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Still I Rise --- Maya Angelou
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame
I RISE
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I RISE
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I RISE
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I RISE
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I RISE

I RISE
I RISE.

My life has taken a turn downhill. I sat down to evaluate it and realized, I have things really good. There are so many people out there who have it much worse than I do and they are coping. This just proves the theory that God never gives us more than we can handle. My downturn just means that I have to sit back and re-evaluate my life and prioirties. I also have to stop putting people feelings, wants and needs before mine. I have to take care of me first in order to take care of you. My number one priority right now is my daughter. I have sacrifice a whole alot to ensure that she is happy. That's what giving wholehearted and loving means.