Cure

[Verse 1: Papoose]I was born in a human body, I'm deadly and dangerousThe way I decrease life quality is outrageousBut you don't gotta worry, I'm not contagiousI'm genetic, I travel through your family for agesI could live in yo daughter, I could live in yo sonIf you smoke cigarettes, I could live in yo lungsI can develop in yo stomach and be that smallBut I grow to the size of a basketballNow you can ignore me and try to pass it onYou'll be a statistic, in the casket goneI could be a sharp pain that you feel in yo spineI can be a brain tumor on the back of yo mindI'll even be in yo food if you eatin that swineDon't go to the doctor so you never catch me in timeI done cause some strong men to lose they strengthEven cause some pretty women to lose they breathsOnly God know the cure and to whom he blessIs the chosen, he choose the bestI'm a physical enemy, here to bring miserable treacheryI can affect him, her, they, you or them and meBut one small woman gotta checkup randomlyThey burn me out of her body with chemo therapyIf you come late I'll deflate your energyTake all of your hairt and erase your memoryI can shorten your life if you livin it longEven took a black queen named Vivian StrongIf you don't go to the doctor that mean you support meThe only way to stop me is to catch me earlyAnd gangstas who think I can't get in y'all bodyI even claimed the life of mobster John GottiHave you had a checkup? If no is your answerThem let me introduce myself, my name is cancer[Hook: Erykah Badu (x2)]He rides to itDon't stress a lotPut protection onIf he's in your home[Verse 2: Papoose]The prettiest woman out here blows long in the windEven sip when she wasn't soft as her skinTeeth look like ivory, pleasant as a beachBreasts like 2 watermelons, ripe like a peachOn the outside, sexy as can beBut on the inside she's infected with meShe be up in every neighborhood, dead on the streetGive you her phone number, give you head in the VAnd she don't like condom, she sex it for freeSo if you ever met er get tested for meEvery single day I add names to my dying listMy epidemic is strong as an iron fistYou should check your body fluids, that's where I existCan travel through saliva, I hope you like to kissYou can't get rid of me, you can cry and wishIt's no denying this, science saysHe says I was born in Africa, but he's a lying bitchI was born in the laboratory, my father's a scientistYou can't contact me if you walk in a bathroomOr if you talk to your classmate in your classroomYou never see me coming, I'm smooth as a jazz tuneNot airborne, I pass movesBut you should make sure they clean the needlewhen you getting them tattoosI'm the reason the word positive means bad newsIdiotic if you don't believe in meEven took a great rapper named Eazy-EIf you have a lot of sex you should have some condomsCause you could live with me, ask Magic JohnsonI enter your body with only one assumed missionThat's only to break down your immune systemBecome sick easy cuz you not immuneAnd I can pass over through every open woundSo make sure you put a Band-Aid on your cutBefore you shake another man's hands sayin wussupI'm physical and visible, you can't feel meMedicine, I'm invincible, you can't kill meAIDS is my name, don't get it wrongIt stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome(Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome,Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)[Hook: Erykah Badu (x2)][Verse 3: Papoose]This drug addict named Raj is infected with my evilGot some new dope he wanna try with his peopleHe said go ahead and try it, it's some brand new dieselThat's when I found myself travelling through a needleDon't even know what he getting into is a shameTied his arm up and pump me right in his veinHe had a lot of women, was living to play his lifeBut he was married, he took me home to his wifeNow she's a carrier who carries on with meHis wife had a baby, the baby was born with meAnd I hope that you wouldn't take this song sillyA lot of people infected, it's a strong pityYou got a jimmy hat? Then you should put on jimmyLet's protect ourselves, we should all, reallyI'm tryna live long, won't you live long with me?Suburbs to the city, sing this song with me[Hook: Erykah Badu (x3)]