Blake, Elijah - Hanging Tree Lyrics






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?

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

Brands 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

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

Take these chains off me, free me
I don't wanna be another seed underneath the hanging tree
Take these chains off me, free me
Lord don't wanna be another seed underneath the hanging tree
Take these chains off me





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  1. M.... L....

    😲 wow! I felt that

  2. T.... L....

    Not a fan of the singing but amazing lyrics.

  3. S.... C....

    This is such an Emotional song, .😭😭💔Why has my people had to suffer so much?😢This Young Man can really sing 🍃🍃🌳🌳🌳🍃⚘⚘⚘⚘

  4. L.... J....

    I'm just discovering this song & effort led by Harry Bellefonte! I listen to the radio & never heard this song. With all its faults I truly appreciate social media as the link came to me thru Facebook Messenger.

    Amazing production, singer & message.

  5. M.... ....

    Why am i just seeing this. This is too too dam powerful I love it brotha

  6. M.... J....

    Ohhh woowwwwwwwww..... woah..... this right hereeeeee

  7. K.... Y....

    classic blues and shows off the amazing voices and suffering of the REAL HEBREWS hung like our King and Messiah--hung on a TREE!

  8. Q.... H....

    listen up everybody

  9. 3.... E....

    Until We Push/Force The Hand Of "Sick Of The BS*" We Will Forever Live Under The BS* Of Oppression... Instead Of Finding Energy To Fight Each Other Over DUMB SH* We Find Reason To TALK When SH* That's REAL Is Thrown In Our Faces, Songs Like This Speak Volumes While Our Actions Only Say We're Complacent With Going Another 400yrs

  10. c.... t....

    Wow! This brings tears to my eyes

  11. t.... ....

    Dear Jaquees, think before you speak bro. #BravoElijah

  12. S.... M....

    I like that song so much

  13. S.... j....

    Love, Love This Song...."Am I Just Living Just To Die"...."Money Spent On Designer, Who Don't Give A Damn About Us"...Powerful

  14. P.... S....

    Millions gone hear him but millions ain't gone feel him💯 This song give me chills because ain't nothing but truth in these lyrics

  15. B.... P....

    Deep profound lyrics but too many don’t understand the message !

  16. A.... H....

    This song is a rip off of Willie Davis’s
    I learned my lesson

  17. m.... ....

    Wow...he speaks from my soul....

  18. L.... R....

    Color of purple fruit 😢 🙏 black power 😭

  19. L.... R....

    After listening to this song again I still have hope! Lord protect me I live in a world were only certain people matter! Dallas Police dont protect me they kill us.. I live here I see it .. I seen it !

  20. L.... C....

    Man this song....I'm speechless

  21. J.... S....

    Sad song and it's reality check in 2019 we are still going through similar struggles as our ancestors during slavery.

  22. N.... D....

    White people do us wrong we should be on top and make the world peaceful

  23. M.... P....

    This song always make me cry man....beautiful song!

  24. S.... H....

    This is a powerful song i been listening to him since i heard this " HANGING TREE" I HATE YOUNGER GENERATION WANT UNDERSTAND THIS

  25. T.... C....

    This 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  26. e.... ....

    This one for our beloved brother Colin Kaepernick. We're with you bro...

  27. A.... M....

    That voice omg

  28. P.... C....

    Painful and true....

  29. V.... U....

    My mother just sent me this song yesterday & when I heard it I just fell to my knee's & started crying & praying this song is so powerful so I just want to say thank you for sharing your pain with us

  30. K.... A....

    John 3:16-17

  31. K.... O....

    Sound gay man

  32. y.... ....

    😓how soulfulness 💗🖤💗🖤💗🖤

  33. j.... l....

    First time ever seen this video absolutely astonishing #ElijahBlake.

  34. C.... T....

    DEEP POWERFUL message! Love it......

  35. G.... J....

    What a shame and hypocrisy we have ! Pretending to advocate for water but taking wine ! Sucha music with strong and concrete vital message not getting the recognition it deserves unlike the nudity and Senseless music y'all promoting. Such a shame

  36. R.... M....

    I wish there was more songs in this generation

  37. D.... G....

    OMG, I love this song this Brother is soooooo cute and Handsome and BAD to the Bone God Bless you my Brother.

