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MS1E6 - "Forgive Them Father" (& more) by Lauryn Hill

Dissect

Cole Cuchna

Music, Society & Culture, Arts

4.910.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2018

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

We dissect a trio of songs in which Ms. Lauryn Hill presents a micro-narrative of heartbreak and forgiveness, a turning point in Miseducation's loose narrative. After establishing her pain on "When It Hurts So Bad", Ms. Hill turns her life over to god on "I Used to Love Him" and works toward forgiveness with the song "Forgive Them Father." Follow @dissectpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. Join our newsletter at dissectpodcast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

From Spotify Studios, this is Dissect, long-form musical analysis broken into short digestible

0:07.5

episodes. I'm your host Cole Kushna. Today we and final hour, two songs that cautioned against the superficial and self-indulgent behavior of Miss Hill's peers.

0:36.9

As Miss Education continues, Miss Hill pivots from the external, what she views around her, to the the internal what she feels within her.

0:45.3

Specifically with the album's next three tracks we get a micro narrative about love

0:50.1

heartbreak and the process of moving on through forgiveness.

0:54.1

As we'll see, this will become the crux of the album's loose narrative, the point at which Miss Hill

0:58.6

is able to accept what she cannot control, the point at which she turns herself over to God completely.

1:04.6

This micro-narrative begins with the heartbreaking lament, the subject of our first segment

1:08.6

of today's episode, When it Hurt so bad. When it hurts so bad.

1:15.0

When it hurts so bad.

1:17.0

Was it feels so good?

1:20.0

When it hurts so good.

1:21.0

When it hurts so bad When it hurts so bad

1:25.0

When it hurts so bad

1:27.0

when it hurts so bad

1:28.0

when it hurts so bad

1:30.0

Why does it feel so good?

1:43.0

Lyrically, when it hurts so bad, stands in stark contrast with the three songs we heard previously on miseducation. Whereas rap-centric songs like Final Hour contain abundance of metaphor,

1:47.0

cryptic biblical references, and double meanings,

1:50.0

when it hurts so bad, is straightforward and transparent, working to maximize the sentimental impact

1:55.1

of Miss Hill's emotions.

1:56.9

We heard the same lyrical simplicity on songs like X Factor and 2 Zion.

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