Canibus — Aids is Gold HIV is Platinum

[Canibus] Yo yo, I just appeared outta nowhere, 1980 was the year Engineered as a biological weapon of warfare Now with this I generate more fear Even though back then nobody cared and people wasn't as scared I never used to get so much attention Most of the top contenders at the time I was good friends with For instance, my man smallpox was hot He used to SoundScan ten thousand a week and that was a lot That nigga Hepatitis B, he was hyper than me He used to get between twelve and twenty thousand a week Alcohol was the neighborhood star Bubbling, drugs had niggas juggling All kinds of controlled substances My man cancer was like Charles Manson Cigarettes almost made the Surgeon General ban them Homicide was buggin' cause he had guns to amp him And I was on the low lampin' cause I had a plan, kid [Chorus: Canibus and Lisa Stone] AIDS is gold, HIV is platinum Sit down, ask them where you get your facts from Five hundred thousand niggas in the hood with it And a million more niggas is gettin ready to get it AIDS is gold, HIV is platinum Sit down, ask them where you get your facts from Five hundred thousand niggas in the hood with it And a million more niggas is gettin ready to get it [Canibus] Yo, yo, now that millions is dead I'm considered widespread Number one on the top ten and considered a worldwide threat To all the kids, thirteen to twenty-three tryin Sex, unsafe sex, you niggas need to use latex H-I-V will progress to A-I-D-S And transform your warm blooded bones to dry flesh By stressing the immune system Promiscuous men and women trying to avoid Getting the microorganism in them From running up in it raw Ready and willing, a couple of minutes of a good feeling Is what'll kill them Break ya body down in steps, breath for breath In the hospital with less than a dozen T-cells left [Chorus: Canibus and Lisa Stone] AIDS is gold, HIV is platinum Sit down, ask them where you get your facts from Five hundred thousand niggas in the hood with it And a million more niggas is gettin ready to get it AIDS is gold, HIV is platinum Sit down, ask them where you get your facts from Five hundred thousand niggas in the hood with it And a million more niggas is gettin ready to get it [Canibus] Yo, I went from "Killing Them Softly" to killing them harshly Minorities from twenty to forty can't afford to ignore me They do my dirty work for me - going to Raunchy ass parties where they be having orgies to transport me Through the semen and blood, needles and drugs Choose which one of the two demons in evil you trust Cause the only way I could be detected Is by getting tested and most people don't question The person they having sex with As to whether or not they infected Even the people you already slept with Wouldn't suspect that they can catch it Forty percent of the AIDS patients is Afro-Americans And we only twelve percent of the population That statement is a fact, latinos and blacks face it It came straight from the World Health Organization It's the iron fist scientist, slash rhyme-chiatrist Here to diagnose that we dying quick [Chorus: Canibus and Lisa Stone] AIDS is gold, HIV is platinum Sit down, ask them where you get your facts from Five hundred thousand niggas in the hood with it And a million more niggas is gettin ready to get it AIDS is gold, HIV is platinum Sit down, ask them where you get your facts from Five hundred thousand niggas in the hood with it And a million more niggas is gettin ready to get it