Lauryn Hill - Forgive Them Father lyrics
[Lauryn Hill - Forgive Them Father lyrics]
Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive
Those that trespass against us
Although them again we will never, never
Never trust hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo!
Them nuh know what them do dig out your eye
While I'm sticking like glue
Fling, skin, grin, while them
Plotting for you, true!
Forgive them, Father, for
They know not what they do
(Me a tell you, dem nuh know)
Forgive them, Father, for
They know not what they do
(Fi be real, them nuh have a clue)
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 oh
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 till he 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 gon' idolize the
Missing? To survive is
To stay alive in the face of opposition
Even when they coming
Gunning 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, uhh
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 you
While dem rip you to shreds
Trample pon yuh heart, and leff you fi dead
Dem a yuh friend, who you depend pon
From way back when (to grace)
But if you, gi' dem yuh back
Then you must meet yuh end
Dem nuh know what dem do do
(Who's gonna be the one?)
Dem nuh know what dem do do
(Gotta be the one to say)
Dem nuh know, dem nuh know, dem nuh know
Dem nuh know dem nuh know what dem do do
(Oh, yeah, oh)
(Forgive them, Father, forgive them, Father)
Those that trespass against us
Although them again we will never, never
Never trust hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo!
Them nuh know what them do dig out your eye
While I'm sticking like glue
Fling, skin, grin, while them
Plotting for you, true!
Forgive them, Father, for
They know not what they do
(Me a tell you, dem nuh know)
Forgive them, Father, for
They know not what they do
(Fi be real, them nuh have a clue)
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 oh
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 till he 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 gon' idolize the
Missing? To survive is
To stay alive in the face of opposition
Even when they coming
Gunning 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, uhh
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 you
While dem rip you to shreds
Trample pon yuh heart, and leff you fi dead
Dem a yuh friend, who you depend pon
From way back when (to grace)
But if you, gi' dem yuh back
Then you must meet yuh end
Dem nuh know what dem do do
(Who's gonna be the one?)
Dem nuh know what dem do do
(Gotta be the one to say)
Dem nuh know, dem nuh know, dem nuh know
Dem nuh know dem nuh know what dem do do
(Oh, yeah, oh)
(Forgive them, Father, forgive them, Father)