Forgive Them Father Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am]Forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those
that trespass against [Am]us
Although them again
we will never never never trust
[Am]Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo!
Them not know what them do
Big out to yi while I'm [Am]stickin' like glue
Fling skin grin while them plotting for you,

[Chorus 1]
true!
[Am]Forgive them fathe[Dm]r
for they [F]know not what they [Em]do
(Me nah tellin' them no more)
[Am]Forgive them fathe[Dm]r
for they [F]know not what they [Em]do

[Verse 1]
(Be real, them not a clue!)
[Am]Beware the false[Dm] motives of others
[F]Be careful[Em] of those
who pretend to be [Am]brothers
And you [Dm]never suppose it's those
who are [F]closest to you
To [Em]you

[Pre-chorus 1]
[F]They say all[Am] the right things,
to gain their po[F]sition
Then [Am]use your kindness as their [C]ammunition
To shoot you down in the name of am[G]bition,

[Chorus 2]
they do, oh
[Am]Forgive them fathe[Dm]r
for they [F]know not what they [Em]do
[Am]Forgive them fathe[Dm]r
for they [F]know not what they [Em]do

[Verse 2]
[Am]Why every Indian want to be the chief?
Feed a man 'til he full and he still want beef
[Am]Give me grief, try to tief off my piece
Why for you to increase, I must decrease?
If I [Am]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 [Am]know enough cats
that don't turn the other cheek
But I try to keep it civilized like Menelik
And other [Am]African czars,
observing stars with war scars
Get yours in this capitalistic system
So many [Am]caught or got bought
you can't list them
How you gonna idolize the missing?
To survive is to stay alive
in the [Am]face of opposition
Even when they comin', gunnin'
I stand position
L's known the mission since con[Am]ception
Let's free the people from deception
If you looking for the answers
then you gotta ask the questions
And [Am]when I let go,
my voice echoes through the ghetto
Sick of men trying to pull strings like Geppetto
[Am]Why black people
always be the ones to settle?

[Pre-chorus 2]
March through these streets like Soweto, uh
[C]Like Cain and Abel,
Caesar and [G]Brutus

[Chorus 3]
Jesus and Judas, backstabbers
[Am](do this) Forgive them f[Dm]ather
for they [F]know not what they [Em]do
[Am]Forgive them fathe[Dm]r
for they [F]know not what they [Em]do

[Verse 3]
[Am]It took me a littl[Dm]e while to discover[F]
Wolves in [Em]sheep coats
who pretend [Am]to be lovers
[Dm]Men who lack conscience
will even [F]lie to themselves
To [Em]themselves

[Pre-chorus 3]
[F]A friend once sai[Am]d, and I found to [F]be true
That [Am]everyday people, they lie [C]to God too
So what makes you think,
that they [G]won't lie to you?

[Chorus 4]
[Am]Forgive them fathe[Dm]r
for they [F]know not what they [Em]do
(Forgive dem, forgive dem)
[Am]Forgive them fathe[Dm]r
for they [F]know not what they [Em]do

[Bridge 1]
(Forgive dem, forgive dem)
[Am]Gwan like dem love
while dem rip you to shreds
Trample pon yuh heart
and lef yuh fi dead
Dem a-yuh [Am]friend who yuh depen
pon from way back when
But if you, gi dem yuh back
dem yuh mus meet yuh end
Dem not [C]know what dem do
Dem not know what dem do
Dem not [G]know, dem not know,
dem not know, dem not know

[Outro 1]
Dem not know what dem do
[Am](Forgive them fath[Dm]er,
forgive them [F]father...)[Em]
[Am]
[Fade out]