'Still I Rise' by Maya Angelou (1987, Live performance)
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- čas přidán 9. 06. 2014
- (Final poem from 'Maya Angelou - Live and Unplugged')
Still I Rise
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.
[There I go!]
(Last line not in original poem)
"does my sexiness offend you? aw."
im yELLING
Schmood Lord sexy where
Aaliyah Broome your a very ugly person. Inside and out.
@@aaliyahbroome4805🤮🤔
@@G3MiNiOfficial, say that again
Aaliyah Broome get tf out 🤢
When she said I am the dream of a slave. That touched me more than anything.
I Like It song girl
I agree, we can all at one time been a slave to something, figuratively or literally. Despite it, we can rise. She's a monumental soul of truth, gone but never forgotten.
CHASS FREEMAN YES!!!!!!!
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I cried when she said that
She reminds me that reading poetry isn't just reciting, it's performing. What an absolute legend, she is. Perfect.
Maya Angelou was a dynamic poet. If you like inspirational poetry also check out the poet, Precious Won. Her poetry is inspirational, comprehensible, relatable and thought-provoking. See the inspirational poem, "Don't Give Up" Click here to watch: czcams.com/video/vhEZMOQ1m0o/video.html
🙏 🙏 🙏 Amen 🙏
Agreed
This woman changed my view on literature during the end of my school days. I went from the edge of failure and not attending lessons to getting a B in the final tests. My teacher loved Maya Angelou and taught her words with all the passion and emotional she could, she believed in the beauty of the words Maya Angelou spoke. She's motivated me to start writing myself and I will be uploading these on my channel. I may not be able to speak words like Maya Angelou but there's an unbelievable sense of fulfilment in expressing yourself in writing. I hope she can rest knowing how many people she has inspired and gave meaning into their lives.
wonderful. All the best with your future plans
thank you for writing this. I'm an English teacher and I'll be teaching Maya Angelou this year and what you wrote gave me a lot of strength and hope.
It’s 2023 and … I just wonder how much longer art like this will be allowed in certain schools. If you were in one of those schools today would you have been pulled back from the edge? Are there kids now being denied that experience and shift in perspective?These kids have already had so much disruption in their lives and schooling with the covid stuff. They have lost so much and people are fighting to rob them of even more. It’s a tragedy.
Congratulations, it’s amazing what we can achieve when we have wings under our feet
This is awesome!!
At this point I don't even know how many times I've replayed this
Blissfully Annieka
i play this for my kids twice a week
Blissfully Annieka it can NEVER be too mant times. And still I rise.
Blissfully Annieka getting there!!!!
Blissfully Annieka i am learning about this
I did 200,000 Who played the other 469000 times?
Her voice matches it perfectly.
Bran Flakes,
Yesssss
Her facial expressions too
Maybe because its her poem
It's her poem, so, obviously.
It's almost as if she wrote it
“Does my sexiness offend you? Aww 🥺” 👏👏👏
Sassiness
no it also says sexiness@@dee8567
@@dee8567she also said "sexiness"
Watching this in 2024. Amazing!!!
If I watch this,every morning for the next month,I could conquer the world.
❤️
I love this comment
Then, by any means, you must.
Absolutely 💯. ENCOURAGE YOURSELF and others. ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏿✊🏿🤜🏾🤛🏽
Honestly this is so good and
So real!
"Still I rise" she brought tears to my eyes with her eloquence and confidence. Why oh why the down votes ?? I cry for those that can not appreciate her effovesance
middlesfordiddles Ahahoney effervescence does not make sense in this context but maya is still amazing
Even Christ had haters, MLK had haters, MALCOLM X had haters, Harriet Tubman and Angela Davis has haters sister. Black women particularly have many haters because we have the womb that holds all humanity. Read 📚 about the Eve gene?
