.... Realizing that theres no place else to go And theres 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 cant see because the worlds 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 Im morally defective By reason of the God inside my head Causing me to see, only what pertains to me Believing Im alive when Im still dead Limited to Earth, unable to find out my worth Cuz I cant see past my own vanity If Im 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 Ive 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 its me in the way What a paradox, having God trapped in a box All this time professing to be spiritual Naturally pretending That Im 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 Be not wise in thine own eyes that you cant follow Him We judge and condemn, just as ignorant as them Who religion tells us that we should ignore Perpetrating were 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 doesnt understand Bringing up those things we dont want to discuss Wise who do evil, we dont know how to do good Walking on in darkness running from the light, ey Led to believe, because we live in neighborhoods Telling us whats 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 Im hiding is whats 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 Ive chosen you, you havent 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 Its 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 Read more: Lauryn Hill - Oh Jerusalem Lyrics | MetroLyrics https://youtube/watch?v=DcbFhvSXf04
Posted on: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 09:16:37 +0000
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