Forgive Them Father

Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those that trespass against us
 Although them again we will never, never, never trust
 Dem now, know weh dem do, dig out yuh yei while dem sticking like glue
 Fling, skind, grin while dem plotting fah you
 True, Ah Who?
 Forgive them Father for they know not what they do
 Forgive them Father for they know not what they do
 
 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
 
 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'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 meant 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 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 Gepetto
 Why black people always be the ones to settle
 March through these streets like Soweto
 Like Cain and Abel, Caesar and Brutus, Jesus and Judas
 Backstabbers do this
 Forgive them Father for they know not what they do
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 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 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 meef yuh end
 Dem noh know wey dem do
 Dem no know, dem no know, dem no know
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 Dem no konw, dem no know wey dem do