Out of the huts of history's shameI riseUp f...

Out of the huts of history's shameI riseUp from a past
that's rooted in painI riseI'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,Welling
and swelling I bear in the tide.Leaving behind nights of terror and
fearI riseInto a daybreak that's wondrously clearI riseBringing
the gifts that my ancestors gave,I am the dream and the hope of the
slave.I rise I rise I rise.(Maya Angelou)

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