Dead Prez - Be Healthy Lyrics
Its all love . . .I dont eat no meat, no dairy, no sweetsOnly ripe vegetables, fresh fruit and whole wheatIm from the old school, my household smell like soul food, broCurried falafel, barbecued tofuNo fish though, no candy bars, no cigarettesOnly ganja and fresh-squeezed juice from orangesExercising daily to stay healthyAnd I rarely drink water out the tap, cause its filthyLentil soup is mental fruitAnd ginger root is good for the youtFresh veg-e-table with the mayatl stewSweet yam fries with the green calallooCareful how you season and prepare your foodsCause you dont wanna lose vitamins and miner-ulesAnd thats the jewelLife brings life, its valuable, so I eat what comesFrom the ground, its naturalLet your food be your medicine (uh huh)No excederin (uh uh)Strictly herb, generate in the sun, cause I got melaninAnd drink water, eight glasses a dayCause thats what they sayThey say you are what you eat, so I strive to be healthyMy goal in life is not to be rich or wealthyCause true wealth comes from good health, and wise waysWe got to start taking better care of ourselvesThey say you are what you eat, so I strive to be healthyMy goal in life is not to be rich or wealthyCause true wealth comes from good health, and wise waysWe got to start taking better care of ourselves, beHealthy yall . . .Yeah, yeah, yeah, hold the ***** up, yoWell take this little intermission, listen what the***** we gotta say, yknow?Word is bond son, niggaz been livin fat for too long, knowamsayin?Smokin bogeys, *****in drinkin all types of shitWailin out, not givin a ***** what they puttin in theyBodies, son, knowamsayin?bout time niggaz start thinkin about that shit, son, knowamsayin?That shit is *****in, makin us deteriorate, sonWord up, we gotta care bout our little babies an shit, sonNiggaz got kids to raise, straight upYa gotta start learnin yo self, learning bout ya health, sonLearnin this world we live in, kid, knowamsayin?Its time to start changin all that shit god, word upSo Im gonna leave yall niggaz on some shit like that, ya knowamean?Word up, yall niggaz better start usin yall minds anShit, kidPeace
