You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. ⠀⠀ Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? ’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells Pumping in my living room. ⠀⠀ Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise. ⠀⠀ Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops, Weakened by my soulful cries? ⠀⠀ Does my haughtiness offend you? Don't you take it awful hard ’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines Diggin’ in my own backyard. ⠀⠀ You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise. ⠀⠀ Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I've got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs? ⠀⠀ Out of the huts of history’s shame I rise Up from a past that’s rooted in pain I rise I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. ⠀⠀ Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear I rise Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise. ⠀⠀ Still I Rise BY MAYA ANGELOU ⠀⠀ ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ ______________________________________ #alwaysrise #stillirise #mayaangelou #blackhistorymonth #blackwomen ⠀⠀ #passionfruttblog #bossbabetribe #buildingbossladies #wordsofwisdom #blackgirlmagic #theeverygirl #melaninqueens #raiseyourvibration #youaremagic #youarepowerful #inspiring #higherself #passionfrutt_ #girlpower #sunshinetherapy #afropunk #afro #melanin #poetry #womenwithambition #quoteoftheday #caribbean #thebossbabesociete #empowerwomen #empoweredwomen https://www.instagram.com/p/BtxJ8cYn1Yu/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1iejq9ymkj6c2
