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Lauryn Hill( Lauryn Noelle Hill )
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Oh Jerusalem
Lyricist:Lauryn Hill
Oh, Jerusalem yeah Oh, Jerusalem Oh, Jerusalem Oh, Jerusalem
Realizing that there's no place else to go And there's nobody I know who can help me Text book solutions are so improbable 'Cuz everybody else is just as empty
Naked as the day that I was born, I tried to hide Behind education and philosophy Hopeless explanation to describe a situation I can't see because the world's on top of me
Oh, wretched man that I am, who will deliver me From the body of this death? Freeing me from dust, and the superficial trust Of an enemy that seeks to take my breath
Failing to connect, 'cuz I'm morally defective By reason of the God inside my head Causing me to see, only what pertains to me Believing I'm alive when I'm still dead
Limited to Earth, unable to find out my worth 'Cuz I can't see past my own vanity If I'm not included, then I just have to remove it From my mind because it has to be insanity
Oh, wretched man that I am, who will deliver me From the body of this death? Can I even factor, that I've only been an actor In this staged interpretation of this day
Focused on the shadow With my back turned to the light Too intelligent to see it's me in the way What a paradox, having God trapped in a box
All this time professing to be spiritual Naturally pretending That I'm actually defending God through my facade, only material
Oh, Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness That thou mayest be saved from thy deception How long, shall thy face those lies within thee Oh, Jerusalem, keeping thee from perfection
Submit to truth, leave the deception of thy youth So we can walk in the council of authority Forget the proof, a generation so aloof Only follow in the steps of the majority
Trust in the Lord, with all thy heart And lay not to thine own understanding in all thy ways Acknowledge Him, and He shall direct our paths Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com Be not wise in thine own eyes that you can't follow Him
We judge and condemn, just as ignorant as them Who religion tells us that we should ignore Perpetrating we're in covenant with Him Exposed by the very things that we adore
We grin and shake hands, then lay ambush for the man Who has a different point of view than us Infuriated 'cuz he doesn't understand Bringing up those things we don't want to discuss
Wise who do evil, we don't know how to do good Walking on in darkness running from the light, ey Led to believe, because we live in neighborhoods Telling us what's going on will be alright
Oh, so repressed, so convinced that I was blessed When I played with my game of Monopoly Oh, to suggest, that my life is still a mess Who reveal the pride I'm hiding is what's stopping me
Oh, Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness That thou mayest be saved from thy deception How long, shall thy face those lies within thee Oh, Jerusalem, keeping them from perfection
Abide in me and I in You, as the branch cannot bare Fruit of itself except in the vine I am the vine, ye are the branches, He that live in me And I in him, the same bring forth much fruit
But without me, you can do nothing Oh, Jerusalem, your traditions have deceived you I've chosen you, you haven't chosen me And whatsoever, you ask in my name He may give to you
But in vain they call my name, teaching doctrines just the same Justified among themselves But God knoweth the heart, what man esteems as smart Is an abomination to Emmanuel
Just repent, turn from selfish motivation So iniquity will not cause your demise Make you a new heart and a new spirit for why would He die Oh Jerusalem, please tell me why
I have no pleasure in the death of Him to die Says the Lord God where forth turn yourselves and live It's not the talkers, but the walkers in His word Are the only ones the Father will forgive
Oh, Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness That thou mayest be saved from thy deception How long, shall thy face those lies within thee Oh, Jerusalem, providing you no protection Oh, Jerusalem, oh, Jerusalem
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