Ben Harper - Welcome To The Cruel World

I'll Rise

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies
You may trod me down in the very dirt
And still like the dust I'll rise

Does my happiness upset you?
Why are you best with gloom?
'Cause I laugh like I've got an oil well
Pumping in my living room

So you may you shoot me with your words
You may cut me with your eyes
And I'll rise
I'll rise
I'll rise, rise, rise
Out of the shacks of history's shame
Up from a past rooted in pain
I'll rise
I'll rise
I'll rise, rise, rise

Now did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes
Shoulders fallen down like tear drops
Weakened by my soulful cries

Does my confidence upset you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I walk like I've got a diamond mine
Breakin' up in my front yard

So you may shoot me with your words
You may cut me with your eyes
And I'll rise
I'll rise
I'll rise, rise, rise
Out of the shacks of history's shame
Up from a past rooted in pain
I'll rise
I'll rise
I'll rise, rise, rise

So you may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies
You may trod me down in the very dirt
And still like the dust I'll rise

Does my happiness upset you?
Why are you best with gloom?
'Cause I laugh like I've got a gold mine
Diggin' up in my living room

You may shoot me with your words
You may cut me with your eyes
And I'll rise
I'll rise
I'll rise, rise, rise
Out of the shacks of history's shame
Up from a past rooted in pain
I'll rise
I'll rise
I'll rise, yes I'll rise

So you may shoot me with your words
You may cut me with your eyes
And I'll rise
I'll rise
I'll rise, rise, rise
Out of the shacks of history's shame
Up from a past rooted in pain
I'll rise
I'll rise
I'll rise, rise, rise

I'm gonna rise
I'll rise
I'll rise, rise, rise
I'll rise
I'll rise
I'll rise, rise, rise

Child of god
Don't mind dyin', child of god
By and by
I'm goin' to see the king
By and by
I'm goin' to see the king
By and by
I'm goin' to see the king

I don't mind dyin', I'm a child of god
Child of god
I'm a child of god
I'm a child of god



Credits
Writer(s): Ben Harper, Maya Angelou
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Other Album Tracks

  1. The Three Of Us
  2. Whipping Boy
  3. Breakin' Down
  4. Don't Take That Attitude To Your Grave
  5. Waiting On An Angel
  6. Mama's Got A Girlfriend Now
  7. Forever
  8. Like A King
  9. Pleasure And Pain
  10. Walk Away

All Album Tracks: Welcome To The Cruel World >

Altri album

  1. Wide Open Light
  2. Love After Love
  3. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) [From "Extrapolations" Soundtrack]
  4. Bloodline Maintenance
  5. Need To Know Basis
  6. We Need To Talk About It
  7. Acquaintance
  8. Joshua Tree (Band Version)
  9. Inland Empire (Band Version)
  10. Black Beauty (From "Black Boys")

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