Oh Jerusalem
Oh Jerusalem

Oh Jerusalem chords by Lauryn Hill

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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Oh 
    Jerusalem 
    yeah, 
    oh 
    Jerusalem, 

    oh 
    Jerusalem, 
    oh 
    Jer
    usalem... 

    Verse 2

    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 

    'cause everybody 
    else 

    is just 
    as 
    empty 

    Naked 
    as the day 
    that I 
    was 
    born, 

    tried 
    to hide 

    ...behind 
    education 
    and 

    philo
    sophy 

    Hopeless 
    explanation 
    to 

    describe 
    a situation 

    can't see 
    because 
    the 

    world's 
    on 
    top 
    of me 

    Oh 
    wretched 
    man 
    that 
    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, 

    'cause 
    I'm morally 
    defect 

    By 
    reason 
    of 
    the God 
    in
    side 
    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 

    'cause 
    I... 
    can't 
    see 
    past 

    my 
    own van
    ity 

    If I'm 
    not 
    included, 

    then I just 
    have 
    to remove 
    it 

    From my 
    mind 
    because 
    it has 
    to be 
    in sanity 

    Oh 
    wretched 
    man 
    that 
    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 
    (?) don't need 
    ma
    terial 

    Oh 
    Jerus
    alem, 
    wash 
    Verse 3

    thy 
    heart 
    from wickedness 

    That 
    thou 
    may 
    be saved 

    from 
    thy deception 

    How 
    long, 
    shall 
    thy 
    face 

    those 
    lies 
    within 
    thee 

    Oh 
    Jer
    usalem, 

    keeping 
    thee 
    from 
    perfection 

    Verse 4

    Submit 
    to truth, 

    leave 
    the 
    deception 
    of 
    thy youth 

    So 
    we could 
    walk 
    in 

    the council 
    of 
    authority 

    Forget 
    the proof, 

    our generation 
    so 
    aloof 

    Only 
    follow 
    in the 
    steps 

    of the 
    major
    ity 

    Trust 
    in 
    the Lord, 
    with 
    all 
    thy 
    heart 

    And lay 
    not 
    to thine, 

    oh 
    an understanding 
    in 
    all thy 
    ways 

    Acknowledge 
    Him, 

    and 
    He shall 
    correct 
    our paths 

    Be 
    (?) you 
    can 
    follow 
    him 

    We 
    judge 
    and 
    condemn, 

    just 
    as ignorant 
    as them 

    Who religion 
    tells 
    us 
    that 
    we should 

    ig
    nore 

    Perpetrating 
    we're in 
    covenant 
    with 
    Him 

    Exposed 
    by the 
    very 

    things 
    that we 
    ad
    ore 

    We grin 
    and 
    shake 
    hands, 

    then lay 
    ambush 
    for 
    the man 

    Who has 
    a different 
    point 
    of 

    view 
    then us 

    Infuriated 
    'cause 
    he doesn't 
    understand 

    Bringing 
    up those 
    things we 

    don't 
    want to 
    dis
    cuss 

    Why 
    still do 
    evil, 

    we 
    don't 
    know how 
    to do 
    good 

    Walking 
    on 
    in darkness 
    running 
    from 
    the light, 

    ey 

    Led 
    to 
    believe, 

    be
    cause 
    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 
    Mono
    poly 

    Oh to 
    suggest, 
    that my 
    life 
    is still 
    a mess 

    Who re
    veal 
    the pride 
    I'm 
    hiding 

    is 
    what's 
    stopping 
    me 

    Oh 
    Jerus
    alem, 
    wash 
    Verse 5

    thy 
    heart 
    from 
    wickedness 

    That thou 
    may 
    be saved 

    from thy 
    deception 

    How long, 
    shall 
    thy 
    face 

    those 
    lies 
    within 
    thee 

    Oh 
    Jerus
    alem 
    keeping 

    them from 
    perfection 

    Verse 6
    Abide 
    in me 
    and 
    in 
    you, 

    as 
    the branch 
    cannot 
    bare 

    ...fruit 
    of 
    itself 
    except 
    in 
    the 
    vine 

    am the 
    vine, 
    ye 
    are 
    the branches, 

    He's 
    in live 
    in me 

    And I 
    in him, 
    the same 
    bring 

    forth 
    much 
    fruit 

    Without 
    me, 
    you can 
    do nothing 

    Oh 
    Jerusalem, 

    you're 
    traditions 
    have 
    de
    ceived 
    you 

    I've 
    chosen 
    you, 
    you 
    haven't 
    chosen 
    me 

    Do 
    whatsoever, 

    you asking 
    my name 
    he 
    may 
    give 
    to 
    you 

    But 
    in vain 
    they 
    call 
    my name 

    teaching 
    doctrines 
    just 
    the same 

    Justified 
    among 
    them
    selves 

    But 
    God 
    know 
    with 
    the heart, 

    what man 
    esteemed 
    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 
    Jerus
    alem, 
    please 
    tell 
    me why 

    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 
    and 
    his word 

    Are the 
    only 
    ones 
    the Father 
    will 
    forgive 

    Verse 7

    Oh 
    Jerusalem, 

    wash 
    thy 
    heart 
    from wickedness 

    That thou 
    may 
    be saved 

    from 
    thy 
    deception 

    How 
    long, 
    shall 
    thy face 

    those 
    lies 
    within 
    thee 

    Oh 
    Jerusalem, 
    providing 
    you 
    no 
    protection 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 8
    Oh 



    Outro 1
    Jerusalem... 


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