What Are We Made Of?

So what (what) Say what (what) what are we made of?
Funny thing (ha ha ha hm) about digestion
Food gets broken down and then turns into fuel
Parts become us: bones, arteries, and eyes
And the rest moves on through, that’s the rule
We all benefit from high-performance hamstrings
A sharp mind and strong jugular
So it makes sense that we might care about what we consume
To build, to burn, and stay regular
We’re made from building blocks of protein
Fat, carbs, minerals, and no, that’s not all
Vitamins and stuff we’re just learning about
Found in the foods we ate while we evolved
Most of us try to eat to get some balance
From foods that help us function, while tasting nice
On the face it seems like straightforward stuff
But what I’ve learned’s got me thinking twice
So what (what) are we made of?
What have we had to eat?
It effects the way we think, feel, or sprout
So what (what) are we made of?
Fed well we’re tough to beat
It helps to know our food throughout
And there’s no doubt
Sometimes we get a lot more than we had in mind
Making lunch or choosing a restaurant option
Toxins that can do us harm by causing cancers
Or others that can disrupt hormones and reproduction
Plus lots of corn and soy has recently been altered
With foreign genes to have or use pesticides
No one’s quite sure what they’ll impact in the end
But they’re in huh a ton of foods, and that’s no lie
Some whacked ingredients are listed on the label
Others times you have to look online, maybe read some research papers…
Making food in secret – shhh!
Doesn’t do much good me or the neighbors
So what (what) are we made of?
What have we had to eat?
It effects the way we think, feel, or sprout
So what (what) are we made of?
Fed well we’re tough to beat
Experiments: who’s finding out?
It’s tough without
So I prefer getting food from locals or my garden
Much easier to know what’s in it, and thus, me
And I cook a lot and choose helpful restaurants
When I eat it’s good to know just what’s in that recipe
If you are hearing this with ears made from corn
And crazy stuff snuck in the food and drinks your having
Know that there are other ways to go about it
Ideas to find and make food perhaps worth grabbing
So what (what) are we made of?
What have we had to eat?
It effects the way we think, feel, or sprout
So what (what) are we made of?
Fed well we’re tough to beat
What we put in has got to count
For others, too
So what (what) are we made of?
What have we had to eat?
With different fuel, we change the route
So what (what) are we made of?
Fed well we’re tough to beat
Let’s choose for good, inside and out
It’s on, no doubt
Alright song’s almost over. When it is, maybe we’ll make a snack: cut up some veggies, bust out some nut butters, maybe do ants on a log. That’s the kind of processed food we’re into – the kind that mainly gets processed in our digestive tracts. Oh yeah.