Forgive Them Father
Intro:
Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those that trespass against
us
Although them never again we will never, never, never trust
Dem no know wha dem do
Dig out ya eye while I'm stickin' like glue
Fling, skin, grin while dem plottin' fah you
True, ah who?
Chorus:
Forgive them father for they know not what they do
Forgive them father for they know not what they do
Verse 1:
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
Chorus
Verse 2:
Why every Indian wanna be the chief?
Feed a man 'til he's full an' 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 thay 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 Geppetto
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
Chorus
Verse 3:
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
Chorus:
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
Verse 4:
Gwan like dem love while dem rip ya to shreds
Trample 'pon ya heart and leave ya fo' dead
Dem ah ya frien' who ya depen' 'pon from way back when
But if ya give dem ya back den ya meet ya end
Dem no know wha dem do
Dem no know wha dem do
Dem no know, dem no know, dem no know
Dem no know, dem no know wha dem do