Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood Baby, you understand me now? If sometimes you see that I'm mad Don'tcha know that no one alive can always be an angel? When everything goes wrong, you see some bad But oh, I'm just a soul whose intentions are

What's understood ain't gotta be explained Baby you understand me now If sometimes you see that I'm mad Don't you know no one alive can always be an angel When everything goes wrong, you see some bad But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good Oh lord

Baby don't go, ah Baby don't go Body language she's a poet That she doesn't even know it Girl you keep them like ooh ooh Shawty so incredible Little mama understands The way you do the things you do Nobody else can

Then you suffer Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' glass When you believe in things that you don't understand Very superstitious, writings on the wall Very superstitious, ladders bout' to fall Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past

I said now, mmm Don't misunderstand Come on, baby I'm okay how you come and go I don't mind if you ebb and flow River-bound or a river stream I don't question what the future means Who we are is what we got

I know that it breaks your heart when I cry again Baby, you do it so well You been so understanding, you been so good And I'm puttin' you through more than one ever should And I'm hating myself 'cause you don't want to Over him, mmh 'Stead of ghostin'

When you believe in things that you don't understand Then you suffer Very superstitious, writing on the wall Very superstitious, ladders bout' to fall Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' glass Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past

Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood I'm just a soul whose intentions are good Baby, do you understand me now Sometimes you see that I'm mad But don't you know that no one Can always be an angel When everything goes wrong you see some bad But

Mmm, baby, I don't understand this You're changing, I can't stand it My heart can't take this damage And the way I feel, can't stand it Girl, you're making it hard for me Mmm, baby, I don't understand it Girl, you're making it hard for me, uh

Live with the lies I tell Live with the pain you feel Oh baby said its killin' me girl Said I just don't understand Why you wanna be with this kind of man oh ho Why would you love a fool with all the things I do I know its hard for you Hard for you to