Draw Me a Person

Draw me a person

Draw me a leader

Draw me a hero, a savior, a god

How about draw me a doctor

Draw me a CEO, billionaire

Wait, have you drawn a woman yet?

Draw me a primary school teacher, a carer, a nurse or a cleaner

A stay-at-home partner, a love interest

Helpless, lip-biting, giggling, chest to undress

The people you're drawing, are they still men?

"What do you do for work?", "do you have kids?"

"What a good boss he is", "Jesus, she's bossy"

"It's overreaction", "it's passion, he cares"

"Crazy, controlling", "protective", it's all because

He is the default, she is the afterthought

He's who you think of, she's whatever's left

"What did he say in the meeting?" I cringe as you say it

The word "he" just slips out, a symptom, a sign

You could blink and you'd miss it, but inside

The cartridge is spilling, you picture a man in your mind

Shouldn't the drawing be stopped as a child?

Before the pen spits out imprints of crime

Ink is much harder to clean once it's dried

"What do you do for work?", "do you have kids?"

"What a good boss he is", "Jesus, she's bossy"

"It's overreaction", "it's passion, he cares"

"Crazy, controlling", "protective", it's all because

He is the default, she is the afterthought

He's who you think of, she's whatever's left

And still we say we didn't alter the life that she lived

Draw me a parent, I think that we did

We did

Draw me a person

Draw me a leader

Draw me a god

Draw me a boss

Draw me a partner

Draw me a lover

Draw me a parent

Draw me a woman

Draw me a woman

Draw me a woman

Draw me a woman

Draw me a woman

Draw me a woman

Draw me a woman

Draw me a person