Women in CRISPR

LYRICS

HEY HEY, SCIENCE FANS! LET’S TALK ABOUT
DNA, LET’S TALK ABOUT GENE SPLICING!
EVER HEARD OF CRISPR?

THE CRISPR TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS SCIENTIST
TO MAKE CHANGES TO DNA TO CELLS THAT
COULD ALLOW US TO CURE GENETIC DISEASE

TWO WOMEN WON THE NOBEL PRIZE
FOR DISCOVERING A SPECIAL PROTEIN ENZYME
CRISPR CAS 9, AN IMMUNITY DEVICE
EMBEDDED WITH TECHNOLOGY TO SLICE A GENE TWICE 

FINDING CRISPR IN BACTERIAL GENOMES
SHOWS PATTERNS OF DEFENSE THAT HAD YET TO BE KNOWN
A SCISSOR, THAT’S GUIDED BY A CODE— THE 
CRISPR RNA ALWAYS KNOWS WHERE TO UNLOAD

BACTERIA, PLANTS, ANIMALS, HUMANS,
WE ALL HAVE DNA, SOME COULD USE A HOME IMPROVEMENT
DIVERSITY IN RESEARCH IS THE MISSION AND THE MOVEMENT
THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD IS A LANGUAGE AND WE’RE FLUENT.

SHOUT OUT TO THE WOMEN, I DUNNO HOW THEY COULD DOUBT YA
YOU’RE TAKING HOME THE PRIZE  LIKE JENNIFER DOUDNA
AND EMMANUELLE CHARPENTIER, 
Y’ALL PAVED THE WAY SO OTHER WOMEN GONNA SLAY

IT’S 2021, NO NEED TO WHISPER
SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOF
WE GOT WOMEN IN CRISPR!

CAS9, IT’S THE PROTEIN, THE SCISSOR
CUTOUT THE MISOGYNY
AND ELEVATE THE SISTERS

IT’S 2021, NO NEED TO WHISPER
SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOF
WE GOT WOMEN IN CRISPR!
WE GOT WOMEN IN CRISPR!
WE GOT WOMEN IN CRISPR!

WOMEN
DETECTING INFECTIOUS AGENTS

WOMEN
CORRECTING POINT MUTATIONS

WOMEN
DESIGNING ECO-FRIENDLY CROPS

WOMEN 
LED STARTUPS, WOMEN ON TOP

WOMEN 
FINDING CURES FOR CANCER

WOMEN 
ENGINEERS GOT THE ANSWERS

WOMEN 
GOT A LOT OF INTEGRITY

WOMEN 
ADVANCING SCIENCE AND CHEMISTRY!

IT’S 2021, NO NEED TO WHISPER
SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOF
WE GOT WOMEN IN CRISPR!

CAS9, IT’S THE PROTEIN, THE SCISSOR
CUTOUT THE MISOGYNY
AND ELEVATE THE SISTERS

IT’S 2021, NO NEED TO WHISPER
SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOF
WE GOT WOMEN IN CRISPR!
WE GOT WOMEN IN CRISPR!
WE GOT WOMEN IN CRISPR!

FOR PROGRESS IN THE FIELD
THERE’S MANY WOMEN TO BE THANKING
LIKE DNA PIONEER ROSALIND FRANKLIN

IN 1952 “PHOTO 51” REVEALED THIS
VERY SPECIAL STRUCTURE CALLED A DOUBLE HELIX 
YOU CAN DO ANYTHING WHEN YOUR WILL IS HIGH
GIRL, I’LL KEEP LEARNING TILL THE DAY I DIE

FEMMES IN STEM WHEN WE TRY WE FLY
LET ME BE THE WORLD’S RAPPING FEMALE BILL NYE
WE LIKE SIMPLE PRECISION, 
LET’S HEAL DISEASE WITH ETHICAL SUPERVISION

LET’S GIVE THESE WOMEN THEIR PRAISE AND RECOGNITION
REINVENT THE WHEEL, WITH CRISPR INCISIONS
CLEAVE OUT THE OLD, AND LEAN INTO THE NEW
BE GOOD TO THE WORLD, HAVE A POSITIVE VIEW

IN EDUCATION, WE WANT MORE MINDS, NOT A FEW!
BELIEVE IN THE FUTURE, THERE’S SO MUCH WE CAN DO

IT’S 2021, NO NEED TO WHISPER
SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOF
WE GOT WOMEN IN CRISPR!

CAS9, IT’S THE PROTEIN, THE SCISSOR
CUTOUT THE MISOGYNY
AND ELEVATE THE SISTERS

IT’S 2021, NO NEED TO WHISPER
SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOF
WE GOT WOMEN IN CRISPR!
WE GOT WOMEN IN CRISPR!
WE GOT WOMEN IN CRISPR!

IT’S REFLECTIVE OF THE FACT
THAT SCIENCE BECOMES MORE
MODERN AND INVOLVES MORE
FEMALE LEADER. AND I DO
HOPE THAT IT WILL REMAIN
AND EVEN DEVELOP MORE.