Lyrics

Look around and you’ll probably see a ‘lil purple flower
With heart-shaped leaves and anti-cancer power
It smells like Violet, and that’s it’s name
Put it in your salad and you’ll up your game

Hey Yellow Dock, I think you’re green leaves rock
I put you in my juice ‘cause I think your flavor’s hot!
It’s a little bit sour, full of Vitamin C
With a dose of chlorophyll to keep my blood happy!

Woah Wild Spinach, you’re a dream come true
When I wanna make saag, yeah .. I come to you
Cause you’re so cool, you keep water on your leaves
And you offer up the gift of your edible seeds!

Hey Dandelion, you know I love you so!
Your bright, edible flowers make all my chakras glow!
And your root makes me hoot, cause it helps my bile flow
And your fresh, young leaves make my salad do si do, yo!
Ya make my salad do si do, yo!

Life in the purslane
Surely make you love your mind
Love in the purslane
Surely make you love you mind

Mint, you’re so magical
Your elevating scent is fantastical!
Yeah, you freshen my breath and make me wanna sing
You’re so versatile, I put you in everything!

Melissa Officialnalis, Lemon Balm
You smell so fresh, you rock me all night long
Yeah, you’re good for depression and ADD
And you can make a super-sad heart merry!

Oh Wild Mustard, must we ever be apart?
You’re so hot and spicy, yeah, you’re good for my heart
And everyone in your family is all good as gold
There’s no poisonous mustards, yeah I’m eatin’ you .. I’m sold!

Life in the purslane
Surely make you love your mind
Love in the purslane
Surely make you love you mind

Life in the purslane
Surely make you love your mind
Love in the purslane
Surely make you love you mind

Purslane, it was Gandhi’s favorite food
It can nourish your brain and elevate your mood
It’s high in Omega 3’s, EPA & DHA’s
Make some gazpacho and share it today, yeah!

There is a way to be
Natural like nature and resilient like a tree
So fuerte like a tree, yeah
There is a way to activate our DNA
Look all around and the medicine is found
It’s growing from the ground

They’re the plants we call ‘Weeds’
But if we could only see
They’re free food and medicine
For you .. and for me
‘Cause they’ve lived on .. thru the eons, yeah
A weed is a precious plant that’s yet to be understood, yeah
Let’s get to know those weeds that are growin’ in our neighborhood, yeah

Malva Neglecta, we won’t neglect you
‘Cause every part of you is edible, your cheese wheels too!
And your pink & white flowers brighten up my salad bowl
And your gelatinous nature, yeah, it soothes my soul

Stellaria Media, you’re the Chickweed
I really love to eat your fresh, young leaves
And your beautiful white flower, is edible it’s true
And you offer lecithin and some saponins too!

Japanese Knot Weed, you’re sweet nectar for the bees
You contain resveratrol and you can help with lyme disease
Gather in the early spring, it takes like rhubarb pie
And it’s leaves are very cooling, it can help to beautify!

Nettles! You’re so RAD!
You help with everything that feels really bad
Pain, stress, inflammation, infection too
Make a nettle juice, yeah, it’s good for you!

Life in the purslane
Surely make you love your mind
Love in the purslane
Surely make you love you mind

Life in the purslane
Surely make you love your mind
Love in the purslane
Surely make you love you mind