Proud to be a woman

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Yes, I’m a woman

But that doesn’t mean I’m to be treated with scorn

Yes, I’m a woman

But that doesn’t mean I’m to be killed even before I’m born.

You call me sister, you call me mother

You worship me as a Goddess placing me on a high stand

But then you abuse me, my voice you try to smother

You trample me under your feet and feel that you have the upper hand.

The weaker sex is how you refer to me

In the name of rituals and customs, my freedom you try to constrain

But what you fail to see,

Is my strength, through all the pain I still sustain.

I am known for my kind nature and my benevolence

But when needed I can be fierce like the dark Goddess too

My silence is not to be mistaken for a sign of impuissance

My years of compliance has been wrongly construed

Yes, I’m a woman

For millions of years I have suffered all abuses against me silently,

Yes, I’m a woman

And it’s time that I take my place in society that’s mine rightfully.