MICHAEL T ROBERTS
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I Like Flowers

The video was filmed by Berkeley High students in July 2025, and provides a free messaging tool for several amazing Bay Area conservation organizations. Check out the crowdfunding campaign (not currently accepting donations) for more details. 

And check out the I Like Flowers behind-the-scenes video! 

Find the audio version at these (and many other) streaming platforms: 

I Like Flowers on Spotify
I Like Flowers on Apple Music

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Or listen right here:
Music and lyrics by Michael T Roberts
Lead vocals by Will Hammond, Jr


LYRICS

Listen up, I wanna tell y’all somethin’

I got feelings to share
Deep-down feelings
Been holdin’ ‘em back too long
And I got to let ‘em out

It’s called emotional health, y’all
So prepare your eardrums
‘Cause I’ma speak my truth
I’ma tell the woooooorld…!! 
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Everyone's got a thang
That brings 'em to their knees
My thang's bright and beautiful
And makes food for honeybees

I like flowers
Should I say it again?
I like flowers

Buttercup fires me up
Clover knocks me over
And when my day’s been a disaster
I get right with the family Aster

I like flowers
I ain’t afraid to sing it out
I like flowers
Cali poppies make me shout

Elderflower gives me power
Manzanita’s sweet-ah
Just send some rose straight up my nose
For an olfactory treat-ah

I like flowers
I like to smell ‘em, and eat ‘em too
I like flowers
I like to cut ‘em, and give ‘em to you

So I toil in the soil
And I flirt with the dirt
Yeah, I’m the man with a watering can
And my plan is to stand with the bountiful land
I like--

—what do we like?

WE LIKE FLOWERS

And all the birds and the bees and the butterflies say:

Pollination all across the nation

Sage is all the rage
Baby blue eyes wins the prize
‘Cause there ain’t no finer thing
Than a garden in the spring

I like flowers
Everybody sing it loud
​I like flowers
Sing it out if the birds and the bees and the butterflies make you proud
Sing it out

Say it loud: WE LIKE FLOWERS

I like flowers

Project Partners

• Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour (East Bay, CA)
• Golden Gate Bird Alliance (Berkeley, CA)
• Nature in the City (San Francisco, CA)
​• The Watershed Nursery (Richmond, CA) 
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