I'll rise like a morning sun,
Every day after a dark night.
No matter how hard you try,
To oppress me and deprive.
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Rise
I'll rise like a morning sun,
Every day after a dark night.
No matter how hard you try,
To oppress me and deprive.
I will keep rising on the horizon,
No matter how hard you strive.
How long will you poison the air,
That I breathe and so do you?
How long can you block the stream?
It'll break free and flood your dream.
You may suppress the free speech,
But truth shall overcome with force!
As it has done for centuries past,
So it will do for centuries more!
Taint my history, if you may,
I will paint a brighter future.
Distort my identity, if you please,
The world shall still know me.
Trampled in the dust, I shall rise,
Rise again from beneath the earth!
I will morph into the clouds of hope,
Showering down mercy for all.
I shall not favour any race,
Nor shall I prefer any gender.
There shall not be any injustice,
And hatred shall have no place.
I will die a thousand deaths,
But, I will rise again to live!
To lead a life of dignity,
And to love all the living.