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Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.

I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size

But when I start to tell them,

They think I'm telling lies.

I say,

It's in the reach of my arms

The span of my hips,

The stride of my step,

The curl of my lips.

I'm a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That's me.

I walk into a room

Just as cool as you please,

And to a man,

The fellows stand or

Fall down on their knees.

Then they swarm around me,

A hive of honey bees.

I say,

It's the fire in my eyes,

And the flash of my teeth,

The swing in my waist,

And the joy in my feet.

I'm a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That's me.

Men themselves have wondered

What they see in me.

They try so much

But they can't touch

My inner mystery.

When I try to show them

They say they still can't see.

I say,

It's in the arch of my back,

The sun of my smile,

The ride of my breasts,

The grace of my style.

I'm a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That's me.

Now you understand

Just why my head's not bowed.

I don't shout or jump about

Or have to talk real loud.

When you see me passing

It ought to make you proud.

I say,

It's in the click of my heels,

The bend of my hair,

the palm of my hand,

The need of my care,

'Cause I'm a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That's me.




A LITTLE ABOUT THE PHENOMENAL WOMAN



by Kambe R.

Maya Angelou was born in Saint Louis, Missouri. When she was young she was raped by her mother's boyfriend and was mute five years.

Maya Angelou spent her formative years shuttling between St.Louis, Arkansas, and San Francisco where she realized her goal of becoming that cities first Negro streetcar conductor.

In the 1950's, Maya Angelou studied dancing with Pearl Primus in New York, and later she appeared as a nightclub singer in New York and San Francisco. She worked as an editor for The Arab Observer, an English-language weekly published in Cairo. Maya Angelou lived in Accra, Ghana,where under the black nationalist regime of Karane Nkrumah she taught music, drama ,and studied cinematography in Sweden.

Maya Angelou's first achievement was, when she became a celebrity in 1970 with the publication of "I know why the caged bird sings."It was the first volume of her autobiography,which was about her encounters with southern racism and rape by her mother's lover. I know why the caged bird sings,was also made into a television movie in 1979.

Maya Angelou's second achievement was in 1971 when she produced "just give me a cool drink of water 'fore I die (poetry)",in 1975 Oh pray my wings are going to fit me well (poetry), in 1979 And still I rise (poetry), and in 1983 Shaker why don't you sing? (poetry). She was nominated in 1977 for an Emmy award adaption of the best selling Roots.