Lauryn Hill - 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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