Forgive Them Father
Lauryn Hill"Forgive Them Father" is a song by Lauryn Hill, released in 1998 in the Pop genre. The song is 4:08 long and contains 58 lines and 516 words.
0:01Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those that trespass against us
0:07Although them again we will never never never trust
0:12Dem noh know weh dem do dig out yuh yei while dem sticking like glue
0:17Fling skin grin while dem plotting fah you
0:19True Ah Who
0:21Forgive them father for they know not what they do
0:31Forgive them father for they know not what they do
0:42Beware the false motives of others
0:46Be careful of those who pretend to be brothers
0:51And you never suppose it's those who are closest to you to you
0:57They say all the right things to gain their position
1:06Then use your kindness as their ammunition
1:11To s***t you down in the name of ambition they do
1:20Forgive them father for they know not what they do
1:29Forgive them father for they know not what they do
1:39Why every Indian wanna be the chief
1:41Feed a man 'til he's full and he still want beef
1:43Give me grief try to tief off my piece
1:46Why for you to increase I must decrease
1:48If I treat you kindly does it mean that I'm weak
1:51You hear me speak and think I won't take it to the streets
1:53I know enough cats that don't turn the other cheek
1:56But I try to keep it civilized like Menelik
1:58And other African czars observing stars with war scars
2:01Get yours in this capitalistic system
2:03So many caught or got bought you can't list them
2:05How you gonna idolize the missing
2:06To survive is to stay alive in the face of opposition
2:09Even when they comin' gunnin'
2:10I stand position
2:11L's known the mission since conception
2:13Let's free the people from deception
2:15If you looking for the answers
2:16Then you gotta ask the questions
2:18And when I let go my voice echoes through the ghetto
2:20Sick of men trying to pull strings like Geppetto
2:23Why black people always be the ones to settle
2:25March through these streets like Soweto
2:29Like Cain and Abel Caesar and Brutus Jesus and Judas
2:37Backstabbers do this
2:39Forgive them father for they know not what they do
2:48Forgive them father for they know not what they do
2:59It took me a little while to discover
3:04Wolves in sheep coats who pretend to be lovers
3:09Men who lack conscience will even lie to themselves to themselves
3:18A friend once said and I found to be true
3:23That everyday people they lie to God too
3:28So what makes you think that they won't lie to you
3:37Forgive them father for they know not what they do
3:46Forgive them forgive them
3:49Forgive them father for they know not what they do
3:55Forgive them forgive them
3:56Gwan like dem love while dem rip yuh to shreds
3:58Trample pon yuh heart and lef yuh fi dead
4:01Dem a yuh fren who yuh depen pon from way back when
4:03But if yuh gi dem yuh back den yuh mus meet yuh end
4:05Dem noh know wey dem do
4:08Dem no know dem no know dem no know dem no know dem no know wey dem do
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 s***t 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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