Lauryn Hill - Mystery of iniquity
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Tuning: E A D G B E
[Chorus]
It's the Ammystery of inGmiquity...
Said it's the Ammisery of InGmequity...
Said it's the Amhistory of InGmequity...
When itAm all...
All falls Gmdown...
Telling you Amall...
It all fallsGm down
[Pre-Verse]
F#mChildren...
Bm Eat your bread
LittleF#m children...
Bm Eat your bread
Cause it Amall...
All falls Gmdown...
Telling you Amall...
It all falls Gmdown
[Verse]
Yo! Y'all cAman't handle the truth in a courtroom of lies Dm
Perjures the jurors, witness despiseGmd
Crooked lawyers, false indictments publicizeCmd
It's entertainment, the arraignments, the subpoenasAm
High profile gladiators in bloodthirsty arenasDm
Enter the Dragon, black-robe crooked-balanceGm
Souls bought and sold and paroled for thirty talents
Gm (Single strum)
Court reporter catch the circus on the paper
AmFile it in the system not acknowledged by the Maker
DmSwearing by the bible blatantly blasphemous
GmPublicly perpetrating that "In God We Trust"
CmCross-examined by a master manipulCmatoG#r Am
The faster intimidator receiving the judge's favor Dm
Deceiving sabers doing injury to their neighbors Gm
CmFor status, gratis, apparatus and legal waivers
See the bailiff representing security
Holding the word of God soliciting perjury
TheAm prosecution, political prostitution Dm
The more money you pay, the further away solution Gm
Legal actors, Babylon's benefactors Cm
Masquerading as the agency for the clientAms
Hypocritical giants, morally non-compliantAm
Orally armed to do bodily harmGm
Polluted, recruited and suited judicial charGmm
And the defense isn't making any senseAm
Faking the confidence of escaping the consequencAme
That a defendant is depending on the systemDm
Totally void of judgment purposely made to twist emGm'
Emotional victim blackmailed by the henchmCmen
Framed by intentions
Inventions whereby they lynch menAm
Enter the false witness slandering the accusedDm
Planting the seed openly showing he's being useGmd
To discredit, edit, headed for the alleged
CmSmearing the individual fearing the unsuspecGmtedAm
Expert witness (the paid authorityDm)
Made a priority to deceive the majoritGmy
Of disinterested peers, dodging duty for years
CmHating the process, waiting to be returning to their Gmcareers Am
Do we expect the system made for the eleAmct
To possibly judge correct? Properly serve and protect? Gm
Materially corrupt,Cm spiritually amuck
Oblivious to the cause, prosperously bankruptAm
Blind leading the blind, guilty never definedAm
Filthy as swine, a generation purin it's own mind
Legal exGmtortion, blown out of proportion Cm
In vein deceit, the truth is obsoletGme Am
Only two positions: victimizer or victimDm
Both end up in destruction trusting this crooked systemGm
Mafia with diplomas keeping us in a coma
Am (strum to the beat)
Trying to own a piece of the "American Corona"
The Revolving Door, insanity every floor
SkysDmcraping, paper chasing, what are we working for? Gm
Empty traditions, reaching social positionsCm
Teaching ambition to support the family superstition?
When theAm Son of Perdition is Commander in Chief Dm
The standard is Thief; brethren, can we candidly speak?
Woe to theGm men, trusted in the chariots dem'
Leaning onCm horses, they run their intellectual sources Am
Counterfeit wisdom creating the illusion of freedom
Confusion Dmconsumes them
Every word they speak it turns them outwardly whitGme
Internally they absent of light
Trapped in thCme night and bonded to the Cain of the night
Under the cursAme, evil men waxing more worse
FaDmxing the first, angelic being cast to the earth
It's Gmtime for rebirth, burnin up the branch and the root
The emptyCm pursuits of every tree bearing the wrong fruit
Turn and be Amhealed, let him who stole, no longer steaCml
Oh it's real, surrender for Jehovah is realGm
How long will you sleep, troubled by the thoughts that YOU keep
The idols CmYOU heap, causing the destruction you reGmap Am
Judgment has come, find it and return to the One
AbandoDmn the flesh, self-interest: Broadway to deathGm
Pride and the Greed, hide and subdividing the seed Cm
The knowledge of Good and Evil is what caused us to lieGm Am
Caused us to die, let your emotions be crucified
Renounce all your Dmthoughts
Repent and let your mind be re-taught
You'll find what you sGmought
Was based on the deception you Cmbought
A perception of naught where the majority remains GmcauAmght
Loving a AMlie, not realizing in Adam, all die
Loving a Dmlie, not realizing in Adam, all die
Loving a Gmlie, not realizing in Adam, all die
Loving a Cmlie, not realizing in Adam, all die
[Chorus]
It's theAm mystery of iGmniquity...
Said it's the Ammisery of InGmequity...
Said it's the Amhistory of InGmequity...
When itAm all...
All falls Gmdown...
Telling you Amall...
It all fallsGm down