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Phenomenal Woman

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 for my care.

'Cause I'm a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That's me.

—Maya Angelou

MY ANALYSIS

This poem is based on trying to diminished stereotypes especially of black women. Throughout the poem she explains and justifies to be confident you have to embrace and love, what God has given you.  This poem is for women or people that feel oppressed and lost in their identity, in a world that is not in a favor. The reason why this poems is such an influence to me is because it teaches me, as a black female to embrace what God has given to you because, one day you will regret that you never loved yourself.

In the next paragraph lll explain how each section impacts me in my music as well me as a woman

Section 1&2

To my point of view I believe this paragraph is explaining that she is not part of any category, in fact she expresses that she is beautiful regardless what other people think. Because of that confidence and beauty that’s within and without people admire her as a saint. In the second sections again she talks how also men admire that the fall to their knees and swarm around her.  She justifies that the reason why the men admire her so much is because of the fire, ambition, happiness and freeness of her personality that the so admire. These 2 section admire as a black woman because I believe through many direction, women are seen as less then, not appropriate or not acceptable in all forms. And it has taken me quite a while for me to love myself for what I am and what God gave me. I believe it’s extremely hard for black women to accept and love themselves, because we see in a lives through social media, academics, and many industries that we are not pretty, suitable or even intelligent enough.

Section 3&4

In section 3 yet again it explains why men are so intrigued of her mystery and why they can never get enough of her, then she so forth explains the reason of why they  love her for what she is. She goes into deeper depth of how she respects and values who she is. I Believe when she phrases,”My inner mystery,When I try to show them, They say they still can't see.” explains that even though they are so blinded by her beauty and uniqueness, she not surprised  that they can't figure out her. In one of my poems I gained influence from this saying, in which said that;”  The queen that can’t be defined with the mind, your words have to be decoded for the masses” The reason why  I wrote this is because i believe that in today's society no one fully appreciates complexity of the mind, especially the female mind because a lot of people that women less than.

The reason why I analysed this poem is because it has influenced greatly in creating music to uplift women, especially women of colour. One of my most influenced song from this poem is called African Queen. In my lyrics I explain how the black Female is discriminated and disprected on a daily basis because of the complexion.

In verse 1 I proclaim, “ Hey you there it's okay to be sad, misunderstood and miseducated by the beauty of your soul.” explains how the black women feels lost and confused in her own identity, that she feels depressed and uncomfortable in her own skin. The second sentence means that the reason they feel so lost is because is they have been miseducated of their true identity and culture. The reason  why i say this is because for decades the black race been told that there in this world is to be a servant to either a system or to the superior.

Research artist JILL SCOTT

JILL SCOTT

Jill Scott was born in 1972 N. Philadelphia she grew up in the ghetto with a single mother.
She was extremely gifted at a young age learning to talk at only eight months, and being Able to read at the age of 4. Jill Scott attended Temple University studying to be a teacher. I dream job was to be in English teacher. unfortunately her career as a teacher was short lived as a few professors disapproved of her methods of teaching kids so she decided to quit
Scott wrote several songs for Jane the sum of 1999 one of the well-known songs was called you and also won a Grammy for best rap performance duo or group Later on that year jill Scott was signed with the label Hidden Beach. Jill Scott has worked on many soundtracks such as down to earth 2001, wild wild West 1999 and in the movie in too deep in 1999
For her debut album she created at least 50 songs which she struggled a lot to trim down
After a long duration her first debut album who is Jill Scott words & sounds volume one was released in July 2000. Who is Jill Scott was A certified Platinum she received a Grammy nominations. Including one of the best new artist NAACP image awards and one soul train awards for best female R&B album. Jill Scott is a multi skilled artist see branches and to clothing TV and film and and written work.

In present years she has starred in programmes and movies such as get on up James Brown biopic why did I get married part one and two baggage claim steel magnolias and sins of the mother which aired on lifetime and became the second most watch Premier in works history.
She has created a large of my poems that became instant New York Times bestseller.
The reason why I’m so intrigued and inspired by Jill Scott it’s because she doesn’t include herself in one category she spreads into different forms or different artforms and that’s what makes very unique and different from everybody else.

