[00:00.392]Producer:Arca/TNGHT/Carlos"6 July"Broady/Mike Dean/88-Keys/Kanye West[00:00.492]Writer:CyHi The Prynce/The world Famous Tony Williams/Malik Yusef/Elon Rutberg/Kanye West[00:00.692]Strange fruit hangin' from the poplar trees[00:12.109]Blood on the leaves[00:12.928]I just need to clear my mind now[00:15.045]It's been racin' since the summertime[00:17.909]Now I'm holdin' down the summer now[00:20.772]And all I want is what I can't buy now[00:23.690]'Cause I ain't got the money on me right now[00:26.603]And I told you to wait[00:29.166]Yeah, I told you to wait[00:31.977]So I'ma need a little more time now[00:35.125]'Cause I ain't got the money on me right now[00:37.733]And I thought you could wait[00:40.504]Yeah, I thought you could wait[00:43.498]These b!tches surroundin' me[00:48.322]All want something out me[00:51.434]Then they talk about me[00:54.112]Would be lost without me[00:56.915]We could've been somebody[00:59.666]Thought you'd be different 'bout it[01:02.527]Now I know you not it[01:05.170]So let's get on with it[01:08.154]We could've been somebody[01:10.578]'stead you had to tell somebody[01:13.288]Let's take it back to the first party[01:16.647]When you tried your first molly[01:19.262]And came out of your body[01:22.143]And came out of your body[01:24.926]Running naked down the lobby[01:27.633]And you was screamin' that you love me[01:30.512]Before the limelight tore ya[01:33.310]Before the limelight stole ya[01:36.028]Remember we were so young[01:38.873]When I would hold you[01:43.775]Before the blood on the leaves[01:49.746]I know there ain't wrong with me[01:55.059]Something strange is happenin'[02:04.031]You could've been somebody[02:06.605]We could've, ugh, we could've been somebody[02:09.697]Or was it on the first party[02:12.247]When we tried our first molly[02:15.121]And came out of our body[02:17.904]And came out of our body[02:23.714]Before they call lawyers[02:26.151]Before you tried to destroy us[02:29.030]How you gon' lie to the lawyer?[02:31.731]It's like I don't even know ya[02:34.272]I gotta bring it back to the 'nolia[02:36.539]**** them other n!ggas 'cause I'm down with my n!ggas[02:39.350]**** them other n!ggas 'cause I'm down with my n!ggas[02:42.175]**** them other n!ggas 'cause I'm down with my n!ggas[02:44.527]I ride with my n!ggas, I'd die for my...[03:09.549]To all my second-string b!tches, tryin' get a baby[03:12.681]Tryin' get a baby, now you talkin' crazy[03:15.582]I don't give a damn if you used to talk to JAY-Z[03:17.986]He ain't with you, he with Beyoncé[03:19.621]You need to stop actin' lazy[03:21.132]She Instagram herself like #BadB!tchAlert[03:23.821]He Instagram his watch like #MadRichAlert[03:26.619]He only wanna see that a*s in reverse[03:29.027]Two-thousand-dollar bag with no cash in your purse[03:32.341]Now you sittin' courtside, wifey on the other side[03:35.060]Gotta keep 'em separated, I call that apartheid[03:37.766]Then she said she pregnant-ated, that's the night your heart died[03:40.626]Then you gotta go and tell your girl and report that[03:43.501]Main reason 'cause your pastor said you can't abort that[03:46.136]Now your driver say that new Benz, you can't afford that[03:49.059]All that c*caine on the table, you can't snort that[03:51.758]That go into that, all that money that the court got[03:55.371]All in on that alimony, uh[03:58.092]Yeah-yeah, she got you, homie, yeah[04:00.824]'Til death, but do your part, uh[04:03.550]Unholy matrimony[04:28.333]That summer night holdin' long and long, 'din long[04:38.815]Now waiting for the summer rose and (Breathe)[04:45.504]And breathe and breathe[04:48.255]And breathe and breathe[04:54.400]And breathe and breathe[05:08.534]And live and learn[05:10.833]And live and learn[05:15.157]And livin' and livin' like I’m lonely[05:19.520]Lonely, lonely[05:22.159]And livin' all I have[05:28.015]And livin' all[05:33.215]And live[05:38.908]And live[05:48.908]Samples:R U Ready—TNGHT[05:48.908]Strange Fruit—Nina Simone