Woman

The speaker presents herself as resilient after hardship and erasure. Her thoughts move from reflection on good and bad toward pride in her strength and a claim to women’s power. The repeated chorus sounds both defiant and hopeful: although the world is described as belonging to men, women have a central role in sustaining it through love, care, and endurance.

Several images express this struggle. Being “built to last” suggests a strength that survives attempts to silence or erase her. “I got all of Ethiopia inside of me” may suggest carrying a vast inheritance, identity, or collective suffering within herself, though the lyric does not explain the reference. Her blood flowing through men and children presents women as connected to all people, perhaps through birth and shared humanity. The line about being called a “witch” after using her “healing wits” suggests that knowledge or skill can be feared and misjudged.

The song’s message is assertive, but it is not simply a claim that women rule over men. “This is a woman’s world” sits beside “in a man’s world,” acknowledging both women’s strength and the limits they face. The phrase “for this man’s girl” may mean the speaker belongs to herself while also living in a society shaped by men; its exact meaning remains open.