Cure

[Verse 1: Papoose] I was born in a human body, I’m 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 yo daughter, I could live in yo son If you smoke cigarettes, I could live in yo lungs I can develop in yo stomach and be that small But I grow to the size of a basketball Now you can ignore me and try to pass it on You’ll be a statistic, in the casket gone I could be a sharp pain that you feel in yo spine I can be a brain tumor on the back of yo mind I’ll even be in yo food if you eatin that swine Don’t go to the doctor so you never catch me in time I done cause some strong men to lose they strength Even cause some pretty women to lose they breasts Only God know the cure and to whom he bless Is the chosen, he choose the best I’m a physical enemy, here to bring miserable treachery I can affect him, her, they, you or them and me But one small woman gotta checkup randomly They burn me out of her body with chemotherapy If you come late I’ll deflate your energy Take all of your hair and erase your memory I can shorten your life if you livin it long Even took a black queen named Vivian 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 gangstas who think I can’t get in y'all body I even claimed the life of mobster John Gotti Have you had a checkup? If no is your answer Then let me introduce myself, my name is cancer [Hook x2: Erykah Badu] He rides to it Don’t stress a lot Put protection on If he’s in your home [Verse 2: Papoose] The prettiest woman out 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 2 watermelons, ripe like a peach On the outside, sexy 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, give you head in the V And she don’t like condom, she sex it for free So if you ever met er get tested for me Every single day I add names to my dying list My epidemic is strong as an iron fist You should check your body fluids, that’s where I exist Can travel through saliva, I hope you like to kiss You can’t get rid of me, you can cry and wish It’s no denying this, science says He says I was born in Africa, but he’s a lying bitch I was born in the laboratory, my father’s a scientist You can’t contact me if you walk in a bathroom Or if you talk to your classmate in your classroom You never see me coming, I’m smooth as a jazz tune Not airborne, I pass 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 Eazy-E If you have a lot of sex you should have some condoms Cause you could live with me, ask Magic Johnson I enter your body with only one assumed mission That’s only to break down your immune system Become sick easy cuz you not immune And I can pass over through every open wound So make sure you put a Band-Aid on your cut Before you shake another man’s hands sayin wussup I’m physical and visible, you can’t feel me Medicine, I’m invincible, you can’t kill me AIDS is my name, don’t get it wrong It stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) [Hook x2: Erykah Badu] [Verse 3: Papoose] This drug addict named Raj is infected with my evil Got some new dope he wanna try with his people He said go ahead and try it, it’s some brand new diesel That’s when I found myself travelling through a needle Don’t even know what he getting into is a shame Tied his arm up and pump me right in his vein He had a lot of women, was living to play his 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 tryna live long, won’t you live long with me? Suburbs to the city, sing this song with me [Hook x3: Erykah Badu]