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 passing through
This existence on a wave of DNA
And you’re just one of it's 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 it'self
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