Still I Rise

Hey, Hallelujah
Hold on, hold on, I'm ready

Aye, still, I rise
Aye, still, I rise
Aye, still, I rise
Aye, still, I rise
Aye, still, I r-rise
Still, I rise, ah, forget it, man stand up

I thank you for every vessel that you just used against me
I thank you for everything that you really thought would kill me
Still, I rise, I still
Still, I rise, I still
Still, I rise, I still
Still, I-I-I rise, still I rise
I thank you for every vessel that you just used against me
I thank you for everything that you really thought would kill me
Still, I rise, I still
Still, I rise, I still
Still, I rise, I still
Still, I-I-I rise, still I rise

I can see why you hate me, hate me
You be trying so hard to break me, for real
And God said, "let it reshape me," wooo
You don't know what God is making, nah
He been snatch me out that basement, get over here
I ain't scared of no trials, I'll face it, uh-huh
Ain't sorry my soul is taken, taken
And yes, I'm stirred and shaken, wow
You still don't know what God is making, Nah
They counted me out I made it, made it

Wooo

I'm elevatin' separated from the fakin', ugh
Look at you and look at me, hello
I'm outside of defeat, hi
My wins not 'cuz of me, me
A Glory be to Je-sus
He the reason why we up
And we don't compete, uh-huh
He the most-high why you deep, Why
And if we up, why you sleep, Hold up, why
No brother I could keep, Nah
Man, I can't really keep me, uh-huh
I said that before, I repeat, repeat
Mhmm-Mhmm, just eat, repeat
Outta all the guns I shot and toted, toted
You think I'd come in here just scripture quoting, wow
As if my life can't show I'm devoted, Hold up, wow
I told the devil please don't ever stop doing your job, uh-huh
I'll continue to be that problem that you just can't solve

I thank you for every vessel that you just used against me
I thank you for everything that you really thought would kill me
Still, I rise, I still
Still, I rise, I still
Still, I rise, I still
Still, I-I-I rise, still I rise
I thank you for every vessel that you just used against me
I thank you for everything that you really thought would kill me
Still, I rise, I still
Still, I rise, I still
Still, I rise, I still
Still, I-I-I rise, still I rise

I didn't wanna be here, but it's too late
He chose me before I had a birthday
People dying round here tryna curse me
But I'm praying to God have mercy
I'm was rebellin', dope sellin', coke in weed inhalin'
Man, the game been changed, man my homie got caught, now he tellin'
The whole block going down, yes, we failin', Wow

Man, that ain't the way to win, Nah
You bust, we bust back that ain't the way to win, Nah
I grab ya hand it's time to pray again, Grace
I show what amazing is, ugh
Why we out here fight each other, boy
Get a new father 'cuz you still my brother, Ha
I love you enough to tell ya the truth
Get a new father cause you still my brother
No more excuses, so stop being stupid
If you have spiritual weapons, just shoot em
Man, I'm living this in and out of the booth
The sin come out of it too
Aye, why we be actin' like somebody owe you somethin', Okay
You shoulda been dead, but ya still here
And this could free you, can you still hear

Outta all the guns I shot and toted
You think I'd come in here just scripture quoting, Wow
As if my life can't show I'm devoted, Stop it
I told the devil, stop it, please don't ever stop doing your job
And I'll continue to be that problem that you just can't solve

I thank you for every vessel that you just used against me
I thank you for everything that you really thought would kill me
Still, I rise, I still
Still, I rise, I still
Still, I rise, I still
Still, I-I-I rise, still I rise
I thank you for every vessel that you just used against me
I thank you for everything that you really thought would kill me
Still, I rise, I still
Still, I rise, I still
Still, I rise, I still
Still, I-I-I rise, still I rise