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Same Strange Fruit
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R&B/Soul
Same Strange Fruit was released on January 30, 2026 by Rebelution as a part of the album We Made Soul USA
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Release DateJanuary 30, 2026
LabelRebelution
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM55

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Rebel Rae
Rebel Rae
Performer
Shelbie Nicholson
Shelbie Nicholson
Lead Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Elliot Osagie
Elliot Osagie
Songwriter
Shelbie Nicholson
Shelbie Nicholson
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Elliot Osagie
Elliot Osagie
Producer
James Kershaw
James Kershaw
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

Hello
Can you hear it
Its Almost a whisper
Strange fruit
Is still hanging
From them trees
In 2026
You thought time
Would cut it down
Thought calendars
Could clean the bark
But I still smell
The burn in the leaves
I still hear
The rope when the wind talks
They paint the tree trunks pretty
Call it progress
Plant a playground
Right beneath the branches
But I see the names
Stacked like seasons
Same brown faces
Same mama's screaming
They don't swing us
By the neck so loud now
They just choke us
On the evening news
Same strange fruit
Just a different market
Same old roots
In a fresh-pressed suit
Strange fruit still hanging
You can dress that tree in gold
Still the sap runs bitter
Still the story's being told
Strange fruit still hanging
We keep naming what we see
'cause if we stop this saying
They'll swear it's history
They built cameras
Where the torches used to be
Say
Smile for justice
While they aim and freeze
They put hashtags
Where our headstones used to lie
Trade our tears
For clicks and quiet sighs
Baby
I done marched
'til my knees turned gravel
I watched laws pass
Like Sunday traffic
But every time
I close these tired eyes
I see another child
Ripe before their time
Written by: Elliot Osagie, Shelbie Nicholson
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