Rise and Rule (She Was Born in Honolulu)

She was born in Honolulu She was raised by the Ohio Her life was filled with vile explosion Ever so She turned to God and posed a question "What can I do with the cards I'm dealt?" She looked hard and wild at God's creations "I can make a new way" is how she felt She yanked her dreams down from above her She looked a monster right in the eye She said, "My children won't see me suffer They'll see me rise and rule before I die" From scratch, she carved a woman's vision But was beat down, again and again She used her hands, she used her troubles God took her mind, God took her men She lay confined for years in silence Unembraced by everyone Did she lose her faith? I'm here to sing to you She didn't lose a thing, she passed it on She built a garden, she drew a drawing She looked her shadow right in its eye She said, "My children won't see me suffer They'll see me rise and rule before I die" Kids will play, kids will wander Every day farther from home Hold us close, mother and father Friends, don't leave our friends alone We roll in waves at Makapu'u While those afraid sit on the shore We roam the roads, we follow clues to Where we've never been before We build a fire, scream at a star While the laughter rolls sweetly by Holes in our lives, and still we are Going to rise and rule before we die When our bodies turn to cinder And our names are rarely said And I wonder, do our friends ponder How we are now, we are dead Wounds are healed so forcefully As we think on the deceased When we say thanks around our table We say their names with some relief We skip their names with some relief They melt away like heat and moon drops Into a space in black beyond She comes in colors, even there And so she'll rise and rule now her burden's gone