Lupe Fiasco — Mission

[Produced by Soundz and Chef Tone] [Intro] "What's up, this is Charlie Wilson a.k.a. Uncle Charlie I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2008, still fighting it I'm a winner, not a loser, I'm gon' win the battle That's right, I'm cancer free" "What's up, this is Greg Porn and I beat kidney cancer, true story" "Hello, my name's Michael, I'm a cancer survivor four years in remission" "My name's Bernadette and I beat stage 1 triple negative breast cancer" "I'm Angela, I'm 50 years old And I've been through 9 surgeries in 3 years Fuck you cancer, you may have taken my breasts and uterus But you can never take my heart" "My name's Ann Marie, and I'm living with stage 4 lung cancer" "My name's Kourtney and I beat thyroid cancer" [Bunch of mashed up talking about beating cancer] "Hi, this is Kathy Phillips and I beat the living shit out of breast cancer Cancer definitely picked the wrong bitch to mess with Fuck you cancer! Woo-hoo! I'm a survivor baby! Yeah!" "Hey my name is Charles Porter, I had stage 4 Hodgkin's Lymphoma I went through a year of strenuous chemo then I had a bone marrow transplant Where they gave me salvage chemo, and five days twice a day Full body radiation to basically bring my immune system down to nothing And uh, so literally died to stay alive, umm Come April, I'll be in my third year of remission And it was a team effort, all the friends and family I had came together And uhh, I had to keep that mental strong But umm, we got through it Uhh, some fallen soldiers went as I fought Uhh, but they'll always be heroes, peace!" [Hook: Chef Tone] If I had a dollar for every time they counted me out And my back was up against the wall I could have died but I came out fighting, fighting Could have died but I came out fighting Could have died but I came out fighting Could have died but I came out fighting, fighting [Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco] Yeah, uh With a breast full of lumps, man she ain't no punk Say she gonna ride on it like a chopper in a trunk Pink ribbon woman, she gon' live forever Even though the doctor say she only get a month Said it's my life and you only get it once These flowers smell too damn good to be living in the funk So I finna get it in and I finna get it crunk And I finna get the living, ah-ah-ah Eyes on remission from the jump Breast cancer can't hold me back That's the answer when they told me that It can knock me down but I'm gonna be back Strong, down for whatever Exceptional and I don't know how to quit And I never said never you can have that hair Cause real talk bitch, I think I look better Let's do it (do it), fighter, with everything inside her Reportin' live from Death Row, drop the charges, be a lifer Cell phones and your lighters, need you to put them up higher So many candles on her birthday cake, might set that thing on fire, hey [Hook: Chef Tone] If I had a dollar for every time they counted me out And my back was up against the wall I could have died but I came out fighting, fighting Could have died but I came out fighting Could have died but I came out fighting Could have died but I came out fighting, fighting [Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco] Yeah, seven years old with stage four This what champions were made for Only so much fundraisers paid for So I guess the rest is just all on me That will to live against what's out here Killin kids, well kiss my ass It ain't killin' me, got things to paint I got places to go, I got things to see Wanna see my momma grow up, hold up, hold up Wanna see my daddy grow up, hold up, hold up I'm baldheaded and bravehearted, I'm small But I'm a hundred feet tall, try to stop me, biopsy after biopsy Chemo, but I'm a king though I shake everything off me, lymphoma can't hold me back It can knock me down but I'm gon' be back Throw some SpongeBob in my Hot Wheels track I'm a made man, made wishes I ain't scared, I ain't flinching Sorry momma but I gotta say it But where I'm from they don't make bitches Let's do it [Hook: Chef Tone] If I had a dollar for every time they counted me out And my back was up against the wall I could have died but I came out fighting, fighting Could have died but I came out fighting Could have died but I came out fighting Could have died but I came out fighting, fighting [Verse 3: Lupe Fiasco] Yeah, feel it Went undiagnosed then untreated When they finally found it, told him Too far along and he couldn't beat it But he couldn't see it, miss me with that dead talk Miss me, my legs walk And my heart beats and my wife witness So fuck cancer, my life with me And if I died, it die with me Let's do it, fighter, with everything inside ya Reportin' live from Death Row, drop the charges, be a lifer Cellphones and your lighters, need you to put them up higher So many candles on that birthday cake, we might set the thing on fire, yeah [Bridge: Charlie Wilson, Female Singer & Both] We might set that thing on fire, yeah Yeah we might set that thing on fire, yeah Yeah, we might set that thing on fire Set that thing on fire, set that thing on fire, yeah [Outro: Chef Tone, Female Singer & Charlie Wilson] If I had a dollar (if I, if I) (oh yeah) And my back was up against the wall Back was up against the wall (my back was up against the wall) Come out fighting, yeah (come out fighting) I could have died but I came out fighting (oh yeah) Could have died but I came out fighting Could have died but I came out fighting, fighting