I rise
Out of the huts
Of history's shame
Shame
Shame
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 I am the
Dream and the hope
I rise
Out of the huts
Of history's shame
Shame
Shame
I rise
Up from a past
That's rooted in pain
Pain
Pain
I rise
Of history's
Shame
Shame
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 I am the
Dream and the hope I rise
Out of the huts
Of history's shame of history's
Shame
Shame
I rise
Out of the huts
Of history's shame
Shame
Shame
I rise
Up from a past
That's rooted in pain
Pain
Pain