Many of those thumbs down are of the WS persuasion, as well, are supporters of WS ideology. That's why her message is SO relevant. Because TRUTH brings forth the travailing of CONVICTION of looking into the mirror of one's soul. As well the disdainment of knowing that THE OPPRESSED has just uncovered and overcomed the OPPRESSORS intention. #STILLIRISE! Which was to KILL STEAL and DESTROY, the HOPES and Dreams of our Ancestors. And here we ARE. 💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿🤜🏾🤛🏽🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🤗
@@pearlhanson3590 oh lawd here we go with WS, the least hostile threat for poc in the country 🙄
effervescence
“Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the hope and the dream of the slave” Words cannot describe this line, so powerful. Her poetry will and forever live on 💯
When my people treat me bad. I come here to listen Maya. In order to 🌹 rise once more🎉
"Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the hope and the dream of the slave"
Imagine that Brothaz and Sistaz ✊✊✊
Ms_Dark_ N_Dandridge ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
@@user-iq7rk3lr9f Hold on what????
If they make a movie about her, can queen latifah play her please?!? The likeness alone is extraordinary.
Senneca Syprian Why is that gross?
Senneca Syprian how can you call them that, they are both beautiful humans.
Senneca Syprian Its people like yourself that Miss Maya wrote this poem for. We will rise, "You can shoot me with your words, you can cut me with your lies but still like dust, I rise.:
Senneca Syprian Maybe she isn't, but the nation of people she inspired will and they will rise against hateful people like you...we will unite and rise.
+Madona Raj she's a troll, bored and lonely.
don't take her serious
The specific line about diamonds is in the context of several other lines where Angelou mentions "gold" and "oil", suggesting that she intends to speak in general about what we economists call extractive resources---the sort of resource that a single company can come in and take to sell without the help of a broader society and government. These kinds of resources are systematically associated with corrupt and oppressive governments, because while they are extremely valuable on the market, unlike other sources of wealth such as land, factories, and an educated population, they can be easily taken and moved elsewhere and don't depend upon having a stable system of public policy to support them. This is called the resource curse.
It's unlikely that Maya Angelou had the details of this economic process in mind, but she intuitively sensed that resources such as gold, oil, and diamonds are systematically linked to oppression. She wouldn't use the example of corn or automobiles to make the point, because these aren't extractive commodities. Angelou describes herself (specifically implying her genitals and therefore her sexuality) as being this sort of commodity, which represents her as a thing of value---simultaneously valuable and treated as a thing to be possessed and sold by others, exactly the way slaves were treated. It may also be significant that gold, oil, and diamonds are all resources which are abundant in Africa, the continent from where the vast majority of slaves in the US were taken.
But the poem ends quite optimistically, repeating "I rise, I rise, I rise"---perhaps reflecting how civil rights have gradually but steadily improved over time, and Angelou's belief that they will continue to do so.
I play this so many times to remind myself at 60 and in college the struggles are real, but must fight to reach my goals.
Good luck!!!
You can do it. It's hard, but I'm sure you've got it
Keep going til you rise. I'm 70 and finishing a masters degree. You can reach any stage you want as long as you believe that still you rise.
Jesus loves you and died for you .He wants a relationship with you .He also wants for you to stop sinning. You should Read the Bible. It's the word of God. Jesus is the savior of the world.
Keep going ❤
You can Shoot me with your words, you can cut me with your lies, but just like life, I Rise!
Genius!
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*maya*
I didn’t know my body could sustain shivers for this long
You weren't shivering, you were being shook. 👍💜
What a wonderful comment!
Broooo fr
Hmmm, I only you knew me…😊
The way she reads her own words has always been such an incredible inspiration to me. It is hard to even describe the art she creates and how massively blessed we are when we get to hear her read them herself.
Today I heard this in my Spirit. Never listened to it before, but yes. She was speaking about my life.
STILL I RISE! Slowly but most surely.
🙏🏿👸🏾🙏🏿
"Just like life - I rise!"
STOP THE CAPP
@@sixthrones2987 lmao 😂
Maya Angelou was a dynamic poet. If you like inspirational poetry also check out the poet, Precious Won. Her poetry is inspirational, comprehensible, relatable and thought-provoking. See the inspirational poem, "Don't Give Up" Click here to watch: czcams.com/video/vhEZMOQ1m0o/video.html
The best ever. It seems she can even teach us from her grave. Really.
