Red Dot Alert

[Verse 1]
Woke up this morning to a red dot alert
The d6 app says it’s dress-up-as-a-plant day on earth
I got three different kids, thirty different tabs to click
If I press the wrong grade, the whole system takes the mic
Then the WhatsApp pings, twenty groups deep inside
Searching through a hundred chats just to survive
"Who has the extra glue? Did the sports day change to June?"
I'm drowning in a sea of thumbs-up emojis by noon

[Verse 2]
You get the Teacher’s Pet Mom, she’s baked forty tarts
And the Sports Mom who knows every fixture by heart
The Quiet Academic Mom, her kids are getting straight A's
While I’m looking for a clean pair of socks in a daze
Then there's the Overwhelmed Mom, working past nine
Hasn't read a text from her husband in a long line of time
We are checking our phones, trying not to lose our minds
Running on coffee and the stress of the timeline

[Pre-Chorus]
But we look in the mirror and we count up our flaws
Thinking we're failing behind closed kitchen doors
But lower the bar, take a breath, let it go
Look at those kids, because here’s what we know...

[Chorus]
Are they fed? Are they breathing? Are they happy and alive?
Can they wipe their own backsides? Then Mama, you thrive!
There's no golden medal at the end of the race
We’re all just doing our best in this beautiful place
Yeah, you’re doing it right, throw the guilt in the bin
Take a look at your kids, that's where you win!

[Verse 3]
So here’s to the moms who forgot it was civvies day
And the moms who bought the garage pie along the way
The perfectionists, the hipsters, the ones who just try
We’re all in the trenches under the same sky
Stop being so hard on the woman in the glass
This crazy, chaotic season is gonna pass fast

[Pre-Chorus]
So look in the mirror and cross off the flaws
You’re doing just fine behind your own doors
Lower the bar, take a breath, let it go
Look at those kids, because here’s what we know...

[Chorus]
Are they fed? Are they breathing? Are they happy and alive?
Can they wipe their own backsides? Then Mama, you thrive!
There's no golden medal at the end of the race
We’re all just doing our best in this beautiful place
Yeah, you’re doing it right, throw the guilt in the bin
Take a look at your kids, that's where you win!

[Outro]
Clear the notifications. Turn off the screen.
You’re the best damn mama that they’ve ever seen.
(Mute the WhatsApp group)
Yeah, you're doing just fine.
[Fade Out]
[End]