Strange Fruit

from Red & Black by Bad Alaskan

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This cover of "Strange Fruit" is the perfect blend of old school & new school.

Tools: Korg Minilogue, Microkorg, Novation circuit.

lyrics

Southern trees bear a strange fruit
with blood on the leaves & blood at the root.
Black bodies swingin in the southern breeze.
Strange fruit hangin from the poplar trees.

Pastoral scene of the gallant south
with the bulging eyes & the twisted mouth.
Scent of magnolia, sweet & fresh,
then the sudden smell of burning flesh.

Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck,
for the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
for the sun to rot, for the tree to drop.
This is a strange and bitter crop.

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from Red & Black, released June 19, 2023

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Bad Alaskan Lawrence, Kansas

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Alaska Native
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