Pete Rock

Strange Fruit

Pete Rock


featuring Tragedy  Cappadonna  Sticky Fingaz  

[Tragedy Khadafi]  

Subliminal thug ism  
Rap mysticism  
For all my niggas locked with life in state prison  
We combinate  like dime piece and sperm jizm  
Queens niggas going to trial  just sit and listen  
Fake crooks come in all types of categories  
Beat you in the head with lies and war stories  
Claiming that they name ring bells in territories  
With Fat Cat  Al Capone, Scarface  
Meanwhile they going to trial for rape case  
You weak, I punch you in face, cut your face  
You halfway, wanna-be thug, stay snitchin'  
Latin King, surgery-type with face stichin'  
The house game? missle style? play in the kitchen  
Allow me a god for real, Sallah position  
Performers, weak convicts you shouldn't fool wit  
They foul, snitchin' on the niggas they went to school wit  
But now, you catch them in the club on some smooth shit  
shuh-poww!! blow'em out the frame on some prove shit  
I'm not the type of cat you wanna fool wit  
It's strange fruit...  

Chorus  
[Tragedy Khadafi]  

The world plant seeds in my mind, strange fruit  
Survivalist, basing my life on rap loot, it's the truth  

[Pete Rock]  

The world plant seeds in my mind, strange fruit  
Survivalist, basing my life on rap loot, it's the truth  

[Tragedy Khadafi]  

The world plant seeds in my mind, strange fruit  
Survivalist, basing my life on rap loot, it's the truth  

[Pete Rock]  

The world plant seeds in my mind, strange fruit  
Survivalist, basing my life on rap loot, it's the truth  

[Cappadonna]  

A yo, the world plant seeds in my mind, then it's dart time  
They used to be crime, scary hours, robberies, and big chrome nines  
In Park Hill, when the cameras don't never be off  
I live inside the TV, these words is hot sauce  
Put your mind back together, Killa Bees of course  
Church in the studio life you can't abort  
Pete Rock and Don make the world pay child support  
You under arrest for giving out stress, i'm not settling for less  
Each bags?, Midtown, in the wild, wild west  
Representin some deep impact  
Aluminum Wu bat, I got it like dat, slang combat  
I plant two seeds in your head, kid stand back...  

[Chorus]  

[Pete Rock]  

What, What, What...  
The world plant seeds in my mind, strange fruit  
Survivalist, basing my life on rap loot, it's the truth  

[Tragedy Khadafi]  

The world plant seeds in my mind, strange fruit  
Survivalist, basing my life on rap loot, it's the truth  

[Pete Rock]  

The world plant seeds in my mind, strange fruit  
Survivalist, basing my life on rap loot, it's the truth  

[Tragedy Khadafi]  

The world plant seeds in my mind, strange fruit  
Survivalist, basing my life on rap loot, it's the truth  

[Sticky Fingaz]  

Nigga you know better  
I blow three thru ya ? sweater  
Fuck what you think  
I'm bustin you blink  
Nigga see me in the club, start ducking and tucking they link  
Like I resorted to robbing niggas for table scraps  
In the hood we do away with cats  
And in the river with throw away the gats  
Everywhere i go turn crime scene  
Knowhatimean?#!?  
Don't make me trip, make me flip  
Be so much bloodshed, you think i'm a Crip  
Even before I signed the contract, always was respected  
Couldn't give a fuck if a sold another record  
I ain't in it for the cream  
As wild as it seem  
Battle me and win? hahahah!!!! not in your dreams!!  
I'm still a young nigga  
Straight up dumb nigga  
For no apparent reason, pull out the gun nigga  
It's not the drugs nigga  
I just a thug nigga  
So whatcha wanna swallow,  
Your pride or your blood nigga??!!??  

Chorus  
[Tragedy Khadafi]  

The world plant seeds in my mind, strange fruit  
Survivalist, basing my life on rap loot, it's the truth  

[Pete Rock]  

The world plant seeds in my mind, strange fruit  
Survivalist, basing my life on rap loot, it's the truth  

[Tragedy Khadafi]  

The world plant seeds in my mind, strange fruit  
Survivalist, basing my life on rap loot, it's the truth  

[Pete Rock]  

The world plant seeds in my mind, strange fruit  
Survivalist, basing my life on rap loot, it's the truth