feat. Erykah Badu
I was born in a human body, I am deadly and dangerous
The way I decrease life quality is outrageous
But you don't gotta worry, I'm not contagious
I'm genetic, I travel through your family for ages
I could live in your daughter, I could live in your son
If you smoke cigarettes I could live in your lungs
I can develop in your stomach and be that small
But I'll grow to the size of a basketball
Man, you can ignore me and pa** it on
You'll be a statistic and the casket gone
I could be a sharp pain that you feel in your spine
I could be a brain tumor on the back of your mind
I'll even be in your food if you're eating that swine
Don't go to the doctors, though, you'll never catch me in time
I done cause some strong men to lose their strength
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Even caused some pretty women to lose their breath
Only God know the cure and to whom he bless
Is the chosen, he chose the best
I'm a physical enemy here to bring miserable treachery
I can affect him, her, they or them and me
One small woman got a check up regularly
They burned me out of her body with chemotherapy
If you come late, I deflate your energy
Take all of your hair and erase your memory
I can shorten your life if you're living it long
Even took a black queen named Vivienne Strong
If you don't go to the doctor that mean you support me
The only way to stop me is to catch me early
And gangsters who think I can't get in your body
I even claimed the life of mobster John Gotti
Have you had a check-up? If no is your answer
Then let me introduce myself, my name is Cancer
He rides to it, don't stress a lot
Put protection on if he's in your home
He rides to it, don't stress a lot
Put protection on if he's in your home
The prettiest woman in here blows long in the wind
Even sip when she wasn't soft as her skin
Teeth look like ivory, pleasant as a beach
Breasts like two watermelons ripe as a peach
On the outside s**y as can be
But on the inside she's infected with me
She be up in every neighborhood, dead on the street
Give you her phone number, get you in the V
And she don't like condoms, she s**ing for free
So if you ever met her, get tested for me
Every single day I add names to my dying list
My epidemic is strong like an iron fist
You should check your body fluids, that's where I exist
Can travel through saliva, I hope you like the kiss
You can't get rid of me, you can cry and wish
It's no denying this, I insist
He said I was born in Africa but he's a lying b**h
I was born in the laboratory, my father is a scientist
You can't contact me if you walk in the bathroom
Or if you talk to your cla**mate in your cla**room
You never see me coming, I'm smooth as jazz tune
Not airborne, I pa** moves
But you should make sure they clean the needle
When you getting them tattoos
I'm the reason the word positive means bad news
Idiotic if you don't believe in me
Even took a great rapper named Easy E
If you have a lot of s** you should have some condoms
'Cause you can live with me, ask Magic Johnson
I enter your body with one a**umed mission
That's only to break down your immune system
Become sick easy 'cause you're not immune
And I can pa** over through any open wound
So make sure you put a band-aid on your cut
Before you shake another man's hand, saying 'what's up?'
I'm physical and visible, you can't feel me
Medicine, I'm invincible, you can't k** me
AIDS is my name, don't get it wrong
And it stands for acquired immune deficiency syndrome
He rides to it, don't stress a lot
Put protection on if he's in your home
He rides to it, don't stress a lot
Put protection on if he's in your home
This drug addict named Raj, he's infected with my evil
Had some new dope he wanna try with his people
He said 'go ahead, try it, it's some brand new diesel'
That's when I found myself traveling through a needle
Don't even know what he get into, it's a shame
Tied his arm up and pump me right in his veins
He had a lot of women, he was living the player's life
But he was married, he took me home to his wife
Now she's a carrier who carries on with me
His wife had a baby, the baby was born with me
And I hope that you wouldn't take this song silly
A lot of people infected, it's a strong pity
You got a jimmy hat? Then you should put on jimmy
Let's protect ourselves, we should all, really
I'm trying to live long, won't you live long with me?
Suburbs to the city, sing this song with me
He rides to it, don't stress a lot
Put protection on if he's in your home
He rides to it, don't stress a lot
Put protection on if he's in your home
He rides to it, don't stress a lot
Put protection on if he's in your home