Renata Przemyk is a Polish singer and music writer.

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Renata Przemyk was born on 10th February 1966 in Bielsko-Biała, where she attended primary and secondary school. She enjoyed her childhood together with her parents, grandmother and brothers. After finishing school, Renata moved to Katowice and began to study Czech philology at University of Silesia.

In 1994 she moved to Cracow, and at the end of 1999 she decided to lead quiet life in the country near Cracow, away from the fuss of a big city, which enabled her to compose, make arrangements of her own songs and bring up her daughter in a peaceful atmosphere.

Her career as a singer started when she was a teenager, by singing with local rock bands. However, the real calling for music she developed during her studies when she was inspired by the music of Tom Waits, Talking Heads and Frank Zappa. As a result of it, she started a band named "Ya Hozna" in 1989.

Although the fact, that the group lasted only for a year, they managed to release an album entitled "Ya Hozna", the album that revealed unique and original musical style of Renata Przemyk. After her music began to catch on, she started her solo career.

As an independent artist Renata has recorded and edited the following albums: "Mało zdolna szansonistka" (1992), "Tylko kobieta" (1994), "Andergrant" (1996), "Hormon" (1999), "Blizna" (2001), "Balladyna" (2002) - soundtrack from a play directed by Jan Machulski, "The best of" (2003) - a compilation of her most interesting songs, "Unikat" (2006).

From the beginning of her artistic path, she has been accompanied by her dearest friend and manager - Anna Saraniecka, who at the same time is the author of all lyrics. Mature and wise lyrics have the same importance for Renata's songs as the music, and are integral part of creating the unusual nature of her work.

Most of Renata's albums were awarded with a status of "golden album" for selling over 50.000 copies. Moreover, they were nominated and awarded many times - mostly for artistic individuality.

From the beginning of her career, the singer has also won numerous awards in various festivals in which she took part, including first prize in the festival in Cracow, "Karolinka" in Opole and "Bursztynowy Slowik" in Sopot.

As an artist that connects rock sounds with poetry and theatrical performance she could both perform - on the stage of a rock festival in Jarocin, and on prestigious festivals of stage song that took place in Wrocław and Köln. She has given concerts in France (Normandy, Britany, Paris) and in the USA (New York) but because of lyrics written in native language, she prefers to perform in front of the Polish publicity which can fully appreciate the words and also sing the songs with her.

Although, she has got many interests such as: art, cinema, the 19th and 20th century literature, modern theatre and drawing her own graphics, the most important for her is always music. She has cooperated with many artists but if it's for her art - she's always the only one who produces her ventures and decides about their character.

It is hard to classify her music - neither rock nor alternative nor poetry can describe what's deep inside it. She calls her music "an everlasting search for tones, sounds, emotions and climates not similar to anything that had been made before". That's why each album is different from the previous one. Nevertheless, there is always one motif in common - on every album we can hear the sound of accordion, an instrument the artist likes, despite all trends and fashions.

An individual and unique style of Renata's music has its origin in post-punk tones. However, the artist has been constantly using various instruments in her musical career. The electronic sounds were used for the first time by Renata on an album entitled "Hormon" in 1999, which at the same time was the first album composed by her. Since then she and the author of lyrics Anna Saraniecka have been the only "parents" of Renata's successes.

What is more, in plebiscites of two most important Polish weeklies - Polityka and Wprost, Renata has been chosen one of the most important artists of the last century.

Discography:

* Yahozna (1990)
* Mało zdolna szansonistka (1992)
* Tylko kobieta (1994)
* Andergrant (1996)
* Hormon (1999)
* Blizna (2001)
* Balladyna (2002)
* The best of Renata Przemyk (2003)
* Unikat (2006)
* Odjazd (2009)

Mały poeto jestem kobietą
Renata Przemyk Lyrics

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Gdy spotykam cię na swojej drodze
Od razu czuję że
Będziesz musiał słowem cos zmalować
Więc przerysujesz mnie
Nigdy ze mnie już nie wyjrzy herod
Ni sprytna famme fatale
Na karteczce odtąd będę dzieckiem
Którego skrzywdzić żal

Mały poeto jestem kobietą zatem
Nie musisz pisać że
Oczu irysy i nóg cyprysy zawsze
W obłęd wprawiają cię

Wypisujesz coś o warg słodyczy
I o pastelach rąk
Płodzisz znów kolejną anielicę
By polukrować ją
Czyżby ze mnie nie mógł wyjrzeć herod
Ni sprytna famme fatale
Na karteczce trzeba skreślić dziecko
Którego krzywdzić żal

Mały poeto jestem kobietą...

Zróbże ze mnie kogoś na kształt Marilyn
Blond loki buzia w ciup
Trupy kładzie wizerunek taki

A nie mamy puch
Mały poeto jestem kobietą...

Overall Meaning

In the song "Mały poeto jestem kobietą" by Renata Przemyk, the singer encounters someone on their path and feels as though their image will be painted with words. The person will likely exaggerate the singer's qualities and transform them into something they are not. The singer laments that they will never be seen as a powerful figure like Herod or a sly femme fatale, and now they will forever be seen as a child who is easy to hurt. The singer is aware of the painter's tendencies to romanticize and overexaggerate, and begs them not to depict the clichéd charms of a woman like sparkling eyes or shapely legs. The painter is urged to turn the singer into someone like Marilyn Monroe, with blonde hair, curls, and a beautiful face so that they aren't depicted as weak or vulnerable.

The lyrics of "Mały poeto jestem kobietą" speak of the frustration of being misunderstood for one's entire life. The singer is aware that people will reduce them to "types," and they will never be able to escape from that. The song explores how people are defined by their gender, appearance, and social position, and how this never changes no matter how much the person grows and transforms. It is an ode to the longing to break free from the mold of stereotypes and to be seen as a complete, multifaceted human.

Line by Line Meaning

Gdy spotykam cię na swojej drodze
When I meet you on my way

Od razu czuję że
I immediately feel that

Będziesz musiał słowem cos zmalować
You'll have to paint something with words

Więc przerysujesz mnie
So you'll exaggerate me

Nigdy ze mnie już nie wyjrzy herod
Herod will never look at me again

Ni sprytna famme fatale
Nor a sly femme fatale

Na karteczce odtąd będę dzieckiem
From now on, I'll be a child on a piece of paper

Którego skrzywdzić żal
Whom it hurts to hurt

Mały poeto jestem kobietą zatem
I'm a small poetess, so

Nie musisz pisać że
You don't have to write that

Oczu irysy i nóg cyprysy zawsze
My iris eyes and Cyprus legs always