Blood On The Leaves
Kanye West
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Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees Blood on the leaves I just need to clear my mind now It's been racin' since the summertime Now I'm holdin' down the summer now And all I want is what I can't buy now Cause I ain't got the money on me right now And I told you to wait Yeah I told you to wait So I'mma need a little more time now Cause I ain't got the money on me right now And I thought you could wait Yeah, I thought you could wait These bitches surroundin' me All want somethin' out me Then they talk about me Would be lost without me We could've been somebody Thought you'd be different 'bout it Now I know you not it So let's get on with it We could've been somebody Instead you had to tell somebody Let's take it back to the first party When you tried your first molly And came out of your body And came out of your body Running naked down the lobby And you was screamin' that you love me Before the limelight tore ya Before the limelight stole ya Remember we were so young When I would hold you Before the glory I know there ain't wrong with me Something strange is happening You could've been somebody We could've ugh, we could've been somebody Or was it all our 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 lawyers? It's like I don't even know ya I gotta bring it back to the 'Nolia F*ck them other niggas cause I'm down with my niggas F*ck them other niggas cause I'm down with my niggas F*ck them other niggas cause I'm down with my niggas I ride with my niggas, I'll die for my To all my second string bitches, tryna 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 going to that owing money that the court got On and on that alimony, uh, yeah yeah, she got you homie, yeah 'Til death but do your part, uh, unholy matrimony
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Written by: Craig Stephen Lawson, Antony Von Williams, Lewis Allen, Ross Birchard, Calvin Broadus, Mike Dean, Awood Magic Johnson, Jr., Malik Yusef Jones, Craig Miller, Lunice F. Pierre, Elon Rutberg, Kanye Omari West, Cydel Young
Lyrics © MUSIC SALES CORPORATION, Ultra Tunes, WARP MUSIC LIMITED, BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING, WORDS & MUSIC A DIV OF BIG DEAL MUSIC LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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13 facts about this song
Song Release"Blood on the Leaves" is a track from Kanye West's sixth studio album, "Yeezus," released in June 2013.
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SampleThis song contains samples from Nina Simone's haunting rendition of "Strange Fruit," a political statement about racially motivated lynchings in the United States.
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Song RankingThe song peaked at number 91 on the Billboard US Hot 100.
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ProductionThe song was co-produced by Kanye West himself in collaboration with Hudson Mohawke, Lunice, Arca, Mike Dean, and Carlos Broady.
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Lyrical ThemesThe lyrics of "Blood on the Leaves" tell a story of failed relationships, infidelity, abortion, and the dark side of fame.
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PerformanceKanye West performed "Blood on the Leaves" at the VMAs in 2013 in front of a backdrop of Steve McQueen's photography.
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Critical ReceptionThe song received generally positive reviews from music critics, some hailing it as one of the best tracks from Yeezus.
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Song Length"Blood on the Leaves" is notably one of the longest songs on the album at 6 minutes and 0 seconds long.
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Song ContextThe introduction of the song includes a form of African-American music known as "Auto-Tune," a technique West famously used in his previous album, "808s & Heartbreak".
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CollaborationC-Murder and Magic contributed to the chorus of the song.
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Genre"Blood on the Leaves" is a fusion of several music genres, including trap, avant-garde, progressive pop, and industrial.
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VisualsThe single cover for "Blood on the Leaves" was a defaced CD, which was the same for all the songs on the album Yeezus.
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ControversyThe use of "Strange Fruit" in a song about a troubled romantic relationship was seen as controversial by some critics and listeners because of the track's historical significance and potent imagery of racial violence.
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