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CAPO 5 [Intro: Nina Simone]
FStrange fruit E7hangin'Am from the poplar treesEm Am AmBlood on the leaves
[Verse 1]
AmI just need to clear my Cmind now It's been racin' since the Fsummertime Now I'm holdin' down the summer E7now And all I want is what I can't buy Amnow Cause I ain't got the money on me Cright now And I told you to Fwait Yeah I told you to E7wait So I'mma need a little more time Amnow Cause I ain't got the money on me right Cnow And I thought you could Fwait Yeah, I thought you could E7wait These bitches surroundin' Fme E7All want something out Amme Then they talk about Emme Am Would be lost without Fme We could've been someboE7dy Thought you'd be different 'boutAm it Now I know you nEmot Amit
So let's get on with it [Verse 2]
AmWe could've been somebody C'stead you had to tell somebody FLet's take it back to the first party E7When you tried your first molly AmAnd came out of your body CAnd came out of your body FRunning naked down the lobby E7And you was screamin' that you love me AmBefore the limelight tore ya CBefore the limelight stole ya FRemember we were so young E7When I would hold you AmBefore the blood on the lCeaves FI know there ain't wrong with E7me Something strange is happenin'
[Verse 3] You could've been somebody We could've ugh, we could've been somebody Or was it on the first party When we tried our first molly And came out of our body And came out of our body Before they call lawyers Before you tried to destroy us How you gon' lie to the lawyer? It's like I don't even know ya I gotta bring it back to the 'nolia [Bridge] Fuck them other niggas cause I'm down with my niggas Fuck them other niggas cause I'm down with my niggas Fuck them other niggas cause I'm down with my niggas I ride with my niggas, I'd die for my... [Verse 4] To all my second string bitches, try and get a baby Trying to get a baby, now you talkin' crazy I don't give a damn if you used to talk to Jay Z He ain't with you, he with Beyoncé, you need to stop actin' lazy She Instagram herself like #BadBitchAlert He Instagram his watch like #MadRichAlert He only wanna see that ass in reverse Two-thousand-dollar bag with no cash in your purse Now you sittin' courtside, wifey on the other side Gotta keep 'em separated, I call that apartheid Then she said she impregnated, that's the night your heart died Then you gotta go and tell your girl and report that Main reason cause your pastor said you can't abort that Now your driver say that new Benz you can't afford that All that cocaine on the table you can't snort that That goin' to that owin' money that the court got All in on that alimony, uh, yeah-yeah, she got you homie 'til death but do your part, unholy matrimony [Outro] That summer night holdin' long and long, 'din long Now waiting for the summer rose and (breathe) And breathe and breathe And breathe and breathe And breathe and breathe And live and learn And live and learn And livin' and livin' like I’m lonely Lonely, lonely And livin' all I have And livin' all And live And live