Hi Shama, r u Indian?
2024 and its message carries on. Amazing! Bless her soul 🙏 Thank you, Maya Angelou
Every ancestor slave must have given Mayo Angelou a standing ovation when she wrote this poem.
Intelligent, gifted, and everybody's friend. Thank you Maya Angelou for being there, and answering the call, on your life. You'll always be with us, in spirit.
"You may trod me in the very dirt, but still like dust I'll rise"
Thank you Maya Angelou for inspiring us with your poems.
Senneca Syprian ur good were doing a dance on this
I like your phone your poem is great and thank you for helping with the family but I'm going to tell your mom my phone tomorrow will tell you my home phone I want to talk to you but it's not on the phone yet that I ride its course that I Rise and I want you to beat keep on being a great poem that Maya Angelou die so I'm singing her phone for her that I ride
Maya Angelou was a dynamic poet. If you like inspirational poetry also check out the poet, Precious Won. Her poetry is inspirational, comprehensible, relatable and thought-provoking. See the inspirational poem, "Don't Give Up" Click here to watch: czcams.com/video/vhEZMOQ1m0o/video.html
This lady was mesmerising. Captivating . I am awestruck
Really
This is one of the greatest, most profound performances I’ve ever witnessed.
Had that diamond 💎💎💎 😺
This is such a beautiful poem to describe the pain & beauty of the Black soul, struggle, and ability to "Rise" and "Love"
This extends far beyond color, race, gender...as does her knowledge and wisdom.
its not fot a black soul, souls have no color. but its for souls in pain and struggle in deed
@@KaSirRahSirRah Yeah no, this whole poem is about Maya Angelou overcoming adversity as an African-American, nice try though!
@@dr.g.o.d.433 Idk about the rrest of y'all but my soul is black jsut like my brothas and sistas.
The way she says STILL I RISE is just enchanting!
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Maya Angelou was a dynamic poet. If you like inspirational poetry also check out the poet, Precious Won. Her poetry is inspirational, comprehensible, relatable and thought-provoking. See the inspirational poem, "Don't Give Up" Click here to watch: czcams.com/video/vhEZMOQ1m0o/video.html
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.
- Maya Angelou
🌍🌅🌱❤☯
just presented this for my theatre class GOT A 100 thank you MAYA
Can't get enough of her voice! It just oozes down, takes you away, overwhelming! Sustaining, powerful, elegant. Hope my French kids in class will get whisked away by it tomorrow ...
nicolas legrand so did they?
Love this Lady...All my respect.A true Lady..❤❤❤
As an Indigenous poet myself, I've been ever so inspired by Maya Angelou.
2024 im here. She is mysterious grandmother. She helped me through wild times and i stil love her ❤❤
Thank you for bringing light trough you words
From Denmark 🇩🇰
Tearing up because i miss her wise words. Rest in peace ❤️
She’s SO EMPOWERING 🙌🏼🙌🏼
Maya Angelou was a dynamic poet. If you like inspirational poetry also check out the poet, Precious Won. Her poetry is inspirational, comprehensible, relatable and thought-provoking. See the inspirational poem, "Don't Give Up" Click here to watch: czcams.com/video/vhEZMOQ1m0o/video.html
Her reading her own poem to us touches and inspires me even more because not only is she reading her own words but she is saying and expressing them from her heart and soul, just like I bet she did when she first wrote that poem. But at the same time with the poem’s comedy and how she talks and expresses it in a comedic way, I couldn't help but laugh a bit. So it brought me to tears both tears of joy and laughter.
Today is my brother's birthday. A year ago he was a vibrant 71 year old, but today, due to an accident followed by neglect in hospital and facilities;
Due to the COVID-19 restrictions preventing us from being advocates at his bedside...
My brother is a quadriplegic and double amputee.
