If you need some major inspiration today, then look no further than Nicki Minaj’s on-point rendition of Maya Angelou’s famous 1978 poem “Still I Rise”, a recital that was delivered on Wednesday night as part of A&E Network’s benefit concert, Shining a Light: A Concert for Progress on Race in America.

Fittingly, the poem explores ideas of racism, misogyny and sexuality, all issues that Minaj has been vocal about in the past. And it’s hard to deny that the rapper’s delivery is total perfection. “Does my sassiness upset you?” she asks, raising one eyebrow with a half-smile. “Why are you beset with gloom? Cos I walk like I’ve got oil wells, pumping in my living room.”

Minaj appeared alongsie other artists such as Sia, Miguel and Pharrell Williams, who were all there to address racial conflicts in America and raise money for the nonprofit organisation United Way Worldwide.

Watch the video in its entirety above.