HeLa Songtext
von Beth Cameron

Hospital bed
I was born half dead
To a mother who
Was living half dead, half wed
The silencing and suffering
I′m inheriting
Tearing her limb from limb

HeLa!

The men said
Oh, she's just crazy
She doesn′t feel pain
In the same way we do
Clump of cells
In a petri dish
Never gave consent
Another woman dismissed


You're not sitting in
The waiting room no more
Your cells are traveling through
The air, floating on dust, immortal
The will to persist
Senescence
Could wrap around the earth, uh huh
Keep dancing, HeLa
You're free now, HeLa

White
Coat
Syndrome
Diagnosed

White
Coat
Syndrome
Diagnosed

I′m not sitting in the waiting room no more