This music video idea was conceived, written, and performed by many of the City Green high school interns in the 2013 Growing Strong Summer ...
This music video idea was conceived, written, and performed by many of the City Green high school interns in the 2013 Growing Strong Summer Program. It was filmed at the learning garden at East Side Park in Paterson, NJ, and was made to promote healthy eating in urban areas. nnThe song is based on Macklemore's "Thrift Shop." We do not have the rights to the original music track. nnnLyrics:nnWhat, what, what, what... [repeated many times]nnBada, badada, badada, bada... [x9]nn[Hook:]nI'm bout to plant some seeds, nI got a bunch of seeds in my pocketnI- I- I'm planting, lookin for a harvest nGardening is awesomenNah, Walk up to the bed like, "What up? I got a water can!"nBut it's so hot, I really think I need a fan.nLook at this bed it's so dang weedy,ngotta pull em up before they get too greedy.nReach on in elbow deep, Pulling out those angry weeds Dressed in lime green, ncept my leader's shirts-- they're not green.nLavender: it really stinks. Al standin' next to me, nProlly should've watched out—nMan, look at all these bees- BzzzzzzznBut, shoot, we can head to the tents!nBite it. Cuppin' it, washin' it, 'bout to go and get some compliments.nHelping out all of the novices. nNo one else's been talkin' to em n'bout plants and farming, gardening.nI am teaching and tossing some veggies to em n& I really happy—Watch out for that Ditch! (Niyah)nnImma take your garden stylenImma take your garden stylenNo, for real, ask your counselor- can I have his overalls? Thank you (Erika)nDon't come down with a whole lot of jittersnYou sure will meet a variety of crittersnWe had a broken farm gatenWe fixed a broken farm gatenI brought a big bucket, then I brought a red capen Hello, hello, my peach girl, my fellownJohn Deere ain't got nothing on my career fo' sho'!nI could take some peppers, nmake them cool, sell those nThe farmers even be like, n"Aw, we need the water hose" n[Hook 2x:]nI'm bout to plant some seeds, nI got a bunch of seeds in my pocketnI- I- I'm planting, lookin for a harvest nGardening is awesomenWhat you know bout plantin' a beet in your gardennWhat you know bout sellin food at a bargainnI'm digging, I'm digging,nI'm searching right through that garbagenOne man's trash, that's another man's compostnThank your granddad for donating that nice heirloom- squash seednCause right now I'm lookin to feednI'm at the market, you can find me by the eggplantnI'm not, I'm not sick of searchin' for those new trans-plantsnYour grammy, your aunty, your momma, your mammynI'll take that fragrant, purple hissop, off the plant, nI'll rock that in my hot teanI picked a mint lead and I crushed it in my hot teanI pick the berries and I drop them in my hot tea nThey be like, "Oh, those nuggets look really good"nI'm like, "Yo that's from ammonia and some pink slime"nCorn's pesticide ridden, let's do some simple additionnGetting cancer from Monsanto is not on my "To-Do" list, SonnI call that getting lied to and tricked, SonnI call that getting poisoned by a businessnBut it's not much doughnbut getting sick's not a chance I would take on a GMO.nCity Green! Come take a look at the taters grownTryna bag it up for the farmers cuz they need the dough.nMan, they need the doughn nOne Team ... City Green... yeah!n[Hook:]nI'm bout to plant some seeds, nI got a bunch of seeds in my pocketnI- I- I'm planting, lookin for a harvest nGardening is awesomen[Bridge:]nI grew these tomatoes, nThey taste incrediblenLook how the salsa flows nFrom the garden down the roadnI grew these tomatoes, (darn right)nThey taste incredible (come on)nLook how the salsa flows (salsa flows!)nFrom the garden down the road (let's go)nn[Hook:]nI'm bout to plant some seeds, nI got a bunch of seeds in my pocketnI- I- I'm planting, lookin for a harvest nGardening is awesomenn"Is that City Green's garden?" Less