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Still I Rise BY MAYA ANGELOU⁠

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  Nelson “Henda” Vieira Lopes |  psicólogo, terapeuta familiar e educador multicultural |  mais ideias e pensamentos Photo by  Valario Davis  on  Unsplash ⁠ ⁠ Still I Rise BY MAYA ANGELOU⁠ 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’...