[Produced by TNGHT, Kanye West, Mike Dean, Arca, Carlos “6 July” Broady, and 88 Keys]
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[Intro: Nina Simone]
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Strange fruit hangin from the poplar trees
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Blood on the leaves
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[Verse 1]
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I just need to clear my mind now
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Its been racin since the summertime
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Now Im holdin down the summer now
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And all I want is what I cant buy now
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‘Cause I aint got the money on me right now
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And I told you to wait
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Yeah, I told you to wait
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So Ima need a little more time now
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‘Cause I aint got the money on me right now
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And I thought you could wait
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Yeah, I thought you could wait
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These bitches surroundin me (Black bodies)
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All want something out me
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Then they talk about me
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Would be lost without me
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We couldve been somebody
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Thought youd be different bout it
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Now I know you naughty
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So lets get on with it
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[Chorus 1]
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We couldve been somebody
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‘Stead, you had to tell somebody
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Lets take it back to the first party
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When you tried your first molly
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And came out of your body
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And came out of your body
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Running naked down the lobby
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And you were screamin that you love me
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Before the limelight tore ya
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Before the limelight stole ya
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Remember we were so young
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When I would hold you
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Before the blood on the leaves
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I know there aint wrong with me
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Something strange is happenin
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[Chorus 2]
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You couldve been somebody
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We couldve, ugh, we couldve been somebody
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Or was it on the first party
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When we tried our first molly
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And came out of our body
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And came out of our body
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Before they call lawyers
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Before you tried to destroy us
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How you gon lie to the lawyer?
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Its like I dont even know ya
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I gotta bring it back to the ‘nolia
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[Bridge]
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Fuck them other niggas cause Im down with my niggas
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Fuck them other niggas cause Im down with my niggas
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Fuck them other niggas cause Im down with my niggas
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I ride with my niggas, Id die for my…
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[Verse 2]
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To all my second-string bitches, tryin get a baby
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Tryin get a baby, now you talkin crazy
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I dont give a damn if you used to talk to JAY-Z
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He aint with you, he with Beyoncé, you need to stop actin lazy
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She Instagram herself like #BadBitchAlert
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He Instagram his watch like #MadRichAlert
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He only wanna see that ass in reverse
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Two-thousand-dollar bag with no cash in your purse
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Now you sittin courtside, wifey on the other side
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Gotta keep em separated, I call that apartheid
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Then she said she pregnant-ated, thats the night your heart died
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Then you gotta go into your girl and report that
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Main reason cause your pastor said you cant abort that
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Now your driver say that new Benz, you cant afford that
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All that cocaine on the table, you cant snort that
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That go into that, all that money that the court got
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All in on that alimony, uh
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Yeah-yeah, she got you, homie, yeah
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‘Til death, but do your part, uh
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Unholy matrimony
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[Outro]
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That summer night holdin long and long, ‘din long
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No waiting for the summer rose and (Breeze)
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And breathe and breathe
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And breathe and breathe
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And breathe and breathe
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And live and learn
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And live and learn
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And livin and livin like I’m lonely
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Lonely, lonely
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And livin all I have
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And livin all
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And live
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And live
