take a tree

so here's an old ditty by paul robeson. it was originally a poem but then became a song with some beautiful instrumentation and lovely singing. one of the campuses at rutger's where i went to college was named after him but i never really knew much about him. but you'll certainly admit that a certain pop star and her 'urban' producer from the mid nineties must have heard this several times before recording what remains to be her biggest and most successful hit in the states.