I wrote this song, I Rise, as a way of giving a voice to all marginalized people. People who don't have the opportunity to speak their mind. People who are in jail, incarcerated, bullied, beaten, abused, all people who feel that they are being oppressed. I hope that this song gives people hope and courage to be who they are and to not be afraid to be who they are and to speak their mind, and to love themselves, because you can't love other people unless you love yourself. I'm going through it, yeah, I know you see the tragic in it. Just hold on to the little bit of magic in it. I can't break down, no. I can't take that, no. I've died a thousand times, managed to survive. I can't break down, no. I can't take that. I can't take that. I rise. I rise. I rise. Up above it, up above it. I rise. I rise. I rise. Up above it all. There's nothing you can do to me that hasn't been done. That bulletproof shield, not to run from a gun. The river of tears ran dry, little one. No game that you can play with me, I ain't one. Cause I'm going through it, yeah, I know you see the tragic in it. Just hold on to the little bit of magic in it. I can't break down, no. I can't take that, no. I've died a thousand times, managed to survive. I can't break down, no. I can't take that. I can't take that. I rise. I rise. I rise. Up above it, up above it. I rise. I rise. I rise. Up above it all. I managed to survive. Freedom's what you choose to do with what's been done to you. No one can hurt you now unless you want them to. No one can hurt you now unless you love them to. Unless you love them to. Cause I'm going through it, yeah, I know you see the tragic in it. Just hold on to the little bit of magic in it. I can't break down, no. I can't take that, no. I rise. I rise. Up above it, up above it. I rise. I want to get up. I rise. Up above it all. Yeah, we're gonna rise up. Yeah, we're gonna rise up. Yeah, we're gonna get up. Yeah, we're gonna get up. Yeah, we're gonna get up. Yes, we can. We can get it together. We'll rise up. We can get it together. Yeah, we're gonna rise up. Yeah, we're gonna rise up. Yeah, we're gonna rise up. Yeah, we're gonna get up. Yeah, we're gonna get up. Yes, we can. We can get it together. We'll rise up. We can get it together. I will rise. I will rise. I will rise. I will rise. I will rise. I will rise. I will rise. I will rise. I will rise. I will rise. Power to the people. Thank you, and good night. Love has never been a popular movement. And no one's ever wanted, really, to be free. The world is held together. Really, it is held together. By the love and the passion of a very few people.