Misunderstood

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 something bad Well I'm just a soul who's intention's are good Ho Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood Yeah, uh (Misunderstood) We do this, for the people that walk that path Don't let me be misunderstood Try'na get to they dream, yeah, uh (Ha) He stood on the corner with the rest of them Though he knew that this corner wasn't the best of them Hard streets and the life that carrested him Dirt police domestic beefs thats festerin' He knew that the president wasn't addressin' him Though dead presidents was addressin' him Two kids from hot sex no protection and People don't see how aids is affectin' him It get hard you get to get to god questionin' Can't find a job so ya robbin' and hustlin' He killed marks and sold dope for cousin em' Can't believe they would be the ones buckin' him He on the ground he could feel God touchin' him He heard the sound of his mom sayin trust in him At heaven's gates, sayin' "Lord please let me in Or send me back to tell my people to be better man" (Misunderstood) Cause we are Don't let me be misunderstood Misunderstood Don't let me be misunderstood, don't (uh... yea) I'm just human, oh She dancin', she dance, she dance for them Her body move but her mind was manickin' Thinkin' I don't know where they hands had been Relationships with men have been so damagin' She thought back to when she was in Howard and Dreams of doing scenes with Terence 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 everyday is devourin' Cats puttin' paper where she put powder in Life would break her, now she powderin' She was high when she fell down and then Crowd surroundin' and, heart was poundin' and She fell into a deep sleep, the siren sounded and Seen bright lights in the mist of clouds and then Talk to God feelin like His child again Said "Lord let me live so I can make you proud again" (Misunderstood) Cause we are Don't let me be misunderstood, don't Misunderstood, don't Don't let me be misunderstood, don't I'm just human, yeah 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 say, we all need Jesus 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 say, we all need Jesus Misunderstood, don't Don't let me be misunderstood, don't Misunderstood, don't Don't let me be misunderstood, don't I'm just human