“What’s understood, ain’t gotta be explained.
But you don’t understand me, so let me explain!”
Whew! That’s the Lil Wayne, I miss! I heard glimpse of it on FWA, but it wasn’t on the level of this track. I’m a sucker for a soulful sample and this Nina Simone’ sample hits directly to my heart! I didn’t understand back in 2008 when it came out, but now I completely get it. Life had to hit me close to home to understand and now I’m the one misunderstood!
See, I have to explain myself to most people just because I see the same life differently. I’m from the hood, but live in the suburbs. That is just the outside environment though. I moved out the hood when I was 12, but had an ignorant mentality up until I was 25. It doesn’t matter which side of the city you live, it is about the thoughts and emotions you allow in your mind to control your body.
I didn’t get it from looking at the environment around me, I had to look inside of me to figure it out. I saw both sides, and people act the same. They see what is going on outside and in the media and follow trend. Will do anything to fit in and survive, even if it hurts someone else to do so. Not realizing that, in the big picture of life, we are all just humans and are the same.
Living life being conscious of that is the hardest thing to do. There aren’t many that understand that, or even want to. So, I have to keep myself centered and focus on the good things of life, because everyone else wants me to have their mindset. I lost contact with many friends and family members because I changed my mindset to a positive one. I still love all and have no hard feelings because I understand them, they just don’t understand me.
“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, please don’t let me be misunderstood”