Lauryn Hill - Forgive Them Father(1998)

[00:00.56] Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those that trespass against us
[00:05.91] Although them again we will never, never, never trust
[00:11.57] Dem noh know weh dem do, dig out yuh yei while dem sticking like glue
[00:16.31] Fling, skin, grin while dem plotting fah you
[00:18.66] True, ah Who?
[00:20.58] Forgive them father for they know not what they do
[00:29.69] Forgive them father for they know not what they do
[00:40.07] Beware the false motives of others
[00:45.70] Be careful of those who pretend to be brothers
[00:51.03] And you never suppose it's those who are closest to you, to you
[01:00.61] They say all the right things to gain their position
[01:06.41] Then use your kindness as their ammunition
[01:11.08] To shoot you down in the name of ambition, they do
[01:18.40] Forgive them father for they know not what they do
[01:28.55] Forgive them father for they know not what they do
[01:37.85] Why every Indian wanna be the chief?
[01:40.85] Feed a man 'til he's full and he still want beef
[01:43.35] Give me grief, try to tief off my piece
[01:45.88] Why for you to increase, I must decrease?
[01:48.32] If I treat you kindly does it mean that I'm weak?
[01:50.72] You hear me speak and think I won't take it to the streets
[01:53.03] I know enough cats that don't turn the other cheek
[01:55.68] But I try to keep it civilized like Menelik
[01:57.93] And other African czars observing stars with war scars
[02:00.50] Get yours in this capitalistic system
[02:02.72] So many caught or got bought you can't list them
[02:05.03] How you gonna idolize the missing?
[02:06.88] To survive is to stay alive in the face of opposition
[02:09.17] Even when they comin' gunnin'
[02:10.85] I stand position
[02:11.89] L's known the mission since conception
[02:13.74] Let's free the people from deception
[02:15.27] If you looking for the answers
[02:16.56] Then you gotta ask the questions
[02:17.75] And when I let go, my voice echoes through the ghetto
[02:20.13] Sick of men trying to pull strings like Geppetto
[02:22.85] Why black people always be the ones to settle
[02:25.04] March through these streets like Soweto
[02:28.40] Like Cain and Abel, Caesar and Brutus, Jesus and Judas
[02:36.56] Backstabbers do this
[02:39.07] Forgive them father for they know not what they do
[02:47.01] Forgive them father for they know not what they do
[02:57.08] It took me a little while to discover
[03:03.35] Wolves in sheep coats who pretend to be lovers
[03:08.61] Men who lack conscience will even lie to themselves, to themselves
[03:17.53] A friend once said, and I found to be true
[03:23.41] That everyday people, they lie to God too
[03:28.07] So what makes you think, that they won't lie to you
[03:36.19] Forgive them father for they know not what they do
[03:44.59] Forgive them, forgive them
[03:46.39] Forgive them father for they know not what they do
[03:54.02] Forgive them, forgive them
[03:55.93] Gwan like dem love while dem rip yuh to shreds
[03:58.28] Trample pon yuh heart and lef yuh fi dead
[04:00.55] Dem a yuh fren who yuh depen pon from way back when
[04:02.24] But if yuh gi dem yuh back den yuh mus meet yuh end
[04:05.50] Dem noh know wey dem do
[04:09.99] Dem no know, dem no know, dem no know
[04:11.72] Dem no know, dem no know wey dem do
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