Still I Rise

(All my life) I've been fighting
For the respect I deserve
Reppin' AMB especially when they
Hated my word
Treating me differently, dissing me
Giving me shit, it was killing me
Found the ability to never let
The bullshit hurt my spirit
Telling myself to put it all in my lyrics
Any time I'm shining the Devil
Wanna make an appearance
Cause interference, talking shit about us
I hear it but never doubted our feelings
I'll be keeping it clear, I know this
How come don't nobody want us
When I was comping up
Anybody really loved me, i'll be honest
When I'm feeling nervous in my stomach
Roll up marijuana
When the Devil is upon us, I'ma kill him
That's a promise
Ugh, waking up everyday and I'm on it
Proving they made us wrong
And murdering every opponent
All the grinding every night finally
Get to this moment to spit it and know it
You'll never get rid of a soldier
But I ain't never let somebody tell
Me that I'm less than
Never trust nobody with a bunch
Of fucking yes man
Never will I put up with the freshness
Still you coming at me
I'm responding with aggression
I was born to be the man I am
And I will never give a damn
About a hater or his life
Let 'em all see when you all look at
Me on everything you took from me
It'll never kill the fire in
My eyes still I rise
Despite all the evil that's in my life
Hold me down, yeah they all try
But everytime they find that still I rise
Still I rise

When you wanna rise
Everybody say that they fuck with you
But when you fallin off they ain't there to
Help you out when you need 'em
Waving a flag for you
Braggin that they're your
Homie but only when you was poppin'
You hit bottom watch your followers leavin'
Even if I don't see em schemin'
Homie I done had experience
Spottin' fake friends
Plottin' with their co-conspirators
Backstabbin', dates back to the
Beginnin' of mankind
Drawings on the walls up in Egyptian pyramids
But I won't let em get me
Little Brutus to the Julius
I'm losin' friends that hang around me
Do it cause it's lucrative
As soon as it don't benefit 'em
Put they crew to coup, again
I seen the way this movie end
Before and it behooves me when
They say they're with the movement but
They shown up and it's shit
Tryin' to say outlandish shit
Tryna assassinate your character
Swear that they were there when ya, started
Say you've changed
Since the fame, they didn't like
Me back at Strange, homie where the love?
For me to get to where I'm
At ain't been a cakewalk
I believe in God I'm grateful
That he blessed me
So much pressure it gets hard
For me to stay calm
I wonder if it's just a way
For him to test me and see if I'ma let it
Put me in the graveyard
Or am I tough enough to suck
It up well let's see
There ain't a day go by that
I ain't gettin' hate from
People that ain't never met me
But still I RISE!
Despite all the evil that's in my life
Hold me down, yeah they all try
But everytime they find that still I rise
Still I rise

Feeling like fuck it go ahead
And fill in the blank
Cause I never been a people person
Fuck you what you think
Day one if you wanna compare days
But this is real talk
So no room for opinions or Johnny fairplay
Punch 'em right in the face
With them off collar comments
They Got it comin I'm second
Guessing my own day and what I might say
So many butthurt but what's worse?
Ain't enough ass bandaids to make work
Shit's deep, real wolves can't be concerned
With the comments of the opinionated sheep
So I block em all away, wanna throw shade?
While I'm handing out umbrellas and there
Ain't no sign of rain
I'ma rise through the pain like
I'm made of novocaine
And I've been a living legend
Since the very first day
I'ma batter and abuse 'em
My contaminated brain
And I'm here to terminate the
Competition in the game
New day fuck you in the trumpet
Cut Othellos hands off and fed
It to the puppets
Fuck you in the heart cause
It's deeper than the duckets
Watch 'em crucified by the public
Tell me do you love it?
All the things you covet - die
The moment that you made me pick sides
I'm not the ordinary sheep
I aspire to be the shepard
And you can follow me when I fucking rise
Despite all the evil that's in my life
Hold me down, yeah they all try
But everytime they find that still I rise
Still I rise