Lyrics
[Intro-piano & string]
[interlude-percussion]
Ah, Ah, Ah
[Hook]
Grind on the clock, at home it never stops
Research in my mind while I'm folding these tops
Challenging norms, battling the old men props
Double shifts daily but I climb to the tops
[Verse 1]
In the realm of acadmia, I stand with pride
With books in one hand, a baby beside
Fighting on two fronts, none to confide
Each paper a battle, each deadline a tide
Critics in corridors whisper my load
But I pen theories where once silence bode
Chasing citations, publications, a winding road
A queen in this chess game, never forebode
[interlude]
[Hook]
Grind on the clock, at home it never stops
Research in my mind while I'm folding these tops
Challenging norms, battling the old men props
Double shifts daily but I climb to the tops
[Verse 2]
Evenings of research, mornings of care
A lecture, a diaper, none to compare
Jokes about mommy in chairs that stare
Yet my insights strike, sharp and rare
Undergrads applaud, my children cheer
In each role, I face down the fear
Conquering fields where men sneer
I'm sculpting a future, crystal clear
[interlude]
[interlude]
Ah Ah
Ah Ah
Ah Ah
[Hook]
Grind on the clock, at home it never stops
Research in my mind while I'm folding these tops
Challenging norms, battling the old men props
Double shifts daily but I climb to the tops
[Verse 3]
Meetings and metrics, the pace never slows
I'm grading on curves while bedtime I bestow
Sarcastic retorts to those who oppose
On gendered paths where prejudice grows
I balance the scales, equations set
In labs and playgrounds, my goals are met
Their privileges, a challenge, not a threat
My triumph, in journals, warmly beset
[interlude]
Ah Ah
Ah Ah
Ah Ah
Ah Ah
Ah Ah
Ah Ah
[Verse 4]
Questions on my balance, the audacity
I answer with papers, my tenacity
My career, a march through adversity
Each promotion, a mark of my capacity
Men may doubt, but still, I rise
A mentor, a mother, equally wise
Through struggle and laughter, my prize
In each small victory, my legacy lies"
[interlude]
Ah
Ah
Ah
[Hook]
Grind on the clock, at home it never stops
Research in my mind while I'm folding these tops
Challenging norms, battling the old men props
Double shifts daily but I climb to the tops
[interlude]
Ah, a double shift mother
[interlude]
Ah, a double shift professor
[interlude]
Ah, a double shift striver"
[interlude-Powerful]
Ah, I'm my fate fighter
[Outro-Powerful Angry Vocal]
As the sun sets on another day of trials
I savor the silence after the kids' smiles
My desk, a beacon in the quiet night
Where thoughts and theories take flight
From dusk till dawn, the hustle is real
Yet in each challenge, strength I feel
In dual worlds, I forge my path
A legacy built, a testament to my craft
[Hook]
Grind on the clock, at home it never stops
Research in my mind while I'm folding these tops
Challenging norms, battling the old men props
Double shifts daily but I climb to the tops
[Hook]
Grind on the clock, at home it never stops
Research in my mind while I'm folding these tops
Challenging norms, battling the old men props
Double shifts daily but I climb to the tops
[Hook]
Grind on the clock, at home it never stops
Research in my mind while I'm folding these tops
Challenging norms, battling the old men props
Double shifts daily but I climb to the tops
[Hook]
Grind on the clock, at home it never stops
Research in my mind while I'm folding these tops
Challenging norms, battling the old men props
Double shifts daily but I climb
to
the
tops
[end-powerful]
[end-powerful]
Double shifts daily but I climb to the tops
Double shifts daily but I climb to the tops
Double shifts daily but I climb to the tops
Double shifts daily but I climb to the tops
Ah Ah
Ah Ah
Ah Ah
Ah Ah
Ah Ah
Ah Ah
Ah Ah