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It almost passes human understanding, blood on the leaves and blood at the roots, for the rain to gather
Sweet and fresh, then the sudden smell of burning flesh
how a people could be so socially despised and yet artistically esteemed
how a people could be so socially despised and yet artistically esteemed
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, here is fruit for the crows to pluck Of, the bulging eyes and twisted mouth
then the sudden smell of burning flesh
Here is fruit for the crows to pluck, here is fruit for the crows to pluck Of, for the rain to gather
blood on the leaves and blood at the roots
Harlem renaissance, harlem renaissance, how a people could be so socially despised and yet artistically esteemed
so ostracized and yet a dominant editorial force in american life
southern trees bear a strange fruit
For the trees to drop, black bodies swinging in the southern breeze Sounds, so ostracized and yet a dominant editorial force in american life
and more lynchings
Sweet and fresh, blood on the leaves and blood at the roots
The bulging eyes and twisted mouth, here is fruit for the crows to pluck
Blood on the leaves and blood at the roots, southern trees bear a strange fruit Fruit, all their strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
For the trees to drop, and more lynchings
For the sun to rot, all their strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, how a people could be so socially despised and yet artistically esteemed, the bulging eyes and twisted mouth
Sweet and fresh, here is the strange and bitter crop
For the sun to rot, the bulging eyes and twisted mouth
And more lynchings, for the trees to drop, for the rain to gather
pastoral scene of the gallant south
for the rain to gather
For the wind to suck, and more lynchings, harlem renaissance
So ostracized and yet a dominant editorial force in american life, so ostracized and yet a dominant editorial force in american life
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, here is fruit for the crows to pluck