First day of chemo finito son,
Step one done, and this stuff ain't gonna be no fun.
In the early A.M. is when it all begun,
At eight sharp, a sharp needle prick was sore and stung.
Then in a tick, they're pumping chemicals inside me quick,
Here comes the poison, it's deployed within an I.V. drip.
And then an hour later came a semi-major procedure,
A spinal injection with a hefty gauge of a needle.
They stuck me three times, cause who knows why I kept moving,
While I slept, snoozing, under anesthesia, less clued in.
On so much medicine, feeling alone, pressured in,
But I'm so luck that I ended up at Sloan-Ketterin'.
I'm in the pediatrics ward, where there ain't no grown cuties,
So I just write rhymes, and watch old Sylvester Stalone movies.
By the time of my third treatment it musta' been 3:30.
Then came more I.V. fluids, I musta' been real thirsty.
I didn't get to go home 'till around seven I'd say,
Ten hours of chemotherapy, one hell of a day.
And so my chemo begins, this is my first day.
I really wish that I did not need this in the worst way.
Today my chemo begins, this is my first week,
I'm feeling surse, it's the worst, like I'm living on hurt street.
First full week of chemo, complete, finito.
It's made my bones feel weaker than a cheap Dorito.
I had a backpack packed with chemo, keeping it pumping,
I'm takin' cams back and forth from west to east like its nothing.
Running around with I.V. tubes attached to my chest,
Most likely looking like a terrorist, I'd have to confess.
I slept for two nights with chemo on continuous flow,
Seventy-two hours straight and it was hideous yo
But no lie, I won't die, I don't lay down,
But yo, I won't say I don't cry, cause I've broke down.
So all that I can do is write it down in lyrical form,
To reach those who relate to miracles through spiritual song.
I've got a long fight, and winning won't be overnight,
But I choose that I will not lose, I own this right.
And so despite all of the side effects and pain that I feel,
Plus all the speculative thoughts within my brain that ain't real.
I will maintain my schedule and never miss doses,
I'd rather accept reality instead of hypnosis.
That's a whole lot to go thought for just week one.
I still got five months more, this all has just begun.
And so my chemo begins, this is my first day.
I really wish that I did not need this in the worst way.
Today my chemo begins, this is my first week,
I'm feeling surse, it's the worst, like I'm living on hurt street.
