Hanging Tree

[Verse 1]
Who's that man I see
Underneath the hanging tree?
He looks just like me, so tell me, am I really free?
Coulda been my mother crying for my brother
And everybody, everybody, everybody's praying for peace
But who's gonna protect us from the police?

[Chorus]
Keep these chains off me
Cause I don't wanna be another seed underneath the hanging tree
Pray for me
Lord, don't let me be another seed underneath the hanging tree

[Verse 2]
[?] on our bodies (the color of fruit)
Color of purple fruit (Shoo-doot)
Power of the purple (black power, black power)
Spent on the side and "don't give a damn about you"
I, I ask sometimes
Am I just living to die? (Living to die)
Cause the way they do my kind
I just wanna cry

[Chorus]
Chains off me
I don't wanna be another seed underneath the hanging tree
Pray for me
Lord, don't let me be another seed underneath the hanging tree