Una canción: Phenomenal Woman (Ruthie Foster 2007)

Heredera de Odetta, de Tracy Chapman, de Lauryn Hill, la cantante Ruthie Foster en sus más de diez años de carrera musical ha logrado abrirse un selecto camino como cantautora y prodigiosa intérprete mezclando el gospell con el soul y en Blues en un síntesis original en cada disco. En 2009 estuvo nominada para el Grammy al Mejor Álbum de Blues por "The Truth According to Ruthie Foster".
"Phenomenal Woman" pertenece a su álbum The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster, una canción convertida en himno a la mujer en su naturalidad, lejos de cualquier truculencia. La canción refleja también su personal alejamiento de cualquier divismo.

Phenomenal Woman (Ruthie Foster)

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit or fashion-model size.
When I start to tell them,
They think I'm tellin' lies.
I say, "It's in the reach of my arms,
The span of my hips,
The stride to my steps,
The curl of my lips."

CHORUS:
I'm a woman – Phenomenal woman.
I'm a woman. Baby, that's me.
I walk into a room Just as cool as you please
And to a man they will stand
And fall down on their knees.
When they swarm around me
Like a hive of honey bees,
I say, "It's in the fire in my eyes,
The flash of my teeth,
The swing of my waist,
The joy in my feet."

CHORUS

It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breast,
The grace of my style.

INSTRUMENTAL

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 passin', It oughta make you proud.
I say, "It's in click of my heels, The bend of my hair,
The palm of my hand, The need for my care."
'Cause I'm a woman – Phenomenal woman.
I'm a woman. Baby, that's me.