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Executive Score: Yale Janitor to Yale Doctor

Memos & Executive Briefings, Music and Entertainment By   Dr. Eli Joseph Dr. Eli Joseph , Dr. Janice Gassam Asare Dr. Janice Gassam Asare
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Technical Specifications & Metadata

Score Name: Yale Janitor to Yale Doctor

Song Length: 2:02

Release Date: July 20, 2026

Related Episodes: The Full Circle: From Yale Janitor to Yale Doctor

Tempo (BPM): 97

Musical Key: D Minor

Camelot Wheel: 7A

Official Lyrics

(As published on Genius under “The Academic Boardroom”)

[Intro]

Welcome back to our table. You are tuned in with Dr. J & Dr. E. Pull up a chair, and listen in.

[Verse]

For ten years, she swept these floors while working the night shift

Her potential hidden right behind a janitor’s outfit

Her mother’s crisis sparked a fire deep in her soul

To advocate for patients and to reach a brand-new goal

 

She studied biology by day, then cleaned up the hospital

Defeating every doubt when they said it was impossible

Though doors kept closing hard on her, and testing took its toll

At Howard College of Medicine, her spirit was made whole

 

That viral match day letter brought her back home to where she starts

Returning as a physician with a compassionate heart

She will build a bridge for workers who are overlooked each day

Now walking these same familiar halls, a brand-new doctor’s way

Podcast Score Summary

This moving song tells the story of Dr Shay Taylor-Allen’s remarkable journey from a janitor to a doctor. The lyrics capture her struggles as someone who, despite sweeping the floors of the hospital at night, harbored great ambition hidden behind her janitorial work. Motivated by a personal family crisis, her ambition turned into a fierce determination to study biology during the day and complete the rigorous training to treat patients at Howard University College of Medicine.

The song is a critique of the socio-economic mobility that portrays how Dr Taylor-Allen overcame the institutional barriers that kept her in the shadows. Her triumph on Match Day was a moment of coming back to the place she used to clean now as a physician.

This song shows Dr Shay’s story as a framework for workplace advocacy. Walking the same hospital corridors with a doctor’s spirit and sympathy towards the workers in multiple roles, she builds the connection between the unnoticed workers and the upper class within organizations.

 

Editor’s Note: While The Academic Boardroom—led by Dr. Eli Joseph and Dr. Janice Gassam Asare—serves as the official publisher and is indexed as the artist profile on Genius for lyrical curation, Dr. Eli Joseph is designated as the primary composer, producer, and lead performing artist across all official distribution metadata. Per global digital streaming platform (DSP) and distribution compliance regulations, the brand name The Academic Boardroom cannot be used as the performing artist on cover art or release metadata. All legal performance rights, master recordings, and distribution credits are formally attributed to Dr. Eli Joseph and Dr. Janice Gassam Asare, representing the broader creative and strategic vision of the network leadership.

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NYU School of Professional Studies
Columbia University

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