Within her music she also includes knowledgeable facts that could impact of state of mind in today society and can also be something we can definitely relate to in our day-to-day lives.
I’ll be talking about her first album who is Jill Scott and how that album has impacted the way I create my own music.

WHO IS JILL SCOTT? ALBUM

Debuted on July 18th 2000 , this album has been said to be one of the best albums of the early 2000s by Slant Magazine

Starter label hidden beach and its manufacturer and distributor Sony
Represented and promoted and artist who was a mixture of Neo soul Street poet combing  spoken words and music performance together.

Producer Jeff Townes And his team sampled and also created A new jazz into a perfect musical backing  for Jill to easily flow with her unique spoken words without feeling restricted. Throughout this app and Jill Scott analyses relationships are many different ways including her experiences. Album was mostly based  on a love story and the pros and cons you have to face through the journey of love. Each song has a few elements of her experiences in the Songs such as : exclusively, in explaining She talked about how she met her ex-boyfriend in a supermarket, She also celebrates relationships in songs  such as; Long walk, He loves me, The Way and many more. At the end of the album she concludes with a few songs such as one is Magic,Watching me and Brotha. The songs justify her emotional and social concerns and what she hopes to find at the end.

HOW HAS THIS ALBUM IMPACTED YOU MUSICALLY?

With her unique technique and amazing vocals I have always been inspired and intrigued with her work.

Jill Scott uses spoken word in a way in which, she sound as if she singing but reading a poem at the same time. Each song has storyline that a huge amount can relate with. She talks about the daily issues she has to face being a black women in today society.  The reason why i began to listen to Jill scott is because of the way she embraces and accepts who she is, and i'm so inspired by the way she became that confident of who she was. The other reason was her musicality vocal dynamics, as well as instrumental for her songs are extremely soulful and connects with me. She uses so many Diminished and unique chords that sound so beautiful.

Research African Goddess

RESEARCH AFRICAN TRIBAL GODDESS

The reason why I have chosen to use tribal African goddesses as a name or as a symbol for my music is because I believe that African culture It’s not represented enough especially in the western world. I believe that people of colour that live in Europe and America  are not taught enough of their own history, and they don’t fully understand their true identity or their true history and where they come from.
For many decades we have been taught that we are nothing but slaves we were nothing but servants, but if we look back in our own history we were kings and queens. We had palaces, knowledgeable facts about the world and universe that even the Greeks, ancient Dynasties and countries were so hypnotised and fantasised about our culture.
So have use these names as a symbol to represent that we are all kings and queens, especially people that do not know the identity and history.
I am going to break down and explain the reason why i have used these names for my songs.

YEMALLA or YAMAYA
The goddess of the sea and the moon she is the mother and provider of wealth.She controls and sustains life on earth as well as control the Earth, she is loving, generous, nurturing and giving. Like the ocean don’t be fooled when she’s angry she can’t be implacable. She is the mother who gives love but doesn’t give her power away. She is also the collective and owner of subconscious and ancient wisdom,, because she holds the wisdom and secrets of the hidden and sea. She is known to be used in fertility rituals for women. Come from the Yoruba tribe and afro-Caribbean myths. I have use this Name for the element wind, Because I believe it has a bit of a connection with the  wind element. I did struggle to find a tribal goddess which Element was based on wind or has factors that are related to the wind element. So I decided to use this name because it’s such a beautiful name

ODUA
The black goddess of the Earth
She is another mother figure with the skin that is deepest darkest ebony. She looks after women and children and gives love and life. She is not soft and she can become a war goddess if need be. She is the sister of the supreme sky God Olorun, and together they create the Earth and sky bond. She has the connection of the essence of love and life. Her daughter is your YEMAYA.

MORIMI
The goddess of Bush burning African fire God
This goddess is known to as the queen of burning countrysides. She is meant use her flames  for the use and perpetration the new planting. She summons flames when needs be.
The reason why I chose this goddess it’s because it relates to the fire element I have chosen, there’s not a lot written about this goddess but I thought I’ll make it a bit more interesting and mysterious. As I’ve written in the personality description of the fire element she is mysterious.