Chords for Lauryn Hill "Mystery Of Iniquity

It's the mystery [Gm] of iniquity.
[Am] Said it's the misery [Gm] of iniquity.
[Am] Said it's the history [Gm] of iniquity.
[Am] Oh and it all, all [Gm] falls down. _
Telling you all, it all [Gm] falls down.
Oh and it [Gbm] _ _ all, all falls down.
Children, [Bm] _ eat your bread, [Gbm] little children.
_ _ [Bm] _ Eat your bread, [Am] cause it all, [Gm] all falls down. _
Telling you all, it all falls down.
Yo, y'all can't handle the truth in a courtroom of lies.
[Dm] Purges the jurors, witnesses, spies.
Crooked lawyers, false indictments, [Cm] publicizes, entertainment.
The arraignments, the [Am] subpoenas, high profile gladiators in bloodthirsty [Dm] arenas.
Into the dragon, black robe, crooked [Gm] balance.
Souls bought and sold and paroled for [Cm] 30 talents.
Court reporter, catch [Gm] the circus on a [Am] paper.
File it in the system, [Dm] not acknowledged by the maker.
Swearing by the bible, blatantly [Gm] blasphemous.
Publicly perpetrating that in God we [Cm] trust.
Cross examined by a master [Am] manipulator.
The faster, intimidated, receiving the judge's [Dm] favor.
Deceiving sabers, doing injury to their neighbors.
For status, gratis apparatus and legal waivers.
[Cm] Cedar bailiff, representing [G] security.
Holding the word of God, soliciting [Am] perjury.
The [Ebm] prosecution, political [D] prostitution.
The more money you [Gm] pay, the further away solution.
Legal actors, [Cm] Babylon's benefactors.
[Gm] Masquerading as the [Abm] agency for the [Am] clients.
Hypocritical giants, morally [Dm] non-compliant.
Orally armed to do bodily [Gm] harm.
Polluted, recruited and suited judicial charm.
And the defense isn't making any sense.
[Am] Faking the confidence of escaping the consequence.
That a defendant is [Dm] dependent on the system.
Totally void of judgment, purposely made to [Gm] twist them.
Emotional victim, blackmailed by the henchmen.
Framed by intentions, inventions whereby they lynch men.
[Dm] Into the false witness, slandering the accused.
Planting the seed, openly showing he's being [Gm] used.
To discredit, edit, [Cm] headed for the alleged.
[Gm] Smearing the individual, fearing the [E] unsuspected.
Expert witness, the paid [Dm] authority.
Made a priority to deceive the [Gm] majority.
Of disinterested [Cm] peers, dodging duty for years.
Hanging the process, waiting [Gm] to return to [Am] their careers.
Do we expect the [Dm] system made for the elect to possibly judge correct?
[D] Properly serve and protect?
Materially corrupt, [Gm] spiritually amuck.
Oblivious to the cause, prosperously [Am] bankrupt.
Blindly to the blind, guilty never [D] defined.
Our filthiest swine, a generation pure in its own [Gm] mind.
Legal extortion, blown out [Cm] of proportion.
In [G] vain deceit, the truth is [Am] obsolete.
Only [Dm] two positions, victimizer or victim.
Both end up in destruction, [Gm] trusting this crooked system.
Mafia with diplomas, keeping us in a [Cm] coma.
Trying to own a piece of the American corona.
[Am] The [F] revolving door, insanity every floor.
[Dm] Skies scraping, paper chasing, what are we [G] working for?
Empty traditions, reaching social positions.
[Gm] Teaching ambition to [G] support the family's superstition.
[Dm] When son of a bitch and his commander in chief.
The standard is steep, brethren can we candidly [G] speak?
Woe to the men, trusted in [Cm] the chariots.
Them leaning on horses, they run their [G] intellectual [Am] sources.
Counterfeit wisdom, creating the [Dm] illusion of freedom.
Confusion consumes them, every word they speak it [D] entombs them.
Outwardly white, internally they absent.
The [Cm] light, entrapped in the night.
[Gm] In bondage to the cane and the [Am] knife.
Under the curse, evil men waxing more [Dm] worse.
First facts and the first, angelic [G] being cast to the earth.
It's time for rebirth, burning up the branch [Cm] and the root.
The empty [Gm] pursuits of every tree bearing [A] the wrong fruit.
Turn to be ill, let him [Dm] who stole no longer steal.
Oh Israel, surrender for Jehovah [Gm] is real.
How long will you sleep?
Troubled by the thoughts that [Cm] you keep.
The idols you [G] heap, causing the [Abm] destruction you raise.
[E] Judgment has come, find it and return [Dm] to the one.
Abandon the flesh, self-interest.
[Gm] Broadway to death, pride and the greed.
Hiding, [Cm] subdividing the seed.
The knowledge [Gm] of good and evil is what caused [Abm] us to lie.
Caused us to [G] die, let your emotions be [Dm] crucified.
Renounce all your thoughts, repent and let your mind be retaught.
[G] You'll find what you sought was based on a [Cm] deception you bought.
A perception [Gm] of naught where the majority [Abm] remains caught.
Loving a lie, not [Dm] realizing an atom or die.
Loving a lie, not realizing an atom [Gm] or die.
Loving a lie, not realizing an atom or die.
Loving a lie, not realizing an atom or die.
[Am] It's the mystery of [Gm] iniquity.
_ [Am] That is the history [Gm] of iniquity.
[Am] That is the misery [Gm] of iniquity.
[Am] Oh, and it all _ [Gm] boils down.
I'm telling you [Abm] all, it all boils down.
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