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I'll Rise Lyrics

The song I'll Rise is performed by Ben Harper in the album named CD Box Collection in the year 2000 .

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You may write me down in history
With your bitter twisted lies
You may tread me down in the very dirt
And still like the dust I'll rise

Does my happiness upset you
Why are you beset with gloom
'Coz I laugh like I've got an oil well
Pumping in my living room

So you may shoot me with your words
You may cut me with your eyes
And I'll rise, I'll rise, I'll rise
Rise, rise

Out of the shacks of history's shame
Up from a past rooted in pain
I'll rise, I'll rise, I'll rise
Rise, rise

Now did you want to see me broken
Bowed head and lowered eyes
Shoulders fallen down like tear drops
Weakened by my soulful cries

Does my confidence upset you
Don't you take it awful hard
'Coz I walk like I've got a diamond mine
Breaking up in my front yard

So you may shoot me with your words
You may cut me with your eyes
And I'll rise, I'll rise, I'll rise
Rise, rise

Out of the shacks of history's shame
Up from a past rooted in pain
I'll rise, I'll rise, I'll rise
Rise, rise

You may write me down in history
With your bitter twisted lies
You may tread me down in the very dirt
And still like the dust I'll rise

Does my happiness upset you
Why are you beset with gloom
'Coz I laugh like I've got a goldmine
Digging up in my living room

So you may shoot me with your words
You may cut me with your eyes
And I'll rise, I'll rise, I'll rise
Rise, rise

Out of the shacks of history's shame
Up from a past rooted in pain
I'll rise, I'll rise, I'll rise
Rise, rise
Yes I'll rise

You may shoot me with your words
You may cut me with your eyes
And I'll rise, I'll rise, I'll rise
Rise, rise

Out of the shacks of history's shame
Up from a past rooted in pain
I'll rise, I'll rise, I'll rise
Rise, rise
I'm gonna rise, I'll rise, I'll rise
Rise, rise
I'll rise, I'll rise, I'll rise
Rise, rise



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Ben Harper - CD Box Collection

CD Box Collection
Apr 2000
  1. Faded
  2. Homeless Child
  3. Number One
  4. Roses From My Friends
  5. Jah Work
  6. I Want to Be Ready
  7. The Will to Live
  8. Ashes
  9. Widow of a Living Man
  10. Glory & Consequence
  11. Mama's Trippin'
  12. I Shall Not Walk Alone
  13. The Three of Us
  14. Whipping Boy
  15. Breakin' Down
  16. Don't Take That Attitude to Your Grave
  17. Waiting on an Angel
  18. Mama's Got a Girlfriend Now
  19. Forever
  20. Like a King
  21. Pleasure and Pain
  22. Walk Away
  23. How Many Miles Must We March
  24. Welcome to the Cruel World
  25. I'll Rise
  26. Oppression
  27. Ground on Down
  28. Another Lonely Day
  29. Please Me Like You Want To
  30. Gold to Me
  31. Burn One Down
  32. Excuse Me Mr.
  33. People Lead
  34. Fight for Your Mind
  35. Give a Man a Home
  36. By My Side
  37. Power of the Gospel
  38. God Fearing Man
  39. One Word to Fredom