Forgive Them Father Lyrics - Singles - Lauryn Hill

Forgive us our trespasses 

As we forgive those that trespass against us 

Although them again we will never never never trust 

Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo! 

Them not know what them do 

Big out to yi while I'm stickin' like glue 

Fling skin grin while them plotting for you, true! 

Forgive them father for they know not what they do 

(Me nah tellin' them no more) 

Forgive them father for they know not what they do 

(Be real, them not a clue!) 

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 

Oh 

Forgive them father for they know not what they do 

Forgive them father for they know not what they do 

Why every Indian want to be the chief? 

Feed a man 'til he 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, uh 

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 dem, forgive dem) 

Forgive them father for they know not what they do 

(Forgive dem, forgive dem) 

Gwan like dem love while dem rip you to shreds 

Trample pon yuh heart and lef yuh fi dead 

Dem a-yuh friend who yuh depen pon from way back when 

But if you, gi dem yuh back dem yuh mus meet yuh end 

Dem not know what dem do do 

Dem not know what dem do do 

Dem not know, dem not know, dem not know, dem not know 

Dem not know what dem do do 

(Forgive them father, forgive them father)