[Chorus]
Strange fruit in the trees, see it sway in the breeze
They buried our ancestors without expecting to reap
The blood cries from the soil, 'this was your brother to keep'
The seed beneath grows from the tears of those who weep
That's strange fruit, strange fruit
Strange fruit ain't it strange to you my ninja
That's strange fruit, strange fruit
Strange fruit
[Verse 1]
They be saying why you bringing up old stuff?, I say why you selective?
All of history's old, but why you want to forget this?
You say that about the Holocaust, or 9/11?
Besides, we ain't broach nothing, the cops made it relevant
'Cause thеy doing old stuff, our elders remеmber this
'Cause it isn't that old bruh, so let's not be negligent
But racism is over, 'cause Obama was President?
Though his wife's a gorilla and you gon' cancel your Netflix?
And suddenly protestants got a problem with protest?
And if we say "woke" then we get confused with a Hotep
And we've gotta be gnostics if we know stuff you don't know yet
Like Jesus was tempted before He put on His own flesh
It's there in the gospel but you gon' label us heretics
'Cause you're too blind or arrogant to admit yours has errs in it
The church has been airing its dirt of which it never repents
Because if it ever did, would so many be there with Pence?
The air is thick...
[Chorus]
Strange fruit in the trees, see it sway in the breeze
They buried our ancestors without expecting to reap
The blood cries from the soil, 'this was your brother to keep'
The seed beneath grows from the tears of those who weep
That's strange fruit, strange fruit
Strange fruit ain't it strange to you my ninja
That's strange fruit, strange fruit
Strange fruit
Ain't it strange to you?
[Verse 2]
They want that Martin Luther without the King
Ironically Luther wasn't that fond of James
The practice of gospel doctrine's inadequate
Is that faith in a casket or limited and inaccurate?
Something as basic as "love your neighbor" should not escape us because of presumptions about a stranger
Even Stephen was chosen to be a deacon
Because the treatment of Hellenists wasn't keeping it even Stevens
The problem was systematic in nature
An individual's repentance really wouldn't have changed much
Creating an office to delegate such
Prove that you lead with policy, later people can wake up
And we've been waiting for ages
They penalize us for poverty, offer pleas and we take 'em
Out of fear of the officer, our defenders we can't trust
Profiteers want you here, you'll be gone for years or go bankrupt
[Chorus]
Strange fruit in the trees, see it sway in the breeze
They buried our ancestors without expecting to reap
The blood cries from the soil, 'this was your brother to keep'
The seed beneath grows from the tears of those who weep
That's strange fruit, strange fruit
Strange fruit ain't it strange to you my ninja
That's strange fruit, strange fruit
Strange fruit
Ain't it strange to you?
[Verse 3]
White supremacy's not the cause of all our reality
But you have to see it effect our salaries and our calories
Our ancestors ain't come from Africa eating this
The scraps from the master's table became our ingredients
I ain't saying the onus isn't upon us
When ownership's the only escape from the reign of our owners
Or be lazy and vote for saviors to show up/ but our behavior does not negate reparations they owe us
And there's no escaping like Noah
'Cause every nation we came from has either been taken over
Or ruined by the influence of Europe we didn't grow up
Speaking our own language, the anguish could make you blow up
We've adopted philosophies from our colonizers
Colorism and classism keep us divided
If we point out the problem people call us divisive
But these offenses don't disappear 'cause you hide or deny it
[Chorus]
Strange fruit in the trees, see it sway in breeze
I thought I saw some figs all I really saw was some leaves
We tell them about their practice, they say it's better to preach
It's hard to believe believers who's love for neighbor is weak
That's strange fruit, strange fruit
Strange fruit ain't it strange to you my ninja
That's strange fruit, strange fruit
Strange fruit
Ain't it strange to you?
