You

[Verse]
Life teaches fast
To girls who doubt much

To hide all their flaws
And smile a little hard


Pretty enough
Wise enough

Perfect enough
Just to exist


[Pre-Chorus]
The way we speak

The way we laugh
The way we love


Always stay quiet


[Chorus]
But a woman
Is more than a face

More than a smile
Left on our faces


But a woman
Is more than a face

More than a smile
Left on our faces


[Verse 2]
Dreams growing bigger
Than the roles they give us

Desires we hide back
We should just dance


Still moving forward
A little more strong

Holding every part
Of who we really are


[Bridge]
We deserve peace
As much as respect

The right to be free
Without having to change


No one should ever
Make us feel small

Just to be loved
Just to belong


[Final Chorus]
But a woman
Is more than a face

More than a smile
Left on our faces


But a woman
Is more than a face

More than a smile
Left on our faces

modern jazz-blues soul pop, detached feminine voice, syncopated spoken-singing delivery, subtle half-tone vocal phrasing, first “but a woman” line intimate and low, second “but a woman” line sung one tone lower with layered doubles underneath, evolving melodic flow, broken distant percussion, restrained chorus with no vocal rise, fluid counter-rhythms, addictive modern production NO piano ballad NO dramatic chorus NO big vocal rise NO loud drums NO repetitive melody NO repetitive rhythm NO vibrato NO long intro