Estranged Fruit

[Verse 1]

The poplar trees are now populous

And not just in the south

Now fear has cloaked compassion

We must join forces and speak out

We may not see as many bodies

Hanging from the trees

Cause they're busy lynching our ideals

Our pride and liberties

[Verse 2]

Limbs across America

Might now bear less strange fruit

Because hangings out of fashion

When cops can justly shoot

[Verse 3]

This genocide of common sense

This hunt on decency

Is making hate seem great again

On FOX commentary

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Estranged fruit

Estranged fruit

Ohh-ohhh

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Estranged fruit

Estranged fruit

Ohh-ohhh

[Verse 4]

The Christian right and rural white

Needs someone to resent

Cause it's too hard to face that we're all

Owned by the one percent

Why don't everybody understand

That since all humans are tethered

When one race is dehumanized

We all get tarred and feather'd

Marginalizing minorities

Is just the rich using the poor

Don't let yourself be drafted

In this Trump'd up race war

Racism was invented

Bigotry is not innate

With no one to police the police

This must be a police state

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Estranged fruit

Hey man don't shoot

Estranged fruit

Hey man don't shoot

Estranged fruit

Hey man don't shoot

Estranged fruit

Hey man don't shoot

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Estranged fruit

Hey cop don't shoot

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Estranged fruit

Please cops don't shoot

Estranged fruit

Please cops don't shoot

Estranged fruit

Please cops don't shoot