Take this voyage with me, ladies
Lit a fire my daddy gave me (ah, ah)
I been feeling fearless lately
This that island way that raised me (ooh)
They can't tame me like my curls, nah
These ain't diamonds, these are pearls, yeah (yeah, yeah)
Take this voyage with me, ladies (ah, uh)
Close my eyes, see where it takes me

Ooh
Get to the bag, yeah
I make 'em mad, yeah
Take off the mask, yeah
What do you have? Yeah
Want it all so bad, so bad

If there's one thing for certain, two things for sure
I can't be loved unless I listen some more
Something in the water that's setting me free
Can't let anybody try to tell me what to be
My strength as a woman
Ho'oku'you ivi
My strength as a woman
Ho'oku'you ivi

I was built on pressure
Was taught to hold the world without breaking at the center
Came from love and war, I was born a protector
Spirit of my mother, so my courage is forever
I got that polynesian sauce (sauce, sauce)
Pull up and hop out like a boss (boss, boss)
Protect my tribe at any cost (huh)
'Cause I know my little sister is lookin' up to me

If there's one thing for certain, two things for sure
I can't be loved unless I listen some more
Something in the water that's setting me free
Can't let anybody try to tell me what to be
My strength as a woman
Ho'oku'you ivi
My strength as a woman
Ho'oku'you ivi

My strength as a woman (strength as a, strength as a)
Ho'oku'you ivi
Ooh, ooh (ooh, strength as a, strength as a, strenght as a woman)

This feels so right
I feel the beat, I ride the wave
I make my own light, yeah (yeah)
I'm on my own time
But when my family get together
Then we gon' shine, shine, shine (shine, shine)
This feels so right
I feel the beat, I ride the wave
I make my own light, yeah
I'm on my own time (own time)
But when my family get together
Then we gon' shine, shine, shine (shine)