Interlude 1 (Live)

Interlude 1 (Live) - Ms. Lauryn Hill

I'll tell you um

Every single one of these songs

Um is about me first

Me first um

It was

Like you know

There was a period of time where

I was just out you know just

Just gone from

The public and uh

I came to terms with the

Fact that

I had created this uh public persona this

Public illusion

And it became it uh it helped me hostage

Like

I couldn't be a real person because you're too afraid

Of you know what your your public will say

And at that point I had to do some dying

And really accept the fact that look this is who

I am and I have to be who I am

And all of us have a right to be who

We are and whenever we submit our will because our

Will is a gift it is given to us so

Whenever we submit our will to someone else's opinion you

Know I mean a part of us dies

You know and so it's been um it's been it

Actually hasn't been a long time it feels like a

Long time but it hasn't been a long time some

Miraculous things have happened in a

In a short amount of time

And uh I'm just very blessed to be able to

Be here today and get to share with you some

Of the things I've learned

I know some of it sounds almost cryptic and I

Been really you know just

Just really

Waiting for the patience and

And really just articulate where I'm coming from as simply as

Possible so I'm working on that

But um you know I know that you know that

There's

Uh you know that I know that that god doesn't

Lie and I know that he knows how to talk

To the hearts of people better than anybody else so

I don't worry about that 'cause whatever he relates to

Whomever is listening that's what supposed to be understood at

That time so it's all good

But um this is a song called oh jerusalem