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Take Me Or Leave Me
Every single day,
I walk down the street
I hear people say
'baaaaaaaby'
so sweet
Ever since puberty
everybody stares at me
boys girls
I can't help it baby
so be kind and
don't lose your mind
Just remember
that I'm your baby

Take me for what I am
Who I was meant to be
and if you give a damn
take me baby
or leave me

Take me or leave me

A tiger in a cage
can never see the sun
This diva needs
her stage
baby let's have fun
You are the one I choose
folks would kill
to fill your shoes
you love the limelight
too now baby
so be mine and
don't waste my time
cryin' 'honeybear
are you still
my, my, my baby?'
(Don't you dare!)

Take me for what I am
Who I was meant to be
and if you give a damn
take me baby
or leave me

No way
can I be what I'm not
but hey
don't you want
your girl hot?
Oh, don't fight
don't loose your head
'cause every night
who's in your bed?
Who?
Who's in your bed?
kiss pookie

It won't work
I look before I leap
I love margins
and discipline
I make lists
in my sleep baby
What's my sin?
Never quit
I follow through
I hate mess
but I love you
What to do with
my improptu baby?
So be wise 'cause
this girl satisfies
You got a prize
but don't compomise
you're one lucky baby

Take me for what I am
(a control freak)
Who I was meant to be
(a snob yet over attentive)
And if you give a damn
(a loveable droll geek)
Take me baby
or leave me
(An anal retentive)

That's it
The straw that
breaks my back
I quit
Unless you take it back
Women
what is it about them?
Can't live
with them or without them

Take me for what I am
Who I was meant to be
and if you give a damn
and if you give a damn
then
take me baby
or leave me

Take me baby
take me
or leave me

take me baby
or leave me
Guess I'm leaving
I'm gone!

Phenomenal Woman
by Maya Angelou

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies
I'm not cute or built to suit a model'
fashion 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 steps
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 of 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.