Annotations for Performance: Pitch

And said morning how are you, fine thanks and you

Does my sassiness upset you?

Why are you beset with gloom?

Just ’cause I walk like I've got oil wells

Still I'll rise

Do you want to see me broken?

Shoulders falling down like tear drops

Does my sassiness upset you?

Don'e take it so hard just cause I laugh

But just like life, I rise

Does my sexiness offend you?

Awe, does it come as a surprise?

That I dance

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear, I rise

I am the dream and the hope of the slave

And so naturally,

There I go rising.