text: Yo, check it out, here's the story I'm spittin'
  'Bout them ball pythons, straight outta Africa, they were sittin'
  Seven of 'em in total, six ladies and one dude
  Brought 'em to Research Triangle Park, that's the truth
  
  But when they arrived, man, they had a little trouble
  Them pythons were infested, ticks causin' the struggle
  Them Aponomma latus, clingin' to their skin
  Had to manually remove 'em, that's where it begins
  
  Four weeks later, things took a turn for the worse
  Vesicular skin lesions appeared, it was a curse
  Tried treatin' the females with amikacin and cefotaxime
  But the condition didn't improve, it was a real bad dream
  
  Five females couldn't make it, they passed away
  Seven weeks after they arrived, it was a dark day
  But the male and one female, they found a way to heal
  Increased the temp, ecdysis happened, it was a big deal
  
  Physiologic stress, ectoparasites, and shipping, you see
  All these factors combined, made 'em vulnerable to sepsis, G
  That's the story of them ball pythons, a sad tale indeed
  But we learned 'bout their struggles, that's somethin' we need