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