  38. L.... ....

    Really? You're making millions

  39. N.... D....

    Astounding & heartbreaking

  40. J.... D....

    I'm mesmerized by him one part jidenna one part DeAngelo all parts king

  41. A.... A....

    Aaliyah

  42. T.... ....

    Perfect song

  43. s.... l....

    Grammy!!!!!!

  44. U.... R....

    I love this artist, powerful message , live from india

  45. M.... H....

    Beautiful! Well done and powerful!

  46. J.... C....

    I'm sharing and asking my friends to share.

  47. c.... e....

    This should be a WAKEUP to STOP black on black murder rate. Parents are burying their black males at alarming rate. And not by the hands of the Police. We planting out own HANGING TREE

  48. B.... J....

    True talk.no way they gonna let this OUT

  49. E.... ....

    Can't stop listening

  50. K.... ....

    Still listening to this in 2019

  51. R.... S....

    It’s going Viral, I am one to speak on it, The nations summer lyrics for 2019, Less not these ignorant people heed the words then the song.

  52. H.... N....

    Very dope! Powerful voice & message

  53. n.... ....

    Absolutely beautiful....even in the midst of sorrowful truth.

  54. D.... J....

    Powerful song and video! I just discovered this song and video which came across my Facebook timeline this morning 6/20/19 Funny...I never seen this video on tv nor heard the song played on ANY black radio station ANYWHERE in 2 YEARS after it's release date. But Cardi B and Beyonce...I can't seem to escape.

  55. S.... P....

    I would love to know where this instrumental is at so I can do karaoke to it....

  56. B.... ....

    ❤❤❤❤

  57. L.... R....

    Powerful!!! Kudos brother!!!!!

  58. T.... s....

    All 142 people who dislike this song need to physically see what he is singing about

  59. C.... P....

    I live in the Caribbean and LOVE this song. I listened to it for three days on repeat. I now blast it everyday in my vehicle. I make everyone listen to it if they come in. They HAVE too. We're all we got. Love him!

  60. Y.... G....

    This vid was published 2 years ago and I am now hearing it and LISTENING to it for the first time! Wow! So powerful!

  61. l.... g....

    Sankofa my brother _

    l.... g....

    Ase O Ahshay

  62. A.... ....

    Blown Away

  63. N.... ....

    The wrath that's coming to this planet and to the people that are responsible for these atrocities will not receive mercy. Tetra-gram-ma-ton

  64. c.... T....

    What in the actual fuck 😳😳😍😍 at those vocals at the end

  65. T.... A....

    ... alright now Young Man!!!!!! C'mon!!!! 2019 & LISTENING!!!

    T.... A....

    Share people share!! Everyone got to share

  66. D.... P....

    YouTube needs to have a multiple like button

  67. T.... C....

    I love it 😢we are kings and queen we are gods children and we are the choose one beautiful song

  68. J.... S....

    Real ish....❤️❤️❤️

  69. f.... m....

    MY first time hearing this man sing with so much feelings and convection just blew me away with this song.  Stelar performance!

  70. M.... R....

    This song has such a powerful message..BLACKLIVESMATTER, GOT ME IN TEARS

  71. P.... H....

    You know who's underrated? Harry Belafonte. He has been on the battlefield for the longest time. He helped to take care of Dr. King's family after the media stopped paying attention and the King children wouldn't even let him attend Mrs. King's funeral. Instead, they let in the Clintons. In 2016, Harry Belafonte helped produce a video that shows the extreme hypocrisy and the extreme danger they represent to those of African descent around the world. (Hillary Clinton in Black History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uWu0nSsg7w) There were some things I would have added to the video like Rwanda. Bill Clinton along with the UN and other European heads of state, instead of helping to stop the slaughter, choice to have a debate about the meaning of genocide and the cost of helping. And, let us not forget Hillary's cackle at the news of Castro's death. Libya, with extreme prejudice, was bombarded heavily with bunker busters constantly for weeks, perhaps because Castro was building subterranean waterways that would re-hydrate the Sahara so that Africa would be able to feed herself. Anyway, Harry Belafonte has been a true friend and he needs more recognition. Peace.

