Daughter Of The Nile

[Intro]
يا بلاد النور
يا حضن السنين
Ana binti Masr
I carry your dreams

[Verse 1]
Sand in my hair
Red on my feet from the dusk-hot street
Columns like giants
Watching me breathe as the cars all scream

Gold on my wrist
Grandma’s ring with the scarab face
She said
“Remember
You come from queens who refused their chains”

[Chorus]
I’m a daughter of the Nile
Running deep
Running wild
Every scar
Every mile
Carved in stone
Not in style
I will rise
I will rise
Hear my name in the night
I’m a daughter of the Nile
I was born to burn bright

[Verse 2]
Tea on the roof
Smoke in the sky and the world feels small
Boys on the corner
Laughing too loud like they own it all

But inside my chest
Thunder rolls where they cannot see
I walk like a secret
But I speak like a cracked levee

[Chorus]
I’m a daughter of the Nile
Running deep
Running wild
Every scar
Every mile
Carved in stone
Not in style
I will rise
I will rise
Hear my name in the night
I’m a daughter of the Nile
I was born to burn bright

[Bridge]
Say I’m too much
Too proud
Too loud
Too sure
But you can’t cage
A river that long
That pure
Write my story
On temple walls inside
Even when I’m gone
My voice won’t hide

[Chorus]
I’m a daughter of the Nile
Running deep
Running wild
Every scar
Every mile
Carved in stone
Not in style
I will rise
I will rise
Hear my name in the night
I’m a daughter of the Nile
I was born to burn bright