I don't eat red meat but I'm not a vegetarian

I like ice cream/ but not much dairy 

'cause it gets in my nose

it makes me gotta blows

snot like a farmer and it gets on my clothes 

it's rather unsightly/ can even be frightening 

but cold medication/ should not be taken nightly

because everything dat I put in/ it comes out again

and if I eat lean/ it helps me stay thin 

check out my hair, I keep it dreaded

about my corn? I like it breaded 

hot from the oven? MMMM! you said it!

straight to the stomach my fuel is unleaded

But not fossil fuels/ I like olive oil 

I like my eggs scrambled/ I never eat 'em boiled

The way to my heart/ is with a garlic clove 

it smells hella sexy/ when it's on the kitchen stove


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Red beans and rice, red beans and rice, red beans and rice, 

make everything nice 

red beans and rice, red beans and rice, red beans and rice 

I could eat a plate twice. So nice. So nice. So nice.


Most people on the planet/ eat beans and rice

some can't afford beef or they think cows are nice 

If you talk table manners don't believe all they

told ya I eat with my fingers like an African soldier

I don't know which fork is for meat or for salad

I haven't got a clue when they say "whet your palate"

eat a lot a prunes it'll keep you loose

skin'll turn orange if you drink carrot juice

I think beef jerky tastes like a boot

when I'm on the street I chew a licorice root

and if I have a soar throat /then I eat ginger

and I will break bread /with those who are strangers

so come into my cave / tonight I will show you

food is for life / and life I will show you. 

If you're havin' problems/ I invite you here 

step into my kitchen /we will cook away your fears


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Amazing grace how sweet the sound that 

saved a wretch like me 

Dammit let's eat!

Mi casa es su casa. Mi cocina es su cocina.

you know what I meana! 


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get some boilin' water! Yeah!

get a pound aof beans! Yeah! 

get some spice and make it nice! Yeah! 

you know what I mean!


But if a friend has gas /then he's passin' 

it gives me a headache end I gotta take aspirin

it makes me dizzy/ I fix him fizzies 

to calm his stomach/ when it's feelin kinda

busy some like it white/but I like it brown 

I like spicy chicken/ and I can throw it down

chilis come red /and chilis come green 

when it's on the table/ I lick my plate clean

Then I drink a toast to the host and hostess

But first we give thanks/ to God the Mostest

'cause if I am a guest/ I always wash my plate

sip a sip a soda while I sing Amazing Grace

rings on my fingers /left round the tub

bass fulla bubbles/ bumpin like a wash tub

think about my troubles/ goin down the drain

dryin' up the puddles in the back of my brain

But...


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