S3E03 Bonus - Know MSG

What does MSG have in common with microprocessor coatings? You'll have to listen to our new episode "Chips and Chips" coming this week to find out.

Renee and Marc dive into the strange world of food and CPU coatings this week and that's the inspiration for the song. There was a time when MSG was vilified. It was so demonised that restaurants would put signs in their windows saying "No MSG." But you know what? MSG is in every savoury food you love. It's not going to kill you. Humans have been eating it and using it for centuries.

Lyrics below.

[Verse 1]
It's in the ham (it's in the ham)
It's in the cheese (it's in the cheese)
It's in the mushroom
It's in the anchovy

[Verse 2]
It's in the soy sauce (soy sauce)
It's in the soup (in the soup)
It's in the tomato
It's in the gravy

[Chorus]
I know, I know, MSG (I know)
Ain't no good, they say, for me
But lord, the taste is driving me
It's in everything I eat

[Verse 3]
Monosodium (monosodium)
Glutamate (glutamate)
Sitting on your plate

[Bridge]
They put a sign up in the window
Said no MSG
Mama's got it in the pot
And I ain't walked away
No MSG (no MSG)
I Know MSG (know MSG)

[Final Chorus]
I know, I know, MSG (I know)
Ain't no good, they say, for me
But lord, the taste is driving me
And it's in everything I eat

[Outro]
It's in the ham
It's in the cheese
Know MSG (know MSG)
In everything I eat

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It's in the ham. It's in the ham. It's in the cheese. It's in the cheese. It's in the mushroom. It's in the anchovy. It's in the soy sauce. It's in the soup. In the soup. It's in the tomato. It's in the gravy. I know, I know. MSG, I know. Ain't no good, they say on me. But Lord, the taste is driving me. It's in everything I eat. Monosodium. Monosodium. Glutamate. Glutamate sitting on Yep plate. They put us out in the window. Said no MSG. Mama's got it in the pot. And I ain't walked away. No MSG. No MSG. I know MSG. No MSG. I know, I know. MSG. I know. Ain't no good they say for me. But all the taste is driving me. And it's in everything I eat. It's in a ham. It's in a cheese. In everything I eat.