Letra de 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

Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

Them nuh know what them do

Dig out your eye, while I'm sticking like glue

Fling, skin, grin, while them plotting for you, true!

Forgive them, Father, for

They know not what they do (Me a tell you, dem nuh know)

Forgive them, Father, for

They know not what they do (Fi be real, them nuh have 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 wanna 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 gon' idolize the missing? To survive is to stay alive in the face of opposition

Even when they coming, gunning, I stand position

L 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, uhh

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 you, while dem rip you to shreds

Trample pon yuh heart, and leff you fi dead

Dem a yuh friend, who you depend pon, from way back when

([?] to grace)

But if you, gi' dem yuh back, then you must meet yuh end

Dem nuh know what dem do do

(Who's gonna be the one?)

Dem nuh know what dem do do

(Gotta be the one to say)

Dem nuh know, dem nuh know, dem nuh know, dem nuh know

Dem nuh know what dem do do

(Oh, yeah, oh)

(Forgive them, Father, forgive them, Father...)

What do you think?

It's just happenin', like things just become annoying and then like twenty-four-seven thinkin' about the girl and stuff like that and then you like— if you do somethin' wrong, you like, oh, does she hate me, right? You wanna know what they're thinkin'

Yeah, yeah

So, what— what she feels— hold! What she feels is important to you?

Right

Huh? Why?

Because... I want her to still love me, but, you know, but— see, but, I know she still like me 'cause, you know, a little eye contact. 'Cause I don't want her no more, but—

Alright, you talkin' 'bout somebody, you love somebody

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