Bedridden, my brother ministers to more people than far too many able- bodied folk. He asked why i thought he was still here given the many times the family was told to "come quickly so you may say your goodbyes."
I immediately recalled this poem and shared it with him. We are not done until GOD said we are done. In the meantime, brother's and sisters, RISE!!!!
(and keep Norman in your prayers in his determination to walk again. )
Came here to get ready to end 2019 with the words of a forever queen
Came here to get some inspiration and peace in the wake of the GF murder
Its been a while since you left us Maya but still...you rise
Maya, hearing your poetry shakes my soul to my core, may the whole universe always remember you
I had the pleasure of meeting Doctor Maya Angelou at Wake Forest University, and she was so down to earth and REAL. She never met a stranger.
I wish I knew about her before she passed away, she seems like a great poet
The greatest. The best.
No one steals this woman thunder. Amen because God gifted her and I love it.
Her voice is medicine 😭❤️
What an explosion of self-love. Can't help but loving Maya Angelou
A miracle...I feel a miracle taking place every time I listen to this woman speak. God bless Maya!
She was outstanding...💯👀
Maya Angelou was a dynamic poet. If you like inspirational poetry also check out the poet, Precious Won. Her poetry is inspirational, comprehensible, relatable and thought-provoking. See the inspirational poem, "Don't Give Up" Click here to watch: czcams.com/video/vhEZMOQ1m0o/video.html
When they said 'Pen is mightier than the sword', I am sure they must have her in mind.. powerful verses, even more powerful recitation...❤❤
If I ever have a daughter I will show her this poem every month until she is a teenager.
Such a phenomenal woman..... My icon😍 her poems got me through most of the darkest parts of my life
The same to me. I was broken, she helped me a lot without even know
Maya Angelou was a dynamic poet. If you like inspirational poetry also check out the poet, Precious Won. Her poetry is inspirational, comprehensible, relatable and thought-provoking. See the inspirational poem, "Don't Give Up" Click here to watch: czcams.com/video/vhEZMOQ1m0o/video.html
What an honor to hear her speak!!! She was definitely that fierce, free spirited, pillar of beauty that brought a smile to your face and pierced your soul with ancient knowledge and wisdom. She had a bright light that still shines above us. Thank you for the gift
Dear God, how could I have lived all that time without having experienced this 😢
I cannot read a Maya Angelou poem without hearing her powerful voice reciting it. What a gift to leave us with. ♥️
I dont think this woman had the ability to be awkward or uncomfortable. She owns every moment and silence completely
unfathomable beauty and power
Just watching this in 22' Love her grace and confidence.
She is absolutely one of the BEST I've heard in poetry!
Maya Angelou was a dynamic poet. If you like inspirational poetry also check out the poet, Precious Won. Her poetry is inspirational, comprehensible, relatable and thought-provoking. See the inspirational poem, "Don't Give Up" Click here to watch: czcams.com/video/vhEZMOQ1m0o/video.html
I play this once a day. It's part of my daily meditation and prayer of protection against narcissistic arrow seen and unseen.
So touching. Soul touching.
hate all you like, no one knows who you are, all of us know who she was. She still rises.
I cry every time I listen to her recite this. So powerful.
Maya Angelou was a dynamic poet. If you like inspirational poetry also check out the poet, Precious Won. Her poetry is inspirational, comprehensible, relatable and thought-provoking. See the inspirational poem, "Don't Give Up" Click here to watch: czcams.com/video/vhEZMOQ1m0o/video.html
I’m the hope and the dream of slaves. Beautifully put, and I wish they could have seen this ❤
She never failed to deliver a riveting performance. Dr. Angelou is legend.
I appreciate the love and kindness you all are showing towards my Grandma “Grammy”😊❤❤ She was and still is A Phenomenal Woman of prestige x substance. Her hugs were master crafted to fit each individual person as unique. Her voice was a mixture crackling fire wood x boom teaming thunder ⚡️⚡️⚡️Eloquent indeed x equally elegant ❤ Her presence was pure Bliss with a kiss!😊 My goodness if you feel her in this video so strongly Imagine what is was like to have in your reach😍😍🥰🥰🥰🤩🤩🥳🥳 She is that powerful! Rest in Power Grammy 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️💥💥💥💥💥
Up from the past rooted in pain. Leaving terror and fear behind. I rise...
who else is watching this video because of school????
