[Intro]
(Yeah)
They don’t know
They don’t know
They don’t know what I been through
[Chorus – Female]
I been so misunderstood
They just see me
Think I’m good
They don’t know about the nights I cried
Praying just to make it out alive
I been so misunderstood
Turned my pain to something good
If you only knew the things I’ve seen
You would never talk about me like you do
[Verse 1 – Female]
Makeup on
But my heart got scars
Smile big
But I’m worn out
Tired
They just see the pics and the posts
They don’t see the rent overdue
Past-due notes
Arguing in the kitchen
Quiet in the bed
Phone light on
Still running from the dread
Mama said
“baby
Don’t lose your soul”
So I walk through the fire just to keep my gold
[Chorus – Female]
I been so misunderstood
They just see me
Think I’m good
They don’t know about the nights I cried
Praying just to make it out alive
I been so misunderstood
Turned my pain to something good
If you only knew the things I’ve seen
You would never talk about me like you do
[Verse 2 – Male]
They think I never had to fight for mine
See the little shine
Not the overtime
Sleeping in the car
That was last July
Shirt as a pillow
Tears in my eyes
Homies went left when it got too real
Love disappeared when I lost that deal
Still I kept pushing
Kept my head high
’Cause I know storms move and the sun still rise
[Bridge – Female & Male]
[Female]
You don’t know the weight I hold (you don’t know)
All these stories never told
Still I stand on what I know
I’m worth more than what they say
[Male]
You don’t know the roads I walked (you don’t know)
How many times I almost stopped
Had to learn to trust my heart
When the world walked away
[Female & Male]
We been so misunderstood
But we turned it into good
Yeah
They never knew the things we’ve seen
Now we’re living all the things we used to dream
[Chorus – Female]
I been so misunderstood
They just see me
Think I’m good
They don’t know about the nights I cried
Praying just to make it out alive
I been so misunderstood
Turned my pain to something good
If you only knew the things I’ve seen
You would never talk about me like you do