Category : Poems

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You can look in my family history
And see my family is crazy
You may call me what you think
But what you don't know is that I'll join the navy
You can tell me twisted lies
You can throw the dirt with your words
But still, like dust, I'll rise
Do you not like my strength
Why do you do that vary thing
Is it cause I walk knowing who I am
Well that vary thing it doesn't sting
Just like moons and like suns
With the certainty of tides
Just like hopes springing high 
Still I'll rise
Did you want to get me down
See the color of my day turn to gray
Make me feel not wanted
But that's not one of my traits
Does my happiness offend you
Don't you take it awful hard
Cause I laugh at the thought of you trying to bring me down
But I'm like a shark
You may shoot me with your words
You may cut me with your eyes
You may be bitter towards me
But still, like air, I rise
Does my happiness upset you
Does it come as a surprise
That I run on adgvengence 
That through all this I  survive
Out of my family's past
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm me, who's proud and defiant 
In my life I have slayed many giants
Leaving behind the old and bringing in the new
I rise
My favorite instrument is the kazoo
I rise
Bringing the gifts my ancestors gave
Just because I misbehave doesn't mean I'm a disgrace
I rise
I rise
I rise