Breakin' Down Food

BREAKIN' DOWN FOOD
Copyright © John thomas Oaks and Vincent Harris, Caliora Music Publishing, JVH Music, ASCAP

From the album SYSTEM: ANATOMY

MY LIPS KEEP FOOD FROM DRIBBLIN’ DOWN MY CHIN
MY TEETH AND TONGUE GRIND THE FOOD REAL THIN
BICUSPIDS, CANINES, MOLARS AND INCISORS
ALL WORK TOGETHER TO CHEW YOUR APPETIZERS
BOLUS IS THE NAME FOR THE BALL OF WET FOOD
THAT I SWALLOW WITH A GULP—I DON’T MEAN TO BE RUDE
DIGESTION IS THE WAY THAT THE FOOD BREAKS DOWN
BREAK—BREAK—BREAKIN’ DOWN FOOD

SALIVARY GLANDS MAKE THE FOOD REAL SLICK
AMYLASE BREAKS THE STARCH DOWN QUICK
MALTOSE IS LEFT WHEN THE MOUTH’S WORK IS DONE
CHEWIN’ UP YOUR FOOD IS A WHOLE LOT OF FUN
THE PHARYNX JOINS UP THE THROAT AND MOUTH
THE LARYNX IS NEXT AS WE CONTINUE DOWN SOUTH
ESOPHAGUS LEADS TO THE STOMACH
WHERE WE’RE BREAK—BREAK—BREAKIN’ DOWN FOOD

FOOD’S GOTTA GO DOWN DEEP INSIDE
SO THE FUNDUS ON THE CARDIAC SPHINCTER OPENS WIDE
THE FUNDUS IS THE CURVE THAT LEADS TO THE TUMMY
WHERE THE JUICES CHURN THE VITTLES THAT TASTED SO YUMMY... PEPSINOGEN LAYS THERE WAITIN’ FOR A JOB
HCL ATTACKS THE FOOD LIKE A MOB
PEPSIN BREAKS DOWN THE PROTEIN
AS YOU’RE BREAK—BREAK—BREAKIN’ DOWN FOOD

GNAWIN’ UP THE FOOD INTO SMALLER, SMALLER BITS
CALL THE FLUID CHYME, BUT THE PROCESS DOESN’T QUIT
THE SPHINCTER OF PYLORIS OPENS UP ITS GATES
FOOD SPILLS OUT WHERE THE SMALL INTESTINE WAITS
DUODENUM, JEJUNUM, AND ILEUM ARE THE THREE
PARTS OF THE GUT WHERE NUTRITION’S PULLED FREE
BILE FROM THE GALL BLADDER FLOWS LIKE A RIVER
IT GETS THIS JUICE STRAIGHT OUT OF THE LIVER
WE’RE ALMOST FINISHED TALKIN’ ‘BOUT THE GUT
ONE MORE VERSE, AND WE’LL BE AT THE BUTT

PANCREATIC JUICES, AMYLASES AND LIPASES
CHYMOTRYPSIN AND NUCLEASES
AS THE WASTE MAKES ITS WAY TO THE VERY LAST STOP
IT PASSES THE APPENDIX JUST BEFORE THE FINAL DROP
THE LARGE INTESTINE’S SHORT, AND THE WASTE GOES ROLLIN’ THROUGH ASCENDING, TRANSVERSE, DESCENDING COLON...
THE RECTUM AND THE ANUS ARE THE LAST TWO STOPS
BREAK—BREAK—BREAKIN’ DOWN FOOD