[Chorus]
What I need from you is understanding
Can we communicate if you don't hear what I say
What I need from you is understanding
So simple as 123
Understanding is what we need

[Verse 1]
Aye you can keep that head up
Help me to keep my head straight
Bullshit we eliminate whenever we jus communicate
Already fed up, all these pussy n***as hatin'
Last thing I need is an argument 'bout the bitch you think I'm datin'
Goin through some real shit, you wanna keep participating
Worry 'bout this real shit the other shit just be frustrating
Er'time we get together it should be a celebration, wanna meet me at the altar
I call it altercation
I think about all I'm facing, never still in one location
Paper chasin'
Tell you that I'm leavin' now you makin' faces
Friends say I'm a dog out here breedin' bitches, makin' babies
I reassure you not at all through our conversation
I don't need no replacement and you don't need no replacement
For me to tell you what's goin' on you just waitin'
And I feel I can tell you better fuckin whisperin' in yo ear that I'm yo mutherfucking n***a and I ain't goin' nowhere
[Chorus]
What I need from you is understanding
Can we communicate if you don't hear what I say
What I need from you is understanding
So simple as 123
Understanding is what we need

[Verse 2]
If you not hearing what I say
Then what's the point of what I say
Pointin' the finger at each other, we might as well go our separate ways
We all good today until tomorrow then ya thinkin' 'bout it
You poured your heart out to yo squad
Ya girl just sayin' drink about it
Drink about it, think about it, drink about it, think about it
That's just gonna fuck yo head up instead just come see me about it
Here we can communicate
Before you leave make sure you straight
You at home watchin' thin line between love and hate
Knife in a cake, I don't want my bitch to bring to me, need a bottle that up, I make mistakes but understand a G
Yeah I'm still a thug, still got love that's just the man in me
What really fucked us up was how the streets just started demanding me
I was fucked up
It fucked her up when I said love wasn't payin' me
And gettin' money's my plan A I never had a plan B
Then we fucked that same day, next day went and got a plan B
She understand I'm just built that way
We got understanding
[Chorus]
What I need from you is understanding
Can we communicate if you don't hear what I say
What I need from you is understanding
So simple as 123
Understanding is what we need