  72. g.... ....

    Powerful and real in your face. He is speaking the thoughts and spirit of our people and our experience. We are the voice of our ancestors and words explain our thoughts and feelings in a way that can only be comprehended from the heart. Not flesh but what's right and we being the only people to not get any acknowledgement of anything but the same ole same ole daily the fight for human rights still goes on ty for this bro

  73. B.... L....

    Tuff tuff tune!!!!

  74. i.... e....

    damn im a black girl (11 years) and i get what your saying it was hard back then being black but a black woman damn your just dead

  75. S.... A....

    Wow!!! This is our truth and it hurts. Beautiful song just wow

  76. R.... B....

    Amazing voice. Creative visual expression throughout the video. Impressed.

  77. M.... #....

    What's unfortunate is no radio station will play it & label it too controversial!
    Even though it speaks the truth & reflects the world we live in today.

  78. S.... B....

    Nice song Google me. Facts

  79. T.... R....

    I love this 🗣🎵🎶🎛🔊💯💯💯💯

  80. M.... R....

    OMG I SO FELT THAT ANKI APTTMH MAY HE CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU....SHALOM

  81. G.... D....

    I've done YouTube converted this onto my playlist fam 🤣🤣🤣 ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 Yes Lord 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

  82. G.... D....

    I'M SHARING THIS VIDEO AS WE SPEAK AND YOU KEEP MAKING MUSIC LIKE THIS BROTHAH LOVE ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽 SENDS CHILLS DOWN MY SPINE AND THROUGHOUT MY BODY FAM... AND YOU KEEP MAKING MUSIC LIKE THIS... DON'T YOU BE DOUBLE MINDED WITH ENLIGHTENMENT BROTHAH... WE CAN'T RISK GOING BACK FROM HOW FAR HE HAS BROUGHT US FROM... 34 YEARS OLD AND YOU STAY IN THE 1611 OLD ENGLISH ORIGINAL TRANSLATION OF THE HOLY LAWS OF LIFE CALLED THE BIBLE AND HIT THOSE PRECEPTS AT THE END OF CERTAIN VERSES FOR HIS UNDERSTANDING AND NOT OUR OWN... THAT'S WHERE THE ELDERS HAVE BEEN MESSING UP AT... AT Y'ALL STAY AWAY FROM THESE RELIGIONS AND DENOMINATIONS... WORDS OF OUR MAKER IS ALLL WE EVER NEEDED IN CASE THERE'S SOMEONE HERE WHO NEEDS THE CONFIRMATION FROM THE HOLY TRINITY 🤣🤣🤣

  83. Y.... Y....

    Yahawahshi will protect us!!!!!!!!!!

  84. Y.... Y....

    We the real children of Israel 1619-2019 of August

  85. v.... c....

    Whoa, this is so deep. I wish all our Bruthas and Sisthas could hear this... Much Love

  86. B.... R....

    @LayedBakDFR

  87. C.... H....

    🙋🏽‍♀️🙏🙏I Also Agree With King A K..........

  88. C.... H....

    🙋🏽‍♀️🙏🙏🌹❤️I Love This Song!!!!I Listen To It Every Morning!!!!I Grew Up With Ten Brothers,,,,And I Have So Many Nephews And Cousins,,,Police Brutality Is To Common In Our Communities!!!!

  89. N.... E....

    Lyrics...💯 & vocals💯

  90. J.... S....

    Yes yes brother...

  91. t.... w....

    CANT GET ENOUGH OF THIS SONGS

  92. B.... M....

    So soulfull. Got it on repeat constantly.

  93. K.... T....

    Can't stop playing playing this

  94. P.... N....

    THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL SONG AND HE HAVE SOME PIPES ON HIM. THE YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY SHOULD LISTEN TO THIS. 69 NEXT MONTH

    P.... N....

    Young and old

  95. G.... S....

    i felt this 😢