Understand Me - Mike Smiff, TxS

You just wanna get a bag, yeah, I understand

(Hope you understand baby)

You just wanna do your thing for your family

(Love you, I love you, I love you, I swear I love you)

I know life can be a drag, especially for a black man

But you just get home safe, understand me?

Understand me?

Can’t lie, boy I love you, you the man

I be checkin' for you, I be checkin' for you

And I know you out here doin' what you can

My respect is for you, my respect is for you

But you know I can’t sleep unless I know that you’re okay, okay

And when you’re not with me I’m sending all my prayers your way

I ain’t judging you my baby

You just wanna get a bag, yeah, I understand

(Hope you understand baby)

You just wanna do your thing for your family

(Love you, I love you, I love you, I swear I love you)

I know life can be a drag, especially for a black man

Oh but you just get home safe, understand me?

Understand me?

Understand me?

But you just get home safe, understand me?

Understand me?

Chances out here, you takin' chances out here

Bae you not coming back home, it’s the only thing that I fear

I try to give you your own space, don’t be all up in your ear

Pray that the days turn into months and the months turn into years

Just to want to cry sometimes

Thinking 'bout the possibilities that be killing me, they don’t ever leave

All up in my feelings but not all up in your business

Hustling is good but don’t mean shit if you not with us

You just wanna get a bag, yeah, I understand

(Hope you understand baby)

You just wanna do your thing for your family

(Love you, I love you, I love you, I swear I love you)

I know life can be a drag, especially for a black man

But you just get home safe, understand me?

Understand me?

Understand me?

But you just get home safe, understand me?

You know how we record in the bathroom last year Rico, huh

When I be out here in these streets, girl I know you trippin'

I know you miss me and I can tell by your hugs and kisses

You kiss me like you tryna do me

Hug me like you scared to lose me

Keep a big bankroll on me

And you know it come from more than music

You know I’m thuggin'

But you don’t judge me 'cause you love me

And you don’t care about all this money

'Cause you really got feelings for me

And you would trade in all the purses, all the jewelry, and all the heels

If that guaranteed when you woke up in the morning I’d be here

And girl that’s real

That’s why I love you and respect you how I do

And I hate that I run up your blood pressure how I do

I’m in these trenches where they dealin' and they robbin' and they stealin'

Never mind the fact the police out here doin' all this killin', I know you get

it

You just wanna get a bag, yeah, I understand

(Hope you understand baby)

You just wanna do your thing for your family

(Love you, I love you, I love you, I swear I love you)

I know life can be a drag, especially for a black man

But you just get home safe, understand me?

Understand me?

I already know when the phone ring late night your heart drop baby

You know I resent the fact that I put you in this position, you know

You deserve better but it’s gon' get greater later, you dig?