I Will Rise

Day in and Day out Its the same fight With you and with myself The tears flood my eyes The sharp metal in my grasp To take it and escape To take it and bring pain To take it and finally be free From you From me But Day in and Day out I try to resist I try to fight as they kick me while I'm down With name after name they grind me into the ground Brusie after bruise cause of word after word Yet I still get up Why do I fight? I still don't know Why do I not just finally give up I finally know I will not let them win I will not give them the satisfaction of watching me disintegrate beneath them I will not I will not So once the kicking The screaming The spiting is done I will smile a bloody smile at everyone who hurt me As I limp away Because I will not die I will survive I will no longer drown in a pool of "you can't" Because I can I will I will no longer stand in this pit of fire you created Because I can I will I will rise from the ashes and sore high above everyone who put me down Because I can I will One day I will Because I can