Lloyd Banks: Forgive them father

Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those that trespass against usAlthough them again we will never, never, never trustDem 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 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 beefGive me grief, try to tief off my pieceWhy 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 streetsI know enough cats that don't turn the other cheekBut I try to keep it civilized like MenelikAnd other African czars observing stars with war scarsGet yours in this capitalistic systemSo many caught or got bought you can't list themHow 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 conceptionLet's free the people from deceptionIf you looking for the answersThen you gotta ask the questionsAnd when I let go, my voice echoes through the ghettoSick of men trying to pull strings like GeppettoWhy black people always be the ones to settleMarch through these streets like SowetoLike Cain and Abel, Caesar and Brutus, Jesus and Judas,Backstabbers 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 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