Forgive Them Father Chords

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Em[Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those that trespass against

Although them again we will never, never, never trust

Dem noh know weh dem do, dig out yuh hei while dem sticking like glue

Fing, skin, grin while dem plotting fah you. True, Ah Who? ]

 Forgive them Amfather, for they Cknow not what theyBm do

EmBeware the Amfalse motives of others

CBe careful of Bmthose who pretend to be EmBrothers

 And you Amnever suppose it’s those who are Cclosest to you (to yBmou)

CThey say Emall the right things to gain their Cposition

 Then Emuse your kindness as their ammuGnition to shoot you down

 in the name of amDbition, they do oh

EmForgive them Amfather, for they Cknow not what theyBm do

EmForgive them Amfather, for they Cknow not what theyBm do

[Lauryn Hill rap verse]

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

GLike Cain and Abel, CaesarD and Brutus, Jesus and DJudas,

 Back Emstabbers do this

 Forgive them Amfather, for they Cknow not what theyBm do

EmForgive them Amfather, for they Cknow not what theyBm do

EmIt took me Ama little while to discover

CWolves in sheeBmp coats who pretend to be Emlovers

AmMen who lack conscience will evenC lie to themselves, Bmto themselves

CA friend oncEme said, and I fCound to be true

 That Emeveryday people, they Glie to God too

 So Dwhat makes you think, that they Dwon't lie to you

[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]

GWho's gonna be the one, gonna Dbe the one to say