[Verse 1]
She counts the doors that open wide
For every boy who walks inside
Her shoes are worn from proving ground
While he gets praised for showing up now
She knows the rules were drawn in ink
Before they asked her what she thinks
A softer voice, a smaller share
They call it fate; she calls it unfair
[Pre-Chorus]
So let the polished towers shake
Let every comfortable promise break
[Chorus]
If women ruled the world tonight
We’d turn the table, change the light
No more permission, no more throne
No one gets rich by keeping us small
If women ruled the world tonight
We’d write the law in letters bright
And every girl would learn her name
Before they taught her how to take the blame
[Verse 2]
He makes one choice, they call it brave
She makes the same, they call her hard to save
He gets a ladder, she gets doubt
Then they ask why she won’t climb out
She watches fathers leave at five
And mothers make three lives survive
The clock keeps humming, cold and clear
Who gets the freedom? Who pays here?
[Pre-Chorus]
She has a match beneath her tongue
A thousand songs she’s never sung
[Chorus]
If women ruled the world tonight
We’d turn the table, change the light
No more permission, no more throne
No one gets rich by keeping us small
If women ruled the world tonight
We’d write the law in letters bright
And every girl would learn her name
Before they taught her how to take the blame
[Bridge]
Not a queen in a borrowed crown
Not waiting for a man to step down
She wants the room, the vote, the floor
She wants the future opened like a door
And if they say she wants too much
She’ll build a world that answers back
[Final Chorus]
If women ruled the world tonight
We’d turn the table, change the light
No more permission, no more throne
No one gets rich by keeping us small
If women ruled the world tonight
We’d write the law in letters bright
And every girl would learn her name
Then teach the whole damn world to say it
[Outro]
She isn’t asking to be free
She’s taking back what should have been