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
Limbs across America
Might now bare less strange fruit
Because hanging's out of fashion
When cops can justly shoot
This genocide of common sense
This hunt on decency
Is making hate, seem great again
On FOX commentary
Estranged fruit
Estranged fruit
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Oh-ho, oh-ho, estranged fruit
Estranged fruit
Hey-hey, ho-hey
Oh
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 feathered?
Marginalizing minorities
Is just the rich using the poor
Don't let yourself be drafted (drafted)
In this Trumped up race war
Racism was invented (yeah, yeah)
Bigotry is not innate (no-no-no, no-no)
With no one to police the police (aw-aw-aw-aw!)
It must be a police state
Estranged fruit (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 (estranged fruit)
Hey cop, don't shoot (estranged fruit)
Please, cops, don't shoot (estranged fruit)
Please, cops, don't shoot (estranged fruit)
Please, cops, don't shoot