[INTRO] (bass and rim shot) You know... Everybody wants a harvest. Nobody wants to plant. (little laugh) Funny. [VERSE 1] You can't put sugar in the ground And wonder why the roses taste like rain You can't water every little fear And wonder why it's growing in your brain I know a man who feeds his anger Every morning with the news By lunchtime he's a millionaire In everything he's got to lose I know a woman feeding worry Like it's something she can trust Keeps a little piece of yesterday Polished up beneath the dust [PRE-CHORUS] Tell me what you give your attention Tell me what you call your friend 'Cause whatever you keep feeding Gonna ask you for it again [CHORUS] What you feed Is what will grow What you water Starts to show Give your love And love gets roots Give your fear And fear bears fruit What you feed... That's what you know. [VERSE 2] I used to feed my ego Till that thing got way too fat Had it sitting at the table Like, "Excuse me, where's my hat?" I fed my doubt on compliments Fed my pride on being right Fed my loneliness attention Every single Friday night Then one day I got hungry For something I couldn't buy So I stopped feeding the mirror And started looking people in the eyes. [CHORUS] What you feed Is what will grow What you water Starts to show Give your love And love gets roots Give your fear And fear bears fruit What you feed... That's what you know. [BRIDGE] (groove strips down) Feed your mind something beautiful. Feed your heart something true. Feed your hands something useful. Feed your soul something new. Don't feed the rumor. Don't feed the hate. Don't feed the voice That tells you you're too late. 'Cause every little thing You keep alive... Is taking up space. [GROOVE BREAK] (bass + drums + clavinet) Yeah... Now that's a garden. Uh-huh. Don't need no green thumb. Just need to know What you've been growing. [FINAL CHORUS] What you feed Is what will grow What you water Starts to show Give your love And love gets roots Give your fear And fear bears fruit What you feed... That's what you know. [OUTRO] (Rhodes enters) So... Be careful what you give Your beautiful attention to. Some things... only know how to grow when you look away. (bass groove fades)
