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      "text": "Many people wonder where my secret lies,\n\nI'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model size.\n\nWhen I try to show them they think I'm telling lies.\n\nI say, it's in the reach of my arms,\n\nthe span of my hips,\n\nthe stride of my step,\n\nthe curl of my lips I'm Woman,\n\nPhenominally .\n\nI walk in a room just as cool as you please,\n\nAnd to a man the fellows stand,\n\nor fall down on their knees.\n\nAnd then they swarm around me; a hive of honey bees.\n\nI say,\n\noh it's the fire in my eyes,\n\nthe flash of my teeth,\n\nthe swing in my waist,\n\nthe joy in my feet.\n\nMen themselves have wondered what they see in me.\n\nThey try so much but they can't touch my inner mystery.\n\nWhen I try to show them they say they still can't see.\n\nI say oh, it's in the arch of my back.\n\nAnd now you understand just why my head's not bowed.\n\nI don't shout or jump about,\n\nor have to talk too loud.\n\nWhen you see me walking out it ought to make you proud.\n\nI say it's in the click of my heels.\n\nThe bend of my hair.\n\nThe palm of my hands.\n\nThe need for my care,\n\nbecause I'm a woman.\n\nPhenomenally.\n\nPhenomenal Woman.\n\nThat's my mother,\n\nand all your mothers.\n\nAnd then my grandmothers.\n\nAnd all your grandmothers.\n\nAnd my great grandmothers,\n\nAnd all your great grandmothers.\n\nAnd my great great great,\n\nAnd all your great great...\n\nAnd all you women here,\n\nAnd me.",
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