Kanye West - Blood On The Leaves

[00:01.64] Strange fruit, hanging, from the poplar trees [00:12.12] (Blood on the leaves) [00:13.53] I just need to clear my mind now [00:15.56] It's been racin' since the summertime [00:18.05] And I'm holdin' down the summer now [00:20.36] And all I want is what I can't buy now [00:23.81] 'Cause I ain't got the money on me right now [00:26.36] And I told you to wait [00:29.10] Yeah I told you to wait [00:31.90] So I'mma need a little more time now [00:35.26] 'Cause I ain't got the money on me right now [00:37.79] And I thought you could wait [00:40.87] Yeah, I thought you could wait [00:43.42] These bitches surroundin' me [00:47.62] All want somethin' out me [00:52.17] Then they talk about me [00:54.37] Would be lost without me [00:57.04] We could've been somebody [00:59.77] Thought you'd be different 'bout it [01:02.62] Now I know you not it (I'm the poplar trees) [01:06.76] So let's get on with it [01:08.08] We could've been somebody [01:11.06] 'Stead you had to tell somebody [01:13.55] Let's take it back to the first party [01:16.64] When you tried your first molly [01:19.75] And came out of your body [01:22.21] And came out of your body [01:25.18] Running naked down the lobby [01:28.05] And you was screamin' that you love me [01:30.79] Before the limelight tore ya' [01:33.34] Before the limelight stole ya' [01:36.08] Remember we were so young [01:39.02] When I would hold you [01:43.77] Before the blood on the leaves [01:50.75] I know there ain't wrong with me [01:55.56] Something strange is happening [01:59.82] [02:04.13] You could've been somebody [02:06.16] We could've ugh, we could've been somebody [02:09.83] Or was it on the first party [02:12.63] When we tried our first molly [02:15.64] And came out of our body [02:18.20] And came out of our body [02:21.79] [02:24.61] Before they call lawyers [02:26.82] Before you tried to destroy us [02:29.62] How you gon' lie to the lawyer? [02:32.23] It's like I don't even know ya [02:34.90] I gotta bring it back to the 'nolia [02:37.38] Fuck them other niggas cause I'm down with my niggas [02:39.37] Fuck them other niggas cause I'm down with my niggas [02:42.35] Fuck them other niggas cause I'm down with my niggas [02:45.10] I ride with my niggas, I'll die for my... [02:49.35] [03:10.43] To all my second string bitches, try and get a baby [03:13.14] Trying to get a baby, now you talkin' crazy [03:16.26] I don't give a damn if you used to talk to Jay-Z [03:18.50] He ain't with you, he with Beyoncé, you need to stop actin' lazy [03:21.19] She Instagram herself like #BadBitchAlert [03:24.31] He Instagram his watch like #MadRichAlert [03:26.90] He only wanna see that ass in reverse [03:29.77] Two-thousand-dollar bag with no cash in your purse [03:32.54] Now you sittin' courtside, wifey on the other side [03:35.19] Gotta keep 'em separated, I call that apartheid [03:37.10] Then she said she impregnated, that's the night your heart died [03:40.74] Then you gotta go and tell your girl and report that [03:43.70] Main reason cause your pastor said you can't abort that [03:46.57] Now your driver say that new Benz you can't afford that [03:49.39] All that cocaine on the table you can't snort that [03:51.88] That going to that owing money that the court got [03:55.09] All in on that alimony, uh, yeah-yeah, she got you homie [04:00.34] 'Til death but do your part, unholy matrimony [04:08.60] Black bodies swinging in the Southern breeze, breeze [04:18.01] Strange fruit, fruit from the Poplar trees, from the Poplar trees [04:28.80] That summer night holding long and long, 'din long [04:39.11] No waiting for the summer rose and (breathe) [04:46.42] And breathe and breathe [04:50.11] And breathe and breathe [04:52.33] And breathe and breathe [04:58.20] [05:09.15] And live and learn [05:11.60] And live and learn [05:16.23] And living and living like I'm lonely [05:20.52] Lonely, lonely [05:24.06] And living all I have [05:28.32] And living all [05:33.57] And live [05:38.50] And live [05:42.23] [05:47.49] (Blood on the leaves) [05:52.86] Breeze, breeze [05:57.48]