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Still I Rise

Across

Just like ___ springing high,

Did you want to see me ___?

But still, like air, I’ll ___.

Just like ___ and like suns,

Leaving behind ___ of terror and fear

Into a ___ that’s wondrously clear

___ by my soulful cries?

You may kill me with your ___,

‘Cause I laugh like I’ve got ___ mines

You may write me down in ___

‘Cause I walk like I’ve got ___ wells

Bowed head and ___ eyes?

Shoulders falling down like ___,

With your bitter, ___ lies,

Out of the ___ of history’s shame

Down

___ in my living room.

I’m a black ___, leaping and wide,

With the certainty of ___,

Diggin’ in my ___ backyard.

You ___ shoot me with your words,

Does my haughtiness ___ you?

___ I’ll rise.

I am the dream and the hope of the ___.

But still, like ___, I’ll rise.

Bringing the gifts that my ___ gave,

Does my ___ upset you?

Don’t you take it ___ hard

Up from a past that’s ___ in pain

Welling and ___ I bear in the tide.

Why are you ___ with gloom?

You may ___ me in the very dirt

You may cut me with your ___,

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