Baby, you understand me nowIf sometimes you see that I'm madDon't you know no one alive can always be an angelWhen everything goes wrong, you see some badBut I'm just a soul whose intentions are goodOh lord, please don't let me be misunderstoodUh, misunderstood ain't gotta be explainedBut you don't understand me so let me explain (heh heh)Stood in the heat, the flames, the snowPlease slow down hurricaneThe wind blow, my dreads swingHe had hair like wool, like Wayne (huh)Dropping ashes in the bibleI shake em out and they fall on the rifleScary, hail Mary no tale fairyAll real very, extraordinaryPerry Mason facing, the barrel if he tattleMy god is my judge, no gown no gavelUh, I'm a rebel, time to battleNow or never, I would never, in the everFucking fantastic, fuck if you agreeI'm bright but I don't give a fuck if you see meI'm just a soul whose intentions are goodOh lord, please don't let me be misunderstoodUh, what's understood ain't gotta be explainedSo for those who understand meet Tha WayneFor eight and a half months I gave Ms. Cita painNow it's Young Money baby, keep the changeMy momma say fuck 'em, and we the sameSo hello motherfucker you got some sheets to changeAnd ain't it funny how people change like Easter SundayYou know church fit them outfitBright pink and green chest look house litBright pinky rings but that ain't about thisWhat you about bitch?Excuse my French emotion in my passionBut I wear my heart on my sleeve like it's the new fashionWhat are you asking, if I don't have the answerIt's probably on the web, like I'm a damn tarantulaBut I know you don't understand'Cause you thought Lil' Wayne is WeezyBut Weezy is WayneI'm just a soul whose intentions are goodOh lord, please don't let me be misunderstoodI watched T.V. the other day rightGot this white guy on there talkin' 'bout black guysTalkin' about how young black guys are targetedTargeted by whoAmericaYou see, one in every 100 Americans are locked upOne in every, 9 black Americans are locked upAnd see what the white guy was trying to stress was thatThe money that we spend on sending a motherfucker to jailA young motherfucker to jailWould be less to send, his or her young ass to college (heh)See, and another thing the white guy was stressing was thatOur jails are populated with drug dealersYou know crack, cocaine, yeah, stuff like thatMeanin' due to the laws we have on crack cocaine and regular cocaineThe police are onlyI don't want to say only right, but shitOnly logic by riding around in the hood all dayAnd not in the suburbs, becauseCrack cocaine is mostly found in the hoodAnd um, you know the other thing is mostly found...You know where I'm goingBut why bring a motherfucker to jailIf it's not goin' stand up in courtBecause this drug ain't that drugYou know level 3, level 4 drug, shit like that (heh heh)Mmm hmm, I guess it's all a misunderstanding, and umI sit back and think well shit us young motherfuckers,You know, that 1 in every 9We probably only selling the crack cocaine just because we in the hoodAnd it's not like the suburbsWe don't have the things that you haveWhy? I really don't want to know the answer, but uhI guess we just misunderstood uh, yeahYou know we don't have room in the jailNow for the real motherfuckers, the real criminals, you knowSex offenders, rapists, serial killers, shit like thatDon't get scared, don't get scaredI know you saw one them sex offenders papersDon't trip, he live right on the end of your block, mmm hmmYeah, that nigga live right down the street from youSex offender on a level 3 drug, convicted, ex-con, yeah, check him outAnd what you got, you got daughters, son, what you got?Yeah, well you know what (coughing) that's the good weedYou know what? I have a fuckin' daughterYou understand me? And, why the fuck would you bring my neighborTo jail just because the reason why he live next door to meAin't the reason why I live next door to himMean that, he didn't rap his way to my fuckin' neighborhoodHe sold crack cocaine to get to my neighborhoodYou move him out, bring him to jail for lifeAnd then you move in a sex offender, heh heh hehThey givin' me a paper, heh hehIs that a misunderstanding, 'cause I don't understand it'Nother thing, let me take my glasses off'Cause I want to see the reaction on the faces when I say thisUh, Mr. Al Sharpton, here's why I don't respect youAnd nobody like you, hmm hmm, seeYou're the type that gets off on gettin' on other people, heh heheThat's not good, no homoAnd rather unhuman I should sayI mean, given the fact that humanity, well, good humanity ratherTo me, is helpin' one another, no matter your color or raceBut this guy, and people like himThey'd rather speculate before they informate, if that's a word, heh hehYou know, 'spect before check, anywayMean that, I much rather you talk to me first and see if youCan learn an opinion before you make oneJust my thought of good humanity, Mr. Sharpton (heh heh)Hold on, I ain't finished with you manGotta pluck the ashes, mmm hmm, hold on, umMr. Sharpton, and anyone like you, you don't know meSo, if you're not goin' to try to, then what you sayOr think about me, or whatever I do is totally Casper the friendly ghostTo me, and, it doesn't make you a good person toCriticize before you improvizeDoesn't necessarily make you a bad person neither butThe characteristics fall heavily into bad sway, hah hahBut since I am human, I am good and bad as wellBut I try my hardest to stay goodAnd some of the things I do and say may be bad, or just not too goodBut I do trySo with that said, I don't fault you, I mean, you're only humanGood or bad, but I also don't respect youAnd I don't care if that's good or bad, heh hehYou see you are no MLK, you are no Jesse JacksonYou a nobody, to me, you're just another Don King with a permHeh heh, just a little more politicalAnd that just means you're a little unhuman than us humansAnd now, let me be human by sayin' fuck Al SharptonAnd anyone like him, fuck