Tom McFadden - Asthma Rap (ft. The Hygiene Hypothesis) lyrics

VERSE 1: It's an asthma attack! Get em So I cough, and I gasp, and I hack and I'm wheezing Asthma is the swelling of your airways and I'm telling ya Your neck is getting red because your body is rebelling Breathe in! co*kroach, dander, pollen Little inflammation, mucus blocking Bronchospasm. Airway stoppage This dog (*cough *cough) got me coughing. Yup Bad... I'm dying... this here is no party That pollen's in my airways Mast cells going cray cray. (Gon' lose it.) Histamines overreact Inflammation leads to too much mucus One more attack! So oxygen can't get on down My cells start choking and I fall to the ground. (Mist 'em!) I grab my inhaler meds come on out And I do that so that my bronchioles shrink back down. (Listen!) Since I've got that Over-active I-M -M-U-N-E- system Have an inhaler though I'm fourteen. Just another asthma victim Always keep inhalers in my backpack. Attacks? Missed 'em Albuterol puffs Now my mucous is glistening Open up those airways Alleviate symptoms But what I don't get Is just why this condition's More and more common So now we're on mission CHORUS: Here comes an attack. Airways are swollen My lungs are inflamed, and my life might be over And my airways swell up cuz I'm breathing in more dust ‘cause I'm breathing in more dust Here comes an attack. Airways are swollen But I'm gonna fight back. My life won't be over My airways open up, 'cause I'm breathing in more puffs 'Cause I'm breathing in more puffs VERSE 2: HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS Now. I ain't sick yet, thank you Yup. Immune cells grateful I grew up rolled around in the mud Yeah health's what you get when microbes raised you Here's our theory You kids spending way too much time with Siri So the things that you breathe cause immune cells to freak 'cause they never met Platyhelminthes Why? Is that why I achoo? Immune cells can't fight, 'cause our old friends aren't here, so immune cells gonna fight you Or dust or dander or pollen. Now let's all play in the dirt That exposure to germs and worms will help keep the system in check. Sing the song here's the words Raise our kids with goats that are dirty So that they can live life without being allergic So we don't have to be afraid that microbes are lurking They're our friends. And the keys to immune systems working