Estranged Fruit

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 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