It's hard to be a badass vegan ...

... Unless you're deadprez.

Isn't it funny how we link masculinity and physical toughness with going to a nice, pristine grocery store buying dead animal flesh wrapped in cellophane that some one has killed and butchered for you?

So I've always found the "warrior vegan" message in deadprez's song: Be Healthy sort of amusing, but not too amusing because I wouldn't want them get mad and leave me out of The Revolution whenever it goes down.

Unfortunately, I think they push the tough guy personas a little too hard (over compensating perhaps?). After rapping about the benefits of vegetables, they go on this crazy cursing tirade about how "We gotta care bout our little babies an shit." It goes on way too long so when they tell you to "hold the fuck up," considering not holding up at all.

I haven't done any proper cooking this week so I'm just going to leave you with this song.



It's all love . . . . .

I don't eat no meat, no dairy, no sweets
only ripe vegetables, fresh fruit and whole wheat
I'm from the old school, my household smell like soul food, bro
curried falafel, barbecued tofu
no fish though, no candy bars, no cigarettes
only ganja and fresh-squeezed juice from oranges
exercising daily to stay healthy
and I rarely drink water out the tap, cause it's filthy

Lentil soup is mental fruit
and ginger root is good for the yout'
Fresh veg-e-table with the mayatl stew
sweet yam fries with the green calalloo
careful how you season and prepare your foods
cause you don't wanna lose vitamins and miner-ules
and that's the jewel
life brings life, it's valuable, so I eat what comes
from the ground, it's natural
let your food be your medicine (uh huh)
no Excederin (uh uh)
strictly herb, generate in the sun, cause I got melanin
and drink water, eight glasses a day
cause that's what they say

They say you are what you eat, so I strive to be healthy
my goal in life is not to be rich or wealthy
cause true wealth comes from good health, and wise ways
we got to start taking better care of ourselves

They say you are what you eat, so I strive to be healthy
my goal in life is not to be rich or wealthy
cause true wealth comes from good health, and wise ways
we got to start taking better care of ourselves, be
healthy y'all . .