The Mushroom Man

The Mushroom Man They call me the Mushroom Man (Why?) Cos I big up the Mushroom Gang (That's right) They call me the Mushroom Man (But I) Ain't gon take up much room fam They call me the Mushroom Man (Why?) Cos I big up the Mushroom Gang (That's right) They call me the Mushroom Man (But I) Ain't gon take up much room fam Us man better respect and protect our oldest ancestors Who pulled us from outta the waters so we can enter We can never forget to connect to our brothers and sisters Like the cotton that came across the waves to Manchester Fungi made us what we are today. Give Thanks to yer Instead wadda we do? Cut down these trees like we've not got a clue When we gon stop what we do? Fungi soaks up most of our CO2 So if they go Then we go too! Think this world's gone crazy like that Cee Lo tune Mama Earth deserves servants Time to be those dudes Insteada medicate let us meditate Insteada denigrate let us replicate Natures love that so we can all elevate Mushrooms innovate the way so why not get a plate? They call me the Mushroom Man (Why?) Cos I big up the Mushroom Gang (That's right) They call me the Mushroom Man (But I) Ain't gon take up much room fam They call me the Mushroom Man (Why?) Cos I big up the Mushroom Gang (That's right) They call me the Mushroom Man (But I) Ain't gon take up much room fam Cos it aint about me Wanna speak for those lil guys that hang by the trees Who put in that work just so we can be They do it for the love aint talking conditionally Turkey tail, Reiki have you in medicinal tea Chestnut, shiitake - tell me what's it gon be? Portabello - whata fellow Mushrooms, mushrooms, oh how I love you Show us. We can learn so much from you Mushrooms! Can't nobody touch you. Don't wanna touch you til I know how to pluck you right Until then I'ma buy premium Even if it affects my weekly sum Just tryna connect: Mycelium The tides of my mind went sky high like Poseidon The last time I went to try psilocybin This heaven's sent medicine so eloquently represents The intelligence of the elements It's evident we need to recompense for the development of Mankind As I recollect, didn't get to learn much about in school Preferred to be that fun guy Guess it's a testament to all of y'all Watch us break it down like fungi (Breakdown) They call me the Mushroom Man They call me the Mushroom Man Cos I speak to Mushrooms, damn Cos I speak to Mushrooms, damn Welcome to the Wood Wide Web An interconnected complex network similar to your internet Down here we have more connections in one square foot Than you have neurones in your head Under these beams of stored ancient light you call trees you may find us at peace If trees our the lungs of our planet then we are the arteries Breaking down matter so you can breathe Without us they'll be no cheese, no chocolate, no bread, no beer, no wine, no penicillin No forests and without forests they'll be no oxygen And without oxygen they'll be no life as we know it. So please look after us We don't ask for much All that we ask is that you replenish after you touch You may be surprised by how much we're alike Half our genes are the same Oneness is encoded in our dna So don't think of yourself as separate You know they say a being who plants a tree And does not expect to feel its shade has understood the meaning of life. So we will leave you with this What seeds will you leave for future generations? May the spores be with you