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   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      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 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   Died so many times   I'm only just coming to life   (Woman)      This is a woman's world   This is my world   (Woman)   This is a woman's world   For this man's girl   (Woman)      There ain't a woman in this world   Not a woman or a girl   (Woman)   That can't deliver love   To a man's world      [Incomprehensible]      And 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   (Woman)      This is a woman's world   This is my world   (Woman)   This is a woman's world   For this man's girl   (Woman)      There ain't a woman in this world   Not a woman or a girl   (Woman)   That can't deliver love   In a man's world   (Woman)      Oh, this is a woman's world   Woman   Woman   Woman