Still I Rise

I've been beat down
Put down still I rise
I've been beat down
Put down still I rise

Through the pouring rain and burning flames
Underestimated and rejected and misunderstood
You blindly saw in me everything but good
Knocked me to my knees
Left me broken and crawling in the cold
Bet you thought I'd shutdown
Lay down and fold
Saying there's no way he can pull through it all
From your empty soul and wicked heart I took it all
Whack a flack crack a slack
Crackling whips bruising my back
Called me hurtful name
Just to put out my blazing flame

But deep inside my weary soul
Divine melodies to console
I heard the voice of Jah Jah
Saying child be still
Be still

I've been beat down
Put down still I rise
I've been beat down
Put down still I rise

Over all the mountain tops and valleys deep
Now I understand some wounds are far too deep
Through these crazy stumbling blocks and narrow gate
Yes I've built a bridge and embraced my own fate
Man I've seen the rainfall and sunrise
Sad lonely nights and bright happy days
But I've come to see and overstand seasons do change
And the downfall of a man is not the end of his life
So I pick myself up stand up and start a new life
I keep on moving and moving and moving and grooving
I keep on climbing up higher and higher and higher
I keep on pushing it onward and onward and forward
I keep on blazing my fire my fire my fire

Sticks and stones could break a bone
But hurtful words will break a heart
The useless voices of their twisted minds
Too much noise in a crowded place
Babbling fools in their ignorance
I'm the captain of my destiny
The master of my fate

But deep inside my weary soul
Divine melodies to console
I heard the voice of Jah Jah
Saying child be still
Be still

I've been beat down
Put down still I rise
I've been beat down
Put down still I rise
I've been beat down
Put down still I rise
I've been beat down
Put down still I rise
I've been beat down
Put down still I rise
I've been beat down
Put down still I rise