Oh Jerusalem Lyrics - Mtv Unplugged 2.0 - 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 

'cause 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, 'cause I'm morally defect 

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 

'cause 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 in sanity 

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 (?) don't need material 

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, keeping thee from perfection 

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 majority 

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 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 then us 

Infuriated 'cause he doesn't understand 

Bringing up those things we don't want to discuss 

Why still 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 may 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'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 deceived 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 themselves 

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 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 and his word 

Are the only ones the Father will forgive 

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 

Oh Jerusalem...