I'm a selfish gene and I'm programmed to survive
I shape my living organisms so I stay alive
It isn't me exactly, I'm nothing but a code
For which my hosts and I are just a temporary abode
Selfish gene - a software routine
Selfish gene - I am what I mean
Selifsh gene - I strive to survive
Selfish gene - forever alive
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I'm a spiral chain of acids, nucleic to be exact
Adenine and guanine are purines - that's a fact
Cytosine and thymine are pyrimidines, it's true
Together they make DNA - now that's a whole lot to chew
Selfish gene - a software routine
Selfish gene - I am what I mean
Selifsh gene - I strive to survive
Selfish gene - forever alive
I'm a selfish gene and I pass along my trait
Dominant or recessive, I recess or dominate
With every generation I hope to replicate
But every million times or so I accidentally mutate
Selfish gene - a software routine
Selfish gene - I am what I mean
Selifsh gene - I strive to survive
Selfish gene - forever alive |
