Like a Girl
she drives just like a girl you know
and throws just like one too
she fights just like a girl as well
she’s just no match for you
she also runs just like a girl
and that’s the way she plays
but when they say “just like a girl”
I think they mean to say
worse
and somehow less
somehow slower, somehow weaker
they think that if she’s ‘like a girl’
they’ll easily defeat her
but girls will go to battle
when they already are bleeding
and girls are great at throwing themselves
upwards through glass ceilings
girls are busy navigating progress,
driving change
and girls are busy winning
whilst you criticise their game
so tell her that she’s ‘like a girl’
she may just prove you right
she may out-play, out-last you,
win the race and win the fight
’cause he’s a driving force
fighting for her place in this world
and if you try to talk her down
She’ll rise up
Like a girl.
