<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Phenomenal Woman</div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> </p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">But when I start to tell them,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">They think I'm telling lies.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">I say,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">It's in the reach of my arms</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">The span of my hips,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">The stride of my step,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">The curl of my lips.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">I'm a woman</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Phenomenally.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Phenomenal woman,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">That's me.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">I walk into a room</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Just as cool as you please,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">And to a man,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">The fellows stand or</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Fall down on their knees.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Then they swarm around me,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">A hive of honey bees.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">I say,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">It's the fire in my eyes,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">And the flash of my teeth,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">The swing in my waist,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">And the joy in my feet.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">I'm a woman</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Phenomenally.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Phenomenal woman,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">That's me.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Men themselves have wondered</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">What they see in me.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">They try so much</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">But they can't touch</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">My inner mystery.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">When I try to show them</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">They say they still can't see.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">I say,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">It's in the arch of my back,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">The sun of my smile,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">The ride of my breasts,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">The grace of my style.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">I'm a woman</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Phenomenally.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Phenomenal woman,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">That's me.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Now you understand</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Just why my head's not bowed.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">I don't shout or jump about</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Or have to talk real loud.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">When you see me passing</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">It ought to make you proud.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">I say,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">It's in the click of my heels,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">The bend of my hair,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">the palm of my hand,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">The need of my care,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">'Cause I'm a woman</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Phenomenally.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Phenomenal woman,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">That's me. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;" class=""><b class=""></b><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- </b>Maya Angelou<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div></body></html>