i'll rise

• ben harperin welcome to the cruel world adli albumunun son parcasi
  
  you may write me down in history
  with your bitter twisted lies
  you may trod me down in the very dirt
  and still like the dust i'll rise
  does my happiness upset you
  why are you best with gloom
  cause i laugh like i've got an oil well
  pumpin' in my living room
  
  so you may shoot me with your words
  you may cut me with your eyes
  and i'll rise
  i'll rise
  i'll rise
  out of the shacks of history's shame
  up from a past rooted in pain
  i'll rise
  i'll rise
  i'll rise
  
  now did you want to see me broken
  bowed head and lowered eyes
  shoulders fallen down like tear drops
  weakened by my soulful cries
  
  does my confidence upset you
  don't you take it awful hard
  cause i walk like i've got a diamond mine
  breakin' up in my front yard
  
  so you may shoot me with your words
  you may cut me with your eyes
  and i'll rise
  i'll rise
  i'll rise
  out of the shacks of history's shame
  up from a past rooted in pain
  i'll rise
  i'll rise
  i'll rise
  
  so you may write me down in history
  with your bitter twisted lies
  you may trod me down in the very dirt
  and still like the dust i'll rise
  does my happiness upset you
  why are you best with gloom
  cause i laugh like i've got a goldmine
  diggin' up in my living room
  
  so you may shoot me with your words
  you may cut me with your eyes
  and i'll rise
  i'll rise
  i'll rise
  out of the shacks of history's shame
  up from a past rooted in pain
  i'll rise
  i'll rise
  i'll rise
• bu şarkının sözleri maya angelou'nun bir şiirinden alınmış.
• ben harper konserlerinin klasik, son hamlesidir. konserin sonunda ustat ayaga kalkar, mikrofon gobek hizasindadir, zira gayet sakin, muziksiz ve hatta agit havasinda soylemeye basladigi sarkida bir muddet sonra feryat etmeye baslayacaktir. sarkinin sozleri curetkarlastikca abimizin ses tonu ve kalibresi de yukselir. perkusyonun ve -juan nelson'un elinde kivranan- bas gitarin da ustada katilmasiyla muhtesem bir konser sonu performansi vucut bulur. guzel abimiz bu sarkiyi -ne hikmetse- sag yumrugu havada soyler (biz onu arkadas arasinda sol yumruk diye tahayyul ederiz). costukca da kendisine ozgu hafif omuz oynatmalarla dans etmeye bile baslayacaktir. ustadin genel agir abilik duzeyi dusunulunce bu dans goze cok hos gorulur. ustat dans ederken pek kimildamazsa da, bu hafif dingildelenmeleri, yillardir benim diyen en agir ben harper sever agir abilerin bile hafif bir gulumsemeyle dingildemeye baslamasina sebeb olur. neticede kral sarki, ve kral bir performanstir. sevgiliden assagilanarak ayrilan bir cok gonul adaminin ayrilik sonrasi gaz sarkilar listesinde yerini almistir. kalp zamkidir. zira beni yere pislige calsan da ben toz gibi yine yukselirim minvalli siirsellik kirik kalplere devadir. sarkinin ve dolayisiyla konserin sonundaki mutavazi "thank you" ben harper imzasidir.
• (bkz: still i rise)
• sarkinin temelini olusturan siir olan still i rise 'in yazari maya angelou bugun hayata veda etmistir.
  
  http://www.vulture.com/…aya-angelou-dies-at-86.html