you gotta be fortunate
you gotta be lucky now
i was just sitting here
thinking good and bad
but i´m the kinda woman
that was built to last
they tried erasing me
but they couldn´t wipe out my past
to save my child
i´d rather go hungry
i got all of ethiopia
inside of me
and my blood flows
through every man
in this godless land
that delivered me
i´ve cried so many tears even the blind can see

chorus:
this is a woman´s world.
this is my world.
this is a woman´s world
for this man´s girl.
there ain´t a woman in this world,
not a woman or a little girl,
that can´t deliver love
in a man´s world.

i´ve born and i´ve bread.
i´ve cleaned and i´ve fed.
and for my healing wits
i´ve been called a witch.
i´ve crackled in the fire
and been called a liar.
i´ve died so many times
i´m only just coming to life.

chorus

my blood flows
through every man and every child
in this godless land
that delivered me
i cried so many tears even the blind can see

chorus