[00:00:00] Oh Jerusalem - Lauryn Hill (劳伦·希尔) [00:00:11] Oh Jerusalem yeah oh Jerusalem oh Jerusalem oh Jerusalem [00:00:33] Realizing that there's no place else to go [00:00:38] And there's nobody I know who can help me [00:00:43] Text book solutions are so improbable [00:00:48] Cuz everybody else is just as empty [00:00:54] Naked as the day that I was born I tried to hide [00:00:59] Behind education and philosophy [00:01:04] Hopeless explanation to describe a situation [00:01:09] I can't see because the world's on top of me [00:01:15] Oh wretched man that I am who will deliver me [00:01:20] From the body of this death [00:01:25] Freeing me from dust and the superficial trust [00:01:30] Of an enemy that seeks to take my breath [00:01:36] Failing to connect cuz I'm morally defect [00:01:41] By reason of the God inside my head [00:01:46] Causing me to see only what pertains to me [00:01:51] Believing I'm alive when I'm still dead [00:01:57] Limited to earth unable to find out my worth [00:02:01] Cuz I can't see past my own vanity [00:02:07] If I'm not included then I just have to remove it [00:02:12] From my mind because it has to be in sanity [00:02:18] Oh wretched man that I am who will deliver me [00:02:23] From the body of this death [00:02:28] Can I even factor that I've only been an actor [00:02:33] In this staged interpretation of this day [00:02:38] Focused on the shadow with my back turned to the light [00:02:43] Too intelligent to see it's me in the way [00:02:49] What a paradox having God trapped in a box [00:02:54] All this time professing to be spiritual [00:02:59] Naturally pretending that I'm actually defending [00:03:05] God ( ) don't need material [00:03:10] Oh Jerusalem wash thy heart from wickedness [00:03:15] That thou may be saved from thy deception [00:03:20] How long shall thy face those lies within thee [00:03:25] Oh Jerusalem keeping thee from perfection [00:03:31] Submit to truth leave the deception of thy youth [00:03:35] So we could walk in the council of authority [00:03:41] Forget the proof our generation so aloof [00:03:46] Only follow in the steps of the majority [00:03:51] Trust in the Lord with all thy heart [00:03:55] And lay not to thine oh an understanding in all thy ways [00:04:02] Acknowledge Him and He shall correct our paths [00:04:07] Be ( ) you can follow him [00:04:12] We judge and condemn just as ignorant as them [00:04:17] Who religion tells us that we should ignore [00:04:23] Perpetrating we're in covenant with Him [00:04:27] Exposed by the very things that we adore [00:04:32] We grin and shake hands then lay ambush for the man [00:04:37] Who has a different point of view then us [00:04:43] Infuriated cuz he doesn't understand [00:04:48] Bringing up those things we don't want to discuss [00:04:53] Why still do evil we don't know how to do good [00:04:58] Walking on in darkness running from the light ey [00:05:04] Led to believe because we live in neighborhoods [00:05:09] Telling us what's going on will be alright [00:05:14] Oh so repressed so convinced that I was blessed [00:05:19] When I played with my game of Monopoly [00:05:24] Oh to suggest that my life is still a mess [00:05:30] Who reveal the pride I'm hiding is what's stopping me [00:05:35] Oh Jerusalem wash thy heart from wickedness [00:05:40] That thou may be saved from thy deception [00:05:46] How long shall thy face those lies within thee [00:05:50] Oh Jerusalem keeping them from perfection [00:05:57] Abide in me and I in you as the branch cannot bare [00:06:01] Fruit of itself except in the vine [00:06:06] I am the vine ye are the branches He's in live in me [00:06:12] And I in him the same bring forth much fruit [00:06:17] Without me you can do nothing [00:06:20] Oh Jerusalem you're traditions have deceived you [00:06:28] I've chosen you you haven't chosen me [00:06:31] Do whatsoever you asking my name he may give to you [00:06:38] But in vain they call my name [00:06:41] Teaching doctrines just the same [00:06:43] Justified among themselves [00:06:49] But God know with the heart what man esteemed as smart