Hanging Tree

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
 Grenades 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 let me be another seed underneath the hanging tree
 Take these chains off me