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HEY! IM CANCER


 

Hi, my name is Cancer

I shoot bullets to the brain

And if you stay awhile, I shoot venom out of stakes

Maybe you can’t relate, but I’m a warning sign for those of you who take my pride

Hi, my name is Cancer, and this is how I live life

You sell a drug to my cell, and I’ll do anything

I spit propane, that’s why they call me Novocain

I hit the cell like dynamite

Hurt like hell? Well maybe you shouldn’t have fell on my tissue cells.

Got a problem? Ask doctor T

Cause my name is Cancer and I don’t do no hysterectomy

Got that adrenaline rush? Drink some punch, it’ll go away a day I messed you up

While I’m on my cycle, sit inside, don’t be shy

Those drugs will make you high

Be happy, you get to shoot hoops like Mike.

When I’m gone, just carry on. But remember me when you thought your dreams would become deadly,

While you tossed and turned in your sleep

Think of me when you’ve thought you’ve run your last race

And you got tripped on a shoe while you walk ‘in kids to school.

Think of me when you disagree with me every time I come against your destiny

Think of me the next time you want to mess with my cancer cells.

 

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