Lauryn Hill Lyrics
"Forgive
Them Father"
Forgive us our trespasses as we
forgive those that trespass against us
Although them again we will never, never,
never trust
Dem noh know weh dem do, dig out yuh
yei while dem sticking like glue,
Fling, skin, grin while dem plotting fah
you,
True, Ah Who???
Forgive them father for they
know not what they do
Forgive them father for they know not what they do
Beware
the false motives of others
Be careful of those who pretend to be brothers
And
you never suppose it's those who are closest to you, to you
They say all the
right things to gain their position
Then use your kindness as their ammunition
To
shoot you down in the name of ambition, they do
Forgive
them father for they know not what they do
Forgive them father for they know
not what they do
Why every Indian wanna be the chief?
Feed
a man 'til he's full and he still want beef
Give me grief, try to tief off
my piece
Why for you to increase, I must decrease?
If I treat you kindly
does it mean that I'm weak?
You hear me speak and think I won't take it to
the streets
I know enough cats that don't turn the other cheek
But I try
to keep it civilized like Menelik
And other African czars observing stars with
war scars
Get yours in this capitalistic system
So many caught or got bought
you can't list them
How you gonna idolize the missing?
To survive is to
stay alive in the face of opposition
Even when they comin' gunnin'
I stand
position
L's known the mission since conception
Let's free the people from
deception
If you looking for the answers
Then you gotta ask the questions
And
when I let go, my voice echoes through the ghetto
Sick of men trying to pull
strings like Geppetto
Why black people always be the ones to settle
March
through these streets like Soweto
Like Cain and Abel,
Caesar and Brutus, Jesus and Judas,
Backstabbers do this
Forgive
them father for they know not what they do
Forgive them father for they know
not what they do
It took me a little while to discover
Wolves
in sheep coats who pretend to be lovers
Men who lack conscience will even lie
to themselves, to themselves
A friend once said, and I found to be true
That
everyday people, they lie to God too
So what makes you think, that they won't
lie to you
Forgive them father for they know not
what they do
Forgive them, forgive them
Forgive them father for they know
not what they do
Forgive them, forgive them
Gwan
like dem love while dem rip yuh to shreds,
Trample pon yuh heart and lef yuh
fi dead,
Dem a yuh fren who yuh depen pon from way back when,
But if yuh
gi dem yuh back den yuh mus meet yuh end,
Dem noh know wey dem do,
Dem no
know, dem no know, dem no know,
Dem no know, dem no know wey dem do
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