Me.. thank you Mr. Saunders for putting us on and making sure we was heard
Highschool sucks
MEEEEE (Even tho I wish I wasn’t)
here!!
@@ji_a.a.athis is too powerful to watch for school, if that’s all u watching it for plz exit it’s an insult to her legacy, this poem changed my life and many others
I don't know any poem that expresses and describes better how transforming violence, hurt and opression into strength, love, compassion and transcendent consciousness provides you with grandness.
Watching over and over and over and over
This IS my all time, favorite, most power infused poem by Maya Angelou or any poet.
I've known who Maya was for a long time, but this is the first time I've had the honor to listen to her. I know now why she's so admired! What a poet she is!
It's incredible how easily she can make you cry, laugh and smile all at the same time.
I read this poem quietly to myself so many times, never knowing it was meant to sound like this. But then you hear it and yes, of course it was 😁👏
Maya Angelou was a dynamic poet. If you like inspirational poetry also check out the poet, Precious Won. Her poetry is inspirational, comprehensible, relatable and thought-provoking. See the inspirational poem, "Don't Give Up" Click here to watch: czcams.com/video/vhEZMOQ1m0o/video.html
Ms Angelou was a truly ascended soul. A true teacher. She oozed love and kindness
My anthem at work, my anthem on the train at 3am, my anthem always, period. Thank you Miss Maya Angelou
She has really made her mark here in earth. It can't be undone. A great woman of her time.
this poem helps me at school
I humbly bow in absolute admiration for the gift of this wonderful human! Thank you Ms. Maya Angelou! Thank you! Still I Rise!
Chills. Not often I get that emotional but Maya is amazing. Rest In Peace our queen 👑
Goosebumps... I miss this woman.
This poem is stunning in so many ways. She says it so calm and soft, yet it still comes off powerful. And people recite it with all the ferocity they feel and it has so much power still.
I can't get over how amazing this is
Whenever my soul finds such a deficit in strength that it doesn't seem possible to keep going. I watch this, and there's never been a time when it didn't give me at least a glimmer of hope. You've come too far to give up now, time to rise.
Still I RISE!! did you wanna see me broken bowed head and lowered eyes shoulders falling down like teardrops weaked by my soulful cries.. love this part ✨
Watching this video in 2018, timeless, empowering, fearless, amazing woman, Thank you Maya Angelou!
My queen ❤️rest in peace
Stacy Martinez wait she died? May she rest in amazing peace. 😞
I love her she was brilliant ❤
you are the legacy of the people that came before you. you owe it to them to find happiness and abundance. 💗
This gives me goosebumps especially now. Maya Angelou is incredible. Parents, teach this to your children ❤️
I love the vibrant energy and pure defiant joy . What a woman.
she definitely should be in everyone's top 10 or even top 5 poets. she was so amazing and was a catalyst for change. she is definitely a favorite of mine
She always had so much confidence , a beautiful heart and love for all...Thank you Dear Maya for teaching me how to live
Wow! What a mesmerising personality she was!! 💕💕💕
Her delivery is everything. ♥
I love this poem by Mrs Angelou. I'm going to make this my favorite poem too. She hit the nail right on the head.
she ate it up. I know, I know.., just as she wrote it, but wow, her performance!!! No one could do it better 😭❤️🔥🔥
her voice is so calming. i could listen tp her talk all day.
My all-time favorite poem! Rest in Power Queen Angelou
I remember seeing this on that Google ad, and I was trying to find it. She had a few seconds of screen time, yet I wanted so badly to hear the rest. Glad I finally found it.
Oh my God, I'm sitting here in tears. What a beautiful piece of art and love this is.