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(Created page with "{{coversong| |Song Name = Let a Woman B A Woman |First appeared on = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monie_Love Monie Love]: ''Album: In A Word...")
 
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|First appeared on            = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monie_Love Monie Love]: ''[[Album: In A Word Or 2|In A Word Or 2]]''  (1993)
 
|First appeared on            = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monie_Love Monie Love]: ''[[Album: In A Word Or 2|In A Word Or 2]]''  (1993)
 
|Other relevant version      = * ''' Trivia:'''
 
|Other relevant version      = * ''' Trivia:'''
|Relevant version text        = The song was performed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monie_Love Monie Love] on a date of the [[Diamonds And Pearls Tour]] nine months before its release on her [[Album: In A Word Or 2|In A Word Or 2]]. Although that album contains two songs co-written by [[Prince]], he was not involved in that song. The title and line "Let A Woman Be A Woman" is taken and sampled from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyke_and_the_Blazers Dyke And The Blazers Dyke] 1969 song  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_a_Woman_Be_a_Woman Let A Woman Be A Woman]. Coincidentally, the full line of the song Dyke And The Blazers Dyke] ("Let a Woman Be a Woman, a Man Be a Man") was also used in [[Gett Off]] (sung by [[Rosie Gaines]] and not sampled from this song). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monie_Love Monie Love] started working with [[Prince]] and [[Carmen Electra]]’s [[Album: Carmen Electra|album]] in late 1991 - early 1992, and it is possible that her track was influenced by [[Gett Off]] as she rapped her verses on this song when she was invited to perform on stage.
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|Relevant version text        = The song was performed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monie_Love Monie Love] on a date of the [[Diamonds And Pearls Tour]] nine months before its release on her [[Album: In A Word Or 2|In A Word Or 2]]. Although that album contains two songs co-written by [[Prince]], he was not involved in that song. The title and line "Let a woman be A woman" is taken and sampled from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyke_and_the_Blazers Dyke And The Blazers Dyke] 1969 song  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_a_Woman_Be_a_Woman Let A Woman Be A Woman]. Coincidentally, the full line of the song Dyke And The Blazers Dyke] ("Let a woman be a woman, let a man be a man") was also used in [[Gett Off]] (sung by [[Rosie Gaines]] and not sampled from this song). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monie_Love Monie Love] started working with [[Prince]] and [[Carmen Electra]]’s [[Album: Carmen Electra|album]] in late 1991 - early 1992, and it is possible that her track was influenced by [[Gett Off]] as she rapped her verses on this song when she was invited to perform on stage.
 
|Composed by                  = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monie_Love Monie Love] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marley_Marl Marley Marl]
 
|Composed by                  = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monie_Love Monie Love] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marley_Marl Marley Marl]
 
|First known live performance = [[20 June 1992|20 June 1992: Earls Court, London, England]] <small> (Only known performance - Lyrics only sung by Monie Love in [[Gett Off]]) </small>
 
|First known live performance = [[20 June 1992|20 June 1992: Earls Court, London, England]] <small> (Only known performance - Lyrics only sung by Monie Love in [[Gett Off]]) </small>

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Let a Woman B A Woman

 



Performed by Prince