The Walrus - Music With Big Fuckin' Teeth!

01/23/2008

Dead Prez Want To Make Sure You Eat Healthy

I'm tickled to know that militant Afrocentrics, Dead Prez, are subjectively such well balanced lyricists. These MC's can write a track about sticking up a pizza man and pulling off credit card fraud, ala "Hell Yeah (Pimp the System)." While at the same time they can also offer advice about food preparation and menu planning with "Be Healthy."

From their debut 2000 album, Let's Get Free, "Be Healthy" has always struck me as a song suited for an elementary school health class, or something you may find on Sesame Street. These hardened social philosophers soften ever so slightly while urging listeners to be "careful how you season and prepare your foods, cause you don't want to lose vitamins and minerals."

My own mother couldn't have said it better.