Mind over gender, skills over frills
Glass ceilings shatter, knock down grilles.
Calibre at the core and talent to the fore
Not gender alone, enough for you to score
Mind over gender, skills over frills
Glass ceilings shatter, knock down grilles.
Put your skills on the table, see how you fare
Man, woman, trans, why should workplaces care?
Lingering long gazes, no longer do me scare
STEM, audit, fine arts, all games fair and square
Mind over gender, skills over frills
Glass ceilings shatter, knock down grilles.
If a man wants to dance or a woman seeks to fly
Then that's what they do, no conditions should apply
No longer will our organs, force us to fight shy
If to stop us you want, we'd like for you to try
Mind over gender, skills over frills
Glass ceilings shatter, knock down grilles.
Be it man, woman or be it anyone between
Just a tick in the box, not some judgement supreme
On work platforms just, let performances stream
Winners shining bright, through murky gender screens
Mind over gender, skills over frills
Glass ceilings shatter, knock down grilles.
For spaces in some heads, I surmise very dense
Organs as résumés, might make perfect sense
It’s that very bias, we’re seeking to cleanse
Let's wear down defences, shelving token pretence
Mind over gender, skills over frills
Glass ceilings shatter, knock down grilles.
If you think not I deserve, then show me the data
Not gender and babies, weighing down my biodata
Free work spaces now, of the gender pay strata
A Sudha Murthy once, did confront a mighty Tata
Mind over gender, skills over frills
Glass ceilings shatter, knock down grilles.
We've come a long way, and change is here to stay
No boss should be able to, my gender for, me flay
Talent and work alone, will my job, let me slay
Here's to our future, up, up and away
Mind over gender, skills over frills
Glass ceilings shatter, knock down grilles!