Baba Brinkman - DNA lyrics

We are made of DNA We are made of DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid is what we are made of We are made of DNA We are made of DNA Strands of double helix Are where all these bodies came from In the story of life on this crazy planet The protagonist isn't man, no It's a microscopic information package Called deoxyribonucleic acid The DNA strand has the same basic plan In every living thing, every plant Every animal, every little flea Has the same proteins with a certain percentage Of the same genes arranged identically It's no coincidence; it means every living thing Has a shared ancestor with every living thing This is true for Jews and Christians and Sufi mystics And Buddhists and every religion and superstition If you can listen to this it means you're pa**ing through This existence on a wave of DNA And you're just one of its newest inventions We are made of DNA We are made of DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid is what we are made of We are made of DNA We are made of DNA Strands of double helix Are where all these bodies came from Now if you want me to tell you how a simple molecule Could build bodies so well with such an obvious wealth Of variation and adaptation, well In DNA's case it's ‘cause it copies itself And makes little mistakes which would not really help Except that one in every million is a slight improvement And leaves more copies, whether mice or humans And that's what keeps this whole life thing movin' Changing and growing and competing for mates ‘Cause that's the only way to keep your DNA Up in the race, which explains a lot Like how animals and plants all behave in the wild So next time you shake hands or break dance Or make plans, don't forget the straight facts The information that makes your brains and hands Comes from one place: DNA strands We are made of DNA We are made of DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid is what we are made of We are made of DNA We are made of DNA Strands of double helix Are where all these bodies came from Yeah, this goes out to Watson and Crick Who discovered the twist And to the Human Genome Project And to those who speed up the process I mean like Digital PCR Record a gene faster than a VCR This is the future so you better get used to it This is what we are