Hook: Strange fruit in the trees, see it sway in 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

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 they doing old stuff, our elders remember 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 it's dirt of which it never repents/ because if it ever did would so many be there with Pence?// the air is thick...

Hook: Strange fruit in the trees, see it sway in 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//

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 ages, they penalize us for poverty, offer pleas and we take' em/ out of fear of the officer, our defender we cain't trust/ profiteers want you here you'll be gone for years or go bankrupt//

Hook: Strange fruit in the trees, see it sway in 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//

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 escaping 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//

Hook: 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 'em 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//