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Forgive Them Father Written by Lauryn Hill sampling “Concrete Jungle” by Bob Marley The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998) [* verses by Shelley Thunder]
Em[Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those that trespass against Although them again we will never, never, never trust Dem noh know weh dem do, dig out yuh hei while dem sticking like glue Fing, skin, grin while dem plotting fah you. True, Ah Who? ]
Forgive them Amfather, for they Cknow not what theyBm do EmBeware the Amfalse motives of others CBe careful of Bmthose who pretend to be EmBrothers And you Amnever suppose it’s those who arCe closest to you (toBm you) CThey say Emall the right things to gain their Cposition Then Emuse your kindness as their ammuGnition to shoot you down in the name of amDbition, they do oh
EmForgive them Amfather, for they Cknow not what theyBm do EmForgive them Amfather, for they Cknow not what theyBm do
[Lauryn Hill rap verse] 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
GLike Cain and Abel, CaesarD and Brutus, Jesus and DJudas, Back Emstabbers do this
Forgive them Amfather, for they Cknow not what theyBm do EmForgive them Amfather, for they Cknow not what theyBm do
EmIt took me Ama little while to discover CWolves in sheeBmp coats who pretend to be Emlovers AmMen who lack conscience will evenC lie to themselves, Bmto themselves CA friend oncEme said, and I fCound to be true That Emeveryday people, they Glie to God too So Dwhat makes you think, that they Dwon't lie to you
[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]
GWho's gonna be the one, gonna Dbe the one to say