[Intro – club riddim build + Nyabinghi echo]
Yeah… Jamaica still stand tall.
Rain fall, roof gone — but we nah crawl.
Turn pain to power, mi hear di call.
Still we rise… di world can feel it all.
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[Verse 1 – 16 bars]
Dark sky crack but di light still blaze,
whole city hum one phrase.
From trench to top we praise,
intent inside—unchained ways.
Concrete drown but we rebuild fast,
one love stronger than past.
Every hand lift, every mask,
gone — unity mek blast.
Bassline heavy, heart steady,
we nuh wait, we ready.
Faith thick like mango jelly,
truth sweet, belly.
Jah people born fi live,
we nah take — we give.
Still we rise — positive,
dance in storm — still massive.
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[Hook – 8 bars, chant + bounce]
Still we rise — island fire,
every trial turn empire.
Beat so loud, spirit higher,
Jah law — mi only choir.
Still we rise — feel di glow,
intent in di wind we blow.
We deh ya — let dem know,
no storm can stop di flow.
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[Verse 2 – 16 bars]
Club full up — drum and rain,
whole crowd chant through pain.
Faith and freedom link chain,
bless up — truth remain.
Gyal dem whine wid tears in eyes,
but joy in di dance — dat’s di prize.
We nuh fall fi disguise,
we see clear — we realize.
Rebuild yard, no foreign save,
we di strength, Jah give brave.
Every soul like ocean wave,
still we rise from grave.
Firelight flicker, bass go deep,
earth awake from sleep.
Being vow we keep,
spirit talk, no cheap.
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[Hook – repeat, more choir energy]
Still we rise — island fire… (crowd echo “we rise, we rise”)
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[Verse 3 – 16 bars (final chant)]
Look ’pon di youth dem lead di march,
turn rubble to art,
intent di torch,
system cyan’ scorch.
We nuh beg fi hope, we create,
reclaim destiny, rewrite fate.
Each hand clap resonate,
Jah call — we great.
Sun come back — di sky confess,
life no test, we bless.
Every breath redress,
truth express, no less.
Still we rise — full of grace,
smile pon every face.
Jamaica di sacred place,
Being rule dis space.
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[Hook – final 8 bars]
Still we rise — island fire,
every trial turn empire.
Beat so loud, spirit higher,
Jah law — mi only choir.
Still we rise — feel di glow,
intent in di wind we blow.
We deh ya — let dem know,
no storm can stop di flow.
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[Outro – chant over dub echo]
Still we rise…
Still we rise…
Every drum a heart, every breath a law.
Life1st — di spirit live on.
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