I am woman
you are man
we cannot change that, tran-I-am
you'd make me say that we're the same
I do not want to play that game
but what if I can wear a skirt?
and tell you that my feelings hurt?
what if my long hair I curl
can't you see I'm now a girl?
what if I begin to knit?
you'll agree that makes me it
what if I put on a bra?
say that changes who we are
what if I put on a bra?
say that changes who we are
a woman cannot be a man
it cannot happen tran-I-am
what if my identity
tells me you're the same as me?
what if all my friends agree,
will you say that you're like me?
what if I am really funny?
what if I withhold your money?
I will not say it tran-I-am
I will not say you're not a man
would you say it to my face?
what if all the legal courts
say I can be in your sports?
what if laws are made for me
stopping you from stopping me?
what if a panel all agreed
gave me the paper I said I need?
I do not like to make a fuss
but you do not belong with us
and when my sisters tell you no
the thing for you to do is go
what if doctors all agree
I hate my body, can't you see?
what if I cut off my willy?
I'm a woman then, you silly
what if men all over earth
tell me I was mixed at birth?
what I am is not like you
you say you're me
but that's not true
you say that we are both the same
we're clearly not and that is plain
what if truth becomes a crime?
would you say it, given time?
what if I hit you in the head?
what if I claim you want me dead?
would you say it for a judge?
why oh why will you not budge?
would you say it if I danced?
would you say it in a trance?
would you say it pretty please?
will you say it on your knees?
would you say it to a fox?
would you say it if I doxx?
would you say it if I'm pretty?
would you if I called you shitty?
what if I call you a name,
will you say we are the same?
would you say it if I hid?
would you say it to a kid?
would you say it if I'm backed?
would you say it when you're sacked?
would you say it to a mayor?
would you say it anywhere?
I'm not like the others,see
will you say it just for me?
say it!
say it!
say it please!
just repeat it after me
not if you dance
not in a trance
not if you plead
not if I bleed
not to a fox
not if you doxx
not if you're backed
not if I'm sacked
not for your please
not on my knees
not to a judge
I will not budge
not to a judge
I will not budge
I would not say it if you hid
I'll never say it to a kid
I would not say it to a mayor
I will not say it anywhere!
I will not say you're not a man
I will not say it, tran-I-am!
say it!
say it!
make it true
say that I am just like you
I do not want to tell a lie
and say that you're the same as I
there's nothing that a man can do
to make him me when he is you
I will not say it just for you
I will not say it from a jail
I will always know you're male
~Irischild
(dedicated to a very Angry Kitten)
