Lauryn Hill: Forgive them father

Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those that trespass againstusAlthough them again we will never, never, never trustDem now, know weh dem do, dig out yuh yei while dem sticking like glueFling, skind, grin while dem plotting fah youTrue, Ah Who???Forgive them father for they know not what they doForgive them father for they know not what they doBeware the false motives of othersBe careful of those who pretend to be brothersAnd you never suppose it's those who are closest to you, to youThey say all the right things to gain their positionThen use your kindness as their ammunitionTo shoot you down in the name of ambition, they doForgive them father for they know not what they doForgive them father for they know not what they doWhy every Indian wanna be the chief?Feed a man 'til he's full and he still want beefWhy for you to increase, I must decrease?If I treat you kindly does it meant that I'm weak?I know enough cats that don't turn the other cheekBut I try to keep it civilized like MenelikAnd other African czars ovserving stars with war scarsGet yours in this capitalistic systemHow you gonna idolize the missing?To survive is to stay alive in the face of oppositionEven when they comin' gunnin'I stand positionL's known the mission since cinceptionLet's free the people from deceptionIf you looking for the answersThen you gotta ask the questionsAnd when I let go, my voice echoes throught hate ghetto Sick of mentrying to pull strings like GepettoWhy blacks people always be the ones to settleMarch through these streets like SowetroLike Cain and Abel, Caesar and Brutus, Jesus and JudasBackstabbers do thisForgive them father for they know not what they doForgive them father for they know not what they doIt took me a little while to discoverWolves in sheep coats who pretend to be loversMen who lack conscience will even lie to themselves, to themselvesA friend once said, and I found to be trueThat everyday people, they lie to God tooSo what makes you think, that they won't lie to youForgive them father for they know not what they doForgive them, forgive themForgive them father for they know not what they doForgive them, forgive themGwan like dem love while dem rip yuh to shredsTrample pon yuh heart and lef yuh fi deadDem a yuh fren who yuh depen pon from way back whenBut if yuh gi dem yuh back den yuh mus meef yuh endDem noh know wey dem doDem no know, dem no know, dem no knowDem no konw, dem no know wey dem do