Out of the night that covers me,
      Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
      For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
      I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
      My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
      Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
      Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
      How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
      I am the captain of my soul.

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 backyard.

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.

Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me.
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.

I was angry with my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.    
 
And I water’d it in fears,
Night and morning with my tears;
And I sunnèd it with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles.
 
And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright;
And my foe beheld it shine,
And he knew that it was mine,
 
And into my garden stole
When the night had veil’d the pole:
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretch’d beneath the tree.

Doubt thou the stars are fire;
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt I love.

As shall mocke the envious eye.

I started life in urban slums
Good worlds I haven't heard
When you had your wine
I asked for kindness
I asked for love

When you see me on the streets
Don't turn away
After all I am not the one to blame
I am just a man
I am just a man

Why did you throw me out
Where was your heart
I am your kin
I am a man

You keep praying to your gods
And your gods forgive you all
Sitting among the stars
And country homes
You are blind to everything around

Oh, if I ever gain the strength
I will make you understand my pain
Open up your doors
I am your kin
I am a man
I am not the one to blame

You had a home
And I didn't have
Only in a dream I had that love
I had your life
Oh, God! If I find at least a bit of love
It might bring my soul to life
And I will finally become alive
I will finally become alive

Oh honey
I know that you love me
I know your light will set me free
My honey will protect me from those who wanna harm me
She takes my pain
She supports me

I was sitting in the darkness
In the darkness every night
Waiting for my honey
For my honey to spark the light
The light inside my life
The light inside my life

When I think of her
My heart gets filled with joy
When she is close
I ascend to another world

And if this night is the only one we get
Then we shall make it great
She is my joy
She is the light that will save me
The one who will set me free

Set me free
Come rescue me
Come set me free
Come rescue me
From these chains
You got the keys
Come rescue me
Come rescue me
Come rescue me

They say that a moment of happiness
Is worth a lifetime of anything else
I wonder if that's true
If we send a minute together
And a lifetime apart
Will it be enough

They say that money cannot buy happiness
I wonder if that's true
If have nothing in life
Every day is a fight
No minutes to spare
I have to dig for a cent
Will it make me a happy man

They say that never-ending life is not a gift
But I believe that it all depends on how you live
On what you see
And what you do
And the people you hold close to you

From time to time I understand this life
From time to time I understand what they are talking about
Than road splits in half
And I am back to the end
I am back to the end

Down and down we go
To the unknown
Down and down we go
Down
Only down we go

In the world without heroes
What will you do
Where will you turn
It's a dog eat dog world
And only down we go

Steady the rivers go
Don't you wanna let go
Going to the end of the world
To the end of the world
And down we go
Down to the end of the world

Oh, this broken world
There are no heroes
But, don't you wish there were
It's a  broken world
And only down we go
Down
Only down we go