"FORGIVE THEM FATHER" LAURYN HILL (1998)

What did you feel when you first heard this album? What did it make you think? How did it confirm or change what you believe? Chances are, it did something for you. I think Miseducation is one of the best concept albums ever recorded from beginning to end. It’s hard to pick just one song for my jukebox, but “Forgive Them Father” always struck me as going a level deeper. It’s Lauryn Hill trying to reconcile faith through her imperfections. It’s a peek behind the curtain of her soul. It’s the kind of song that leaves us wanting more solo stuff from Ms. Lauryn Hill. But we simply wait.

“Forgive us our trespasses. As we forgive those that trespass against us. Although them again we will never never never trust.”