Hill Lauryn Forgive Them Father Lyrics

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

 

 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 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 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