Forgive Them Father

Forgive us our trespasses As we forgive those that trespass against us Although them again we will never never never trust Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo! Them not know what them do Big out to yi while I'm stickin' like glue Fling skin grin while them plotting for you, true! Forgive them father for they know not what they do (Me nah tellin' them no more) Forgive them father for they know not what they do (Be real, them not a clue!) 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 Oh Forgive them father for they know not what they do Forgive them father for they know not what they do Why every Indian want to be the chief? Feed a man 'til he 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, uh Like Cain and Abel, Caesar and Brutus Jesus and Judas, backstabbers do this Forgive them father for they know not what they do 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 dem, forgive dem) Forgive them father for they know not what they do (Forgive dem, forgive dem) Gwan like dem love while dem rip you to shreds Trample pon yuh heart and lef yuh fi dead Dem a-yuh friend who yuh depen pon from way back when But if you, gi dem yuh back dem yuh mus meet yuh end Dem not know what dem do do Dem not know what dem do do Dem not know, dem not know, dem not know, dem not know Dem not know what dem do do (Forgive them father, forgive them father)