It reminds me of Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit."

 

 

This song was originally written as a spiritual for the lynching scene in
"NO! The Rape Documentary."

 

Look What They Done Done

By Shannone Holt and Kevin Powell

 

Look what they done done to us

Look what they done done to us

Look what they done done to us, my God

 

They done hung us from the trees

They done hung us from the trees

They done hung us from the trees, my God

 

Tar and feathers on our bones

Tar and feathers on our bones

Tar and feathers on our bones, my God

 

They done set our souls on fire

They done set our souls on fire

They done set our souls on fire, my God

 

Our eyes done been eaten by them vultures

Our eyes done been eaten by them vultures

Our eyes done been eaten by them vultures, my God

 

So us running to the Promised Land

So us running to the Promised Land

So us running to the Promised Land, my God

 

But they freedom ain’t our freedom

But they freedom ain’t our freedom

But they freedom ain’t our freedom, my God

 

Us done gone and tooken my body

Us done gone and tooken my body

Us done gone and tooken my body, my God

 

Whatcha gone and done that for

Whatcha gone and done that for

Whatcha gone and done that for, my God

 

Look what they done done to us

Look what they done done to us

Look what they done done to us, my God

"It's rather haunting, this song."

 

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