[Intro: Bronx rap male MC, tense minor guitar loop, a dry cough lands on the snare] Boogie down, the BX, let me set it up clean One man on the block said he'd never catch the thing [Verse 1: Bronx rap male MC, heavy kick and cracking snare, sneering Bronx battle flow] He called my record a virus, swore he'd never catch it Taped up every window, put a padlock on the hatch, kid Cotton in his ears and a scarf across his grill Said the hook is contagious and he's never takin' the pill Wrote the council, wrote the paper, wrote the super of the building Said the bass is in the vents and it's comin' for the children Deadass, he was certain, said his ears were made of nickel But a man that loud can't stay locked in a sealed room So he printed out some pamphlets and he went out preachin' doom Every corner, every counter, every line, every pew Tellin' people how it goes so they'd know what not to do [Hook: Bronx rap male MC, full beat, chanted Bronx hook] Zero patience for my music, that's the way you tell it Patient zero for my music, you the one that spread it Every stop you made to warn 'em, you was hummin' it Patient zero, patient zero, man, you started it [Verse 2: Bronx rap male MC, thick sub bass, sneering Bronx battle flow] First stop, the barbershop, he stood up on a chair Said this song'll rot your ears, then he sang it in the air Just to show 'em what he meant, just to prove it was a curse Now the barber's cuttin' fades to the rhythm of the verse Second stop, the bodega, he was preachin' by the till Hummed the hook to warn the cashier, now the cashier hums it still Third stop, the parent meeting, said protect the little kids Did the bounce to show 'em, now the kids do what he did Fourth stop, the bus depot, he was yellin' at the line Sang the chorus as a warnin', now the drivers keep the time By the weekend half the borough had the bounce down in the knees And the doctors on the news couldn't name the new disease [Hook: Bronx rap male MC, full beat, chanted Bronx hook] Zero patience for my music, that's the way you tell it Patient zero for my music, you the one that spread it Every stop you made to warn 'em, you was hummin' it Patient zero, patient zero, man, you started it [Bridge: Bronx rap male MC, hummed hook, a low hummed copy of the hook creeps in under the beat and grows every bar] So the health department traced it, sat down with every case Asked 'em where'd you catch it, they described the same old face Same man on the chair and the same man at the till Same man at the depot singin' louder than the drill Now he's quarantined at home with the windows taped tight And you can hear him through the tape, he's hummin' it all night [Final Hook: Bronx rap male MC, full beat, chanted Bronx hook] Zero patience for my music, that's the way you tell it Patient zero for my music, you the one that spread it Every stop you made to warn 'em, you was hummin' it Patient zero, patient zero, man, you started it [End]
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