Reduxion

When we ask the question who's life is it anyways, we aren't kidding The race to identify our genetic makeup was equaled only by the rush by the biotech Industry to patent this genes That's right Patent them Just like Thomas Edison's lightbulb Over a thousand human genes have already and thousands more are pending Which means that chances are Your genetic structure and mine Our most private property Could well belong to someone else Doctors are scanning the globe looking at patients as potential treasure troves because They can use your blood to find a very lucrative gene The late Jonas Salk came out with a polio vaccine and when he was asked if he would Patent it, he said quite famously Could you patent the sun Could you patent the sun Could you patent the sun Could you patent the sun Could you patent the sun Could you patent the sun Could you patent the sun Could you patent the sun How did we get to where altruistic medicine has come to this I think that greed has become a cultural value We never knew they had even applied for a patent Nobody ever asked us if we would consent to that Nor did they ever portray that as their intent The whole guise under which this research was conducted was to serve mankind Not to make money They can name their prices The fee for looking in my body is two thousands dollars to Myriad genetics My doctor can not look in my own body at my own breast cancer gene without paying a Royalty to myriad genetics This is absurd Why should something in my body Belong essentially to that company This is wrong You know, you're so right about that, but they say And I'm appalled cause I'm a lawyer They say But it's legal