[Verse 1: Canibus]
Yo, yo, I just appeared out of 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 n***a 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 n***as juggling
All kinds of controlled substances
My man cancer was like Charles Manson
Cigarettes almost made the Surgeon General ban them
Homicide was bugging '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 n***as in the hood with it
And a million more n***as 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 n***as in the hood with it
And a million more n***as is gettin ready to get it
[Verse 2: Canibus]
Yo, yo, now that millions are dead I'm considered widespread
Number one on the top ten, I'm considered a worldwide threat
To all the kids, 13 to 23 tryin
Sex, unsafe sex, you n***as 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 n***as in the hood with it
And a million more n***as 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 n***as in the hood with it
And a million more n***as is gettin ready to get it
[Verse 3: Canibus]
Yo, I went from "Killing Them Softly" to killing them harshly
Minorities from 20 to 40 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 of 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
40% 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 n***as in the hood with it
And a million more n***as 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 n***as in the hood with it
And a million more n***as is gettin ready to get it