Blood On The Leaves

[Intro: Nina Simone] Strange fruit hangin' from the poplar trees Blood on the leaves [Verse 1: Kanye West] I just need to clear my mind now It's been racin' since the summertime Now I'm holdin' down the summer now And all I want is what I can't buy now 'Cause I ain't got the money on me right now And I told you to wait Yeah, I told you to wait So I'ma need a little more time now 'Cause I ain't got the money on me right now And I thought you could wait Yeah, I thought you could wait These bitches surroundin' me (Black bodies) All want something out me Then they talk about me Would be lost without me We could've been somebody Thought you'd be differеnt 'bout it Now I know you naughty So let's get on with it [Verse 2: Kanye West & Nina Simone] We could'vе been somebody 'stead you had to tell somebody Let's take it back to the first party When you tried your first molly And came out of your body And came out of your body Running naked down the lobby And you was screamin' that you love me Before the limelight tore ya Before the limelight stole ya Remember we were so young When I would hold you Before the blood on the leaves I know there ain't wrong with me Something strange, happenin' Uh, ah, ay ay You could've been somebody We could've, ugh, we could've been somebody Or was it on the first party When we tried our first molly And came out of our body And came out of our body Before they call lawyers Before you tried to destroy us How you gon' lie to the lawyer? It's like I don't even know ya I gotta bring it back to the 'nolia Fuck them other niggas 'cause I'm down with my niggas Fuck them other niggas 'cause I'm down with my niggas Fuck them other niggas 'cause I'm down with my niggas I ride with my niggas, I'd die for my... Huh, huh, don't lose [?] love me (Strange fruit hanging) From the poplar trees, from the poplar trees [Outro: Nina Simone] Black bodies, swinging in the Southern breeze Breeze Strange fruit, hanging From the Poplar trees From the Poplar treeseng||[Intro: Nina Simone] Strange fruit hangin' from the poplar trees Blood on the leaves [Verse 1: Kanye West] I just need to clear my mind now It's been racin' since the summertime Now I'm holdin' down the summer now And all I want is what I can't buy now 'Cause I ain't got the money on me right now And I told you to wait Yeah, I told you to wait So I'ma need a little more time now 'Cause I ain't got the money on me right now And I thought you could wait Yeah, I thought you could wait These bitches surroundin' me (Black bodies) All want something out me Then they talk about me Would be lost without me We could've been somebody Thought you'd be different 'bout it Now I know you naughty So let's get on with it [Verse 2: Kanye West & Nina Simone] We could've been somebody 'stead you had to tell somebody Let's take it back to the first party When you tried your first molly And came out of your body And came out of your body Running naked down the lobby And you was screamin' that you love me Before the limelight tore ya Before the limelight stole ya Remember we were so young When I would hold you Before the blood on the leaves I know there ain't wrong with me Something strange, happenin' Uh, ah, ay ay You could've been somebody We could've, ugh, we could've been somebody Or was it on the first party When we tried our first molly And came out of our body And came out of our body Before they call lawyers Before you tried to destroy us How you gon' lie to the lawyer? It's like I don't even know ya I gotta bring it back to the 'nolia Fuck them other niggas 'cause I'm down with my niggas Fuck them other niggas 'cause I'm down with my niggas Fuck them other niggas 'cause I'm down with my niggas I ride with my niggas, I'd die for my... Huh, huh, don't lose [?] love me (Strange fruit hanging) From the poplar trees, from the poplar trees [Outro: Nina Simone] Black bodies, swinging in the Southern breeze Breeze Strange fruit, hanging From the Poplar trees From the Poplar trees