Strange Fruit - Danja Mowf
[Featuring Shawn Chapelle] Chorus: Shawn Chapelle Southern trees bare us strange fruit Blood on the leaves blood at the roots Black bodies swingin in the Southern breeze All that strange fruit hangin... hangin from the trees Verse One: Danja Mowf Check it out here's a story that's true (aight) They had me locked up for this crime I didn't do This white girl identified me as a rapist Had me wishin I was Harry Houdini, the great escapist But wait it's, more check it out the plot thickens (aight) Cause Shorty started tellin more tales than Charles Dickens She said I kidnapped her, trapped her, slapped her then after, I tapped her, I fled through the pasture NAH, not me cuz, knew I'd get acquitted But seemed every white face in town knew I did it or done it, shit about a hundred, approachin white figures bearin triggers screaming, "Kill that nigger!" I'm gettin nervous just a little concerned cause in the South where I'm from niggaz will get burned Cause them whitey's on some next shit -- some hang you by your neck shit Oh well, I'm in jail man; I figure I'm protected (right..) Chorus Verse Two: Danja Mowf Yeah, should have expected not to trust the police Them cops ain't even yell "Freeze!" they just gave the mob the keys (uh) They beat me like I stole somethin, pistol-whipped me like a stickup Tied my hands behind my back, tied my feet to the bumper of a pickup, truck, now I'm gettin shucked like corn Bein drug through the town, face down to the gravel, my clothes and skin unravel I guess I'm guilty, the lynch mob dropped the gavel They took me to a tree, hung me naked by my wrists When I beg and I plead I can't take i
Artist: Danja Mowf
Title: Strange Fruit