Album Name

The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill

Artist

Lauryn Hill

Genre

R&B/Soul

Release Date

1998.08.25

Release Agency

Sony Music

Forgive Them Father - Lauryn Hill
Forgive us our trespasses as
we forgive those that trespass
against us
Although them again we will
never never never trust
Dem no 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
thet 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
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
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
Sowe to
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 noh know wey dem do
Dem no know dem no know
Dem no know dem no know
Dem no know wey dem do