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Artist: Helen Reddy

I Am Woman

-Artist: Helen Reddy from "Helen Reddy's Greatest Hits": EMI ST 11467
-peak Billboard position # 1 for 1 week in 1972
-Words and Music by Helen Reddy and Ray Burton

I am woman, hear me roar
In numbers too big to ignore
And I know too much to go back an' pretend
'cause I've heard it all before
And I've been down there on the floor
No one's ever gonna keep me down again

CHORUS
Oh yes I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain
Yes, I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to, I can do anything
I am strong (strong)
I am invincible (invincible)
I am woman

You can bend but never break me
'cause it only serves to make me
More determined to achieve my final goal
And I come back even stronger
Not a novice any longer
'cause you've deepened the conviction in my soul

CHORUS

I am woman watch me grow
See me standing toe to toe
As I spread my lovin' arms across the land
But I'm still an embryo
With a long long way to go
Until I make my brother understand

Oh yes I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain
Yes, I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to I can face anything
I am strong (strong)
I am invincible (invincible)
I am woman
Oh, I am woman
I am invincible
I am strong

FADE
I am woman
I am invincible
I am strong
I am woman

Transcribed by Robin Hood with help from Maid Marian

These lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned above
and do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheet
music, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.

Comments/Interpretations
by Deborah Vieira on 5/10/2008 12:52pm This song embodies everything that is important in being a woman. I recommened this song for Mothers Day,May 11, 08
by Eliza Crowden on 5/15/2008 5:24am that song means alot and yes I AM WOMEN HEAR ME ROAR!!
by The Awesome Woman on 5/16/2008 3:16am I am Woman tells how strong women are and can be. It's a classic song that will never fade and will allow women everywhere to stand up and be the best out there. WOMEN!!
by Robert Mosby on 5/19/2008 1:41pm This song is women's lib BS. This stupid philosophy has wrecked lives, families and marriages. How incredibly childish!! 1-800-Waaaaa
by Baleigh McGruff. on 5/23/2008 12:23pm i am woman too!
by Pam Green on 5/23/2008 6:32pm Hillary should have used this for her campaign theme song.
by Adela Brent on 5/29/2008 1:02am This is a beautiful song. We should teach it to our daughters. This is not about being better than men, it is about recognizing women for who they are: intelligent human beings who deserve respect.
by Amanda on 6/2/2008 3:37am wow this is a great song robert what is wrong with you this is a wonderful song your so sexist whats wrong with you we should been seen as equal not divided
by Joan M on 6/2/2008 10:36am As a breast cancer survivor, this song really speaks to me. I am wiser, stronger and hopefully invincible - but it was certainly born of pain. I am now a dragon boat racer and will personalize my paddle with some of these words.
by Chris on 6/3/2008 1:49pm But I'm still an embryo With a long long way to go... One wonders how many women never got past the embryo stage because of modern feminism's embrace of infanticide.
by Pat on 6/3/2008 4:42pm One of the worst, if not the worst, songs ever to go to Number #1.
by Jim C on 6/4/2008 1:18pm Should send this to Hillary
by Steve on 6/5/2008 10:05am Chris: I thought the same thing when I heard Rush Limbaugh play the song as a "tribute" to Over the Hillary. That aside, that line has to be the worst line in the whole song.
by Reneé on 6/6/2008 8:34pm This song spoke to me when I was 12 and let me know I could become anything I wanted to. It's an empowering song for the women of my generation.
by Stan on 6/17/2008 12:01pm Geez guys.... give it a rest. This is a song and great lyrics. Very uplifting and empowering. Why get so political about it? Sure it was originally written with that purpose, but take what you can use, leave the rest and quit whining. And I say all this as someone who agrees with your political views on women's lib and abortion.
by Jeff on 6/25/2008 6:01am The lyrics are uplifting but why should the theme apply to women only. There are many men who have risen to success in the face of extreme adversity and prejudice. I think Helen had her head wedged well and truly up her backside when she wrote this song.
by Kelly Story on 6/25/2008 10:11pm This song is a hit! I heard it on the radio the other day. It is great to let men know what a woman really is. We are strong, invincible,and wise. Hear us ROAR!
by Ivana on 6/26/2008 2:13am Yes Jeff, I agreee, my husband is a classic example. He was an orphan confined to a boy's home and lacked love, affection and proper parental guidance. Hence, at school he was in the bottom class in the key subjects of maths science and english. His misfortune was compounded by the fact that he was at high school in the 1980's when school teacher's could get away with far more then they could now in terms of they way they treated students. Anyway, he went to law school as a mature age student and is now a successful lawyer. I'm sure there are many women who also fought their way through hard times to achieve success or recognition(like the lyrics say)but I really think that the "ethos" of this song applies human beings from all walks of life.
by Bob on 7/2/2008 3:57am Come on,get real!!! The only women this song applies to are the ugly frumpy type. Average to attractive women don't have to "roar" at men or stand "toe to toe" with men to get what they want. They command power through their sexual appeal - that's how they get what they want in so far as men are concerned. I'm sorry but this is the reality....
by small kid on 7/2/2008 10:19pm this song is the worst piece of shit i have ever heard i am woman bah! more like I AM STOOGE if you roar at a man he will laugh at you then walk away who would put embryo in a song GOD!!
by F.T Sefali on 7/3/2008 5:28am The song is revolutionary and burden with pain and deep-sitted anger I reckon
by Feminist on 7/3/2008 11:14pm I think this song should be used as the forefront of another feminist movement. And I think all of the boys who call themselves "men" are only perpetuating the sexism that is occuring still today. I can't wait for all of the sexist pigs to disappear then maybe Women will show what we're made of.
by Master on 7/5/2008 7:38am So you think that the song should be used as the "forefront" of another feminist movement do you. Well I think the song has about as much use and relevance as a discareded "foreskin"
by LIONESS on 7/30/2008 2:46pm You all have to realize what it was like for women in 1972 when this song was released. We were finally feeling the joy ( hence the roar) of finally being treated as equals to men( toe to toe not one step behind ) . I think that all the comments that were made regarding the need to include men in this womens anthem are from people lucky enough to have grown up as in recent years as equals. We must never forget the struggles or else we may slide backwards! I am WOMAN hear me ROAR!!
by Lady on 7/30/2008 7:02pm If we are stong etc we don't need to wait for all the boy/men to disapear. We can be powerful inspite of the pigs.
by warren james on 8/10/2008 7:59pm This was the anthem for a Movement that in the midst of the Vetnam War agian a 'lberation' movement took the same name, and according to one (female) researcher(Prof Birkett) has rent the4 fabric of the nation. Funy thin is: Helen Reddy didnlt acknowledge a bloke wrote the song. How could she?
by Louisa on 8/20/2008 2:35am Wow i love bob'd comment it is so true that we women who have looks can get what they want from men easily but still it is the recognition that women have to work harder for thier dollar and so forth that the song embodies I am woman in every way woot!!!!
by Jimny on 8/20/2008 7:46am The best version of this song is on the Simpsons series 4 episode 14.
by Freedom Outlaw on 9/4/2008 11:26am Look around you feminist women. It has been and always will be "a man's world". It is simply genetic that a man will be more aggressive than a woman. Now this is obviously not good in a domestic situation but on a world stage and in a business deal, a man will have an advantage over a woman darn near everytime. As a matter of fact, I cleaned a woman's clock on a business deal this week. She thought she was a cranial giant until I crushed her under my boot heel. FO

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