00:38.62]I'll rise [00:41.82]Out of the shacks of history's shame [00:44.99]Up from a past rooted in pain [00:48.69]I'll rise [00:50.46]I'll rise [00:52.21]I'll rise(rise rise rise) [00:55.34]Now did you want to see me broken [00:58.99]Bowed head and lowered eyes [01:02.10]Shoulders fallen down like tear drops [01:05.52]Weakened by my soulful cries [01:09.08]Does my confidence upset you [01:12.55]Don't you take it awful hard [01:15.98]'Cause I walk like I've got a diamond mine [01:19.56]Breakin' up in my front yard [01:22.62]So you may shoot me with your words [01:26.12]You may cut me with your eyes [01:29.82]And I'll rise [01:31.72]I'll rise [01:33.35]I'll rise [01:36.51]Out of the shacks of history's shame [01:39.67]Up from a past rooted in pain [01:43.28]I'll rise [01:45.26]I'll rise [01:46.74]I'll rise(rise rise rise) [01:50.18]So you may write me down in history [01:53.46]With your bitter twisted lies [01:56.90]You may tread me down in the very dirt [02:00.69]And still like the dust I'll rise [02:03.87]Does my happiness upset you [02:07.12]Why are you beset with gloom [02:10.48]'Cause I laugh like I've got a goldmine [02:14.14]Diggin' up in my living room [02:17.16]So you may shoot me with your words [02:20.48]You may cut me with your eyes [02:24.16]And I'll rise [02:26.00]I'll rise [02:27.71]I'll rise [02:31.21]Out of the shacks of history's shame [02:34.03]Up from a past rooted in pain [02:37.89]I'll rise [02:39.52]I'll rise [02:41.14]I'll rise(yes I'll rise) [02:44.14]So you may shoot me with your words [02:47.41]You may cut me with your eyes [02:51.24]I'll rise [02:52.95]I'll rise [02:54.61]I'll rise [02:57.78]Out of the shacks of history's shame [03:00.72]Up from a past rooted in pain [03:04.63]I'll rise [03:06.29]I'll rise [03:07.82]I'll rise(rise rise rise) [03:10.79]I'm gonna rise(I'll rise I'll rise rise rise rise) [03:18.24]I'll rise(I'll rise I'll rise I'll rise)