Lupe Fiasco - Mission Lyrics
[Intro](Charlie Wilson): What's up, this is Charlie Wilson, a.k.a. your uncle Charlie.I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2008. Still fighting;not a winner, not a looser. I'm gonna win the battle.That's right, cancer free(Greg): What's up, this is Greg and I beat kidney cancer. True story(Michael): My names Michael, I'm a lung cancer survivor four years in remission(Bernadette): My names Bernadette and I beat stage 1 breast cancer(Angela): I'm Angela, I'm 50 years old, andI've been through 9 surgeries in 3 years.***** you cancer. You may have taken my breasts and uterus, but you can never take my heart(Ann): My names Ann Marie, and I'm living with stage 4 lung cancer(Kourtney): My names Kourtney and I beat thyroid cancer[Bunch of mashed up talking about beating cancer](Kathy): This is Kathy Phillips and I beat the living shit out of breast cancer.You definitely picked the wrong ***** to mess with.***** you cancer! I'm a survivor baby!(Charles): Hey my name is Charles Porter, and I had stage 4 hotchkins lymphoma.I went through a year of strenuous chemo,then I had a bone marrow transplant where they gave me salvage chemo, and 5 days twice a day, full body radiation to basically bring my immune system down to nothing.I literally died to stay alive umm… come April I'll be in my 3rd year remission and it was a team effort. All the friends and family I had came togetherAnd uhh… I had to keep that mental strong, but umm..We got through it uhh… some fallen soldiers went asI fought uhh… but they'll always be heroes. Peace![Hook]If I had a dollar for every time they counted me outAnd my back was up against the wallI could have died but I came out fighting, fightingCould have died but I came out fightingCould have died but I came out fightingCould have died but I came out fighting (yeah)Could have died but I came out fighting (uhh)[Verse 1]With a breast full of lungs she ain't no punShe gonna ride on it like a chopper in a trunkPink ribbon women she gonna live foreverEven though the doctor say she only get a monthSaid it's my life and you only get it onceOnce these flowers smell too damn good to be living in the funkSo I finna get it in and I finna get a crunk and I finna get the living (a-a-ah)On remission from the jumpBreast cancer can't hold me backThat's the answer when they told me thatIt can knock me down but I'm gonna be backStrong, down for whatever exceptional and I don't know how to quitAnd I never said never you can have that hair cause real talk *****I think I look better let's do it (do it)[Bridge]Fighter, with everything inside yaReportin' live from Death RowDrop the charges see the liferCell phones and your lightersNeed you to put them up higherSo when the candles on her birthday cakeMight set the on fire, hey[Hook]If I had a dollar for every time they counted me outAnd my back was up against the wallI could have died but I came out fighting, fightingCould have died but I came out fightingCould have died but I came out fightingCould have died but I came out fighting (yeah)Could have died but I came out fighting (uhh)[Verse 2]Yeah, seven years old with stage fourThis what champions were made forOnly so much fun raises [pain for]So I guess the rest is all on meThat will to live against what's out hereKillin kids' well kiss my ass it ain't killin' meGot things to paintGot places to goGot things to seeWanna see my moma grow upHold up, hold upWanna see my daddy grow upHold up, Hold upI'm bald headed and brave hearted, I'm smallBut I'm a hundred feet tall, try to stop meBiopsy after biopsyChemo, but I'm a king thoughI shake everything off meLymphoma can't hold me backIt can knock me down but I'm gonna be backThrow some SpongeBob in my hot wheels trackI'm a made man, made wishesI ain't scared, I ain't flinchingSorry momma but I gotta say itBut where I'm from they don't make *****esLet's do it[Hook]If I had a dollar for every time they counted me outAnd my back was up against the wallI could have died but I came out fighting, fightingCould have died but I came out fightingCould have died but I came out fightingCould have died but I came out fighting (yeah)Could have died but I came out fighting (uhh)[Verse 3]Went undiagnosed and untreatedWhen they finally found it told emIt too far along and he couldn't beat itBut he couldn't see itMiss me with that dead talkMiss me my legs walkMy heart beats and my wife witnessSo ***** cancer my life with meAnd if I died it'd die with me let's do it[Bridge]Fighter, with everything inside yaReportin' live from Death RowDrop the charges see the liferCell phones and your lightersNeed you to put them up higherSo when the candles on her birthday cakeMight set the on fire, hey[Outro]Might set that thing on fire, yeahYeah we might set that thing on fire, yeahYeah we might set that thing on fireSet that thing on fire, set that thing on fire, yeahIf I had a dollar for every time they counted me outAnd my back was up against the wallI could have died but I came out fightingCould have died but I came out fighting
