Rise

If you can't fly What can you do? RUN If you can't run What can you do? WALK If you can't walk What can you do? CRAWL If you can't crawl What can you do? ROLL Whatever it is We got to keep it moving Rise! "Change will not come If we wait for some other person Or if we wait for some other time (I have a dream) We are the ones we've been waiting for (I have a dream) We are the change that we seek." Yea I float like a butterfly sting like a bee Gonna be the change in the world that we gotta see Yes I fall down, time and time again I fall down time and time again I fall down But still I rise, rise, rise, rise Still I rise People say amazing things (rise) People do amazing things (rise) People are amazing beings (rise) You are what amazing is (rise) People say amazing things People do amazing things People are amazing beings You are what amazing is America is Black It is native It wears a hijab It is a Spanish speaking tongue It is migrant It is a woman It is here (it is here) Has been here And it's not going anywhere YOU ARE BORN TO TOUCH THE SKY YOU ARE HERE TO LIVE THAT LIFE DREAM HIGH DREAM WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT CUZ YOU ARE BORN TO TOUCH THE SKY You may get me with your words You may cut me with your eyes You may hurt me with your hatefulness Nonetheless still I rise You may get me with your words You may cut me with your eyes You may hurt me with your hatefulness Nonetheless just like air still I rise If they call us bad names Look them in the eye If they push us down Be a true ally If they try to build a wall We won't comply Cuz when they go low We go high They go low We go high They go low We go high They go low We go high They go low We go high They go low We go high They go low We go high They go low We go high They go low We go high If you can't fly, RUN If you can't run, WALK If you can't walk, CRAWL If you can't crawl, ROLL People say amazing things People do amazing things People are amazing beings You are what amazing is If you can't fly, RUN If you can't run, WALK If you can't walk, CRAWL If you can't crawl, ROLL People say amazing things People do amazing things People are amazing beings You are what amazing is YOU ARE BORN TO TOUCH THE SKY YOU ARE HERE TO LIVE THAT LIFE DREAM HIGH DREAM WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT CUZ YOU ARE BORN TO TOUCH THE SKY YOU ARE BORN TO TOUCH THE SKY YOU ARE HERE TO LIVE THAT LIFE DREAM HIGH DREAM WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT CUZ YOU ARE BORN TO TOUCH THE SKY You may get me with your words You may cut me with your eyes I rise Hurt me with your hatefulness I rise You may get me with your words I rise