Baby, you understand me now
If sometimes you see that I'm mad
No one can always be an angel
When everything goes wrong you
see some bad
Well I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
[Common]
Yeah, uh (Misunderstood)
We do this, for the people that walk that path
Tryna get to their dream, yeah, uh (oh)
He
stood on the corner with the rest of them
Though he knew that this corner wasn't the best of him
Hard streets and a life that
crested him
Dirt police domestic beefs that's festerin
He knew the President wadn't addressin him
Though dead presidents
was undressin him
Two kids from hot sex no protection and
People don't see how AIDS is affectin 'em
It get hard to get the
get the God question in
Can't find a job so you robbin and hustlin
He killed marks and sold dope for cousin 'em
Can't
believe they would be the ones bucking him
He on the ground he could feel God touching him
He heard the sound of his moms sayin
trust in him
At heaven's gate, saying please Lord let me in
Or send me back to tell my people to be better men
[Chorus]
Misunderstood
'Cause we are - Misunderstood
Misunderstood, Don't let me be misunderstood
I'm just human,
oh
[Common]
Uh, yeah
She dancin she dance she dance for them
Her body move but her mind was manic'n
Thinkin
I don't know where they hands have been
Relationships with men have been so damagin
She thought back to when she was at Howard
and
Dreams of doing scenes with Terrence Howard and
Broadway plays and dancin with Alv and them
The ones that make it
always ain't the talented
Some dreams get lost never to be found again
At first strippin seemed so empowerin
Most every
girl wanna do it now and then
But bein meat every day is devourin
Cats puttin paper where she put powder and
Life would
break her, now she powderin
She was high when she fell down and then
Crowd surrounding and, heart was poundin and
She fell
into a deep sleep the siren sounded and
Seen bright lights in the midst of clouds and then
Talked to God, feeling like his child
again
Said Lord let me live so I can make you proud again
[Chorus]
The life we lead, will always lead us
And we pray that he, will never leave us
It's the price we pay, I guess that's the reason
Why my grandma sang, we all need
Jesus [2x]
Misunderstood, don't let me be, misunderstood
Misunderstood, don't let me be, misunderstood
I'm just human