Live Oak Tree

Digital Single • 2026

Live Oak Tree

Released on August 28, 2026

Live Oak Tree is a protest song confronting racialized state violence, character assassination, and the long afterlife of COINTELPRO—mourning movements targeted for destruction while insisting their legacy still has legs.

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Black people don't hang themselves
And we got plenty of proof
Always assassination of the character
Even when video show you the truth
Advocating for the devil his side hustle
And his daddy on payroll too
Prolly would take his phone and scrub that shit
I promise you this ain't new

Naptown Baby
Shout out to 4200 and all the troops
Tragedy flooding the state
I'm stuck in the Bay
Just questioning what I can do
I donated money to the State, a message
Gary was up in the corner and got intercepted
City neglected
But all of my people impressive and they came through

When afflicted classes are melanated
They get relegated to the worst place
Then they regulated on a different basis
So predated whips still hurtin'
They assimilated but they demonstrated
That they knew the rules will curse them
So they made a haven with the antiquated tools
Food, health, and dispersed them

But the FBI had a sleeper cell
Call it COINTEL and their purpose
Was to decimate enemies of the state
They infiltrate, and perverse some...

BANG BANG BANG
Leave him for dead
BANG BANG BANG
Leave him for dead
Sedated,
The movement shot in the head
Mutilated, but the shit got legs

Black people don't hang themselves
And we got plenty of proof
Always assassination of the character
Even when video show you the truth
Advocating for the devil his side hustle
And his daddy on payroll too
Prolly would take his phone and scrub that shit
I promise you this ain't new

BANG BANG BANG
Leave him for dead
BANG BANG BANG
Leave him for dead
Sedated,
The movement shot in the head
Mutilated, but the shit got legs

BANG BANG BANG
Leave him for dead
BANG BANG BANG
Leave him for dead
Sedated,
The movement shot in the head
Mutilated, but the shit got legs