ENGLISH WITH MUSIC

"I RISE", by MADONNA

[Intro: Emma Gonzalez]
“Us kids don't know what we're talking about, that we're too young to understand how the government works
We call B.S.”

I'm goin' through it, yeah
I know you see the tragic in it
Just hold on to the little bit of magic in it
I can't break down now
I can't take that now
Died a thousand times
Managed to survive
I can't break down now
I can't take that

I rise, I rise
I rise up above it, up above it
I rise, I rise
I rise up above it all

There's nothing you can do to me that hasn't been done
Not bulletproof, shouldn't have to run from a gun
River of tears ran dry, let 'em run
No game that you can play with me, I ain't one

'Cause I'm goin' through it, yeah
I know you see the tragic in it
Just hold on to the little bit of magic in it
I can't break down now
I can't take that now
Died a thousand times
Managed to survive
I can't break down now
I can't take that

I rise, I rise
I rise up above it, up above it
I rise, I rise
I rise up above it all

I managed to survive

Freedom's what you choose to do with what's been done to you
No one can hurt you now unless you want them to
No one can hurt you now unless you love 'em too
Unless you love 'em too

'Cause I'm going through it
Yeah, I know you see the tragic in it
Just hold on to the little bit of magic in it
I can't break down now
I can't take that

I rise, I rise
I rise up above it, up above it
I rise, I rise
I rise up above it all

Yeah, we gonna rise up
Yeah, we gonna rise up
Yeah, we gonna get up
Yeah, we gonna get up
Yeah, we gonna get up
Yes, we can, we can get it together
We'll rise up, we can get it together
Yeah, we gonna rise up 
Yeah, we gonna rise up 
Yeah, we gonna get up 
Yeah, we gonna get up 
Yeah, we gonna get up 
Yes, we can, we can get it together 
We'll rise up, we can get it together 

Written by Madonna Ciccone, Jason Evigan and Britanny Hazard. Produced by Madonna and Jason Evigan. “I Rise”. Madame X. Santa Monica, California: Interscope Records, 2019. Track 15. Distributed by Universal Music Group Commercial Services. ℗ 2019 Boy Toy, Inc., Exclusively licensed to Live Nation Worldwide, Inc. Exclusively licensed to Interscope Records. All rights reserved.
Single released on May 3, 2019. Album released on June 14, 2019.

“I wrote ‘I Rise’ as a way of giving a voice to all marginalized people who feel they don’t have the opportunity to speak their mind. This year is the 50th anniversary of Pride and I hope this song encourages all individuals to be who they are, to speak their minds and to love themselves.” (Madonna, via Advocate. Available at: https://www.advocate.com/music/2019/5/03/madonna-drops-i-rise-pride-anthem-stonewalls-50th-anniversary. Accessed on November 1, 2020.)

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group. Available at: https://youtu.be/bol-naPutNU and https://youtu.be/eqneqHdELr8. Accessed on November 1, 2020.