Still I Rise

Outside it's getting dark But I won't lose my way This life's torn me apart But I'm not in my grave Won't stop 'til I have it all You can see it in my eyes 'Cause even though I fall Still I will rise Look me in my eyes Look me in disguise Look how long it took to break the kid he's shook he's neutralized Ever since he was 16 he had a dream of spitting rhymes But things he’s seen as just a teen left him traumatized But even if he fell from the skies he'll never be paralyzed Even with his steps televised he'll never be compromised All this outside pressure is exercise to his idle mind Been villainized but in this water he gon' be baptized I’ll emerge from the flaming sun, I’m a phoenix at zenith Burning like Venus I dream of light up arenas of men Repeating my edicts like Jesus, move men like psychokinesis God since a fetus, born genius, I stay speaking this thesis Anti-social but going coastal like the postal his letters speak His vocals are like a chokehold to hoes but no battery He’s a vet but no pedigree, just the TEC sitting at his feet And the twisted vendetta of Missus Coretta 'Cause no bitch is ever gon f*ck with the King Outside it's getting dark But I won't lose my way This life's torn me apart But I'm not in my grave Won't stop 'til I have it all You can see it in my eyes 'Cause even though I fall Still will I rise Still I rise Still I rise Still I rise Still I rise Still I rise Still I rise Still I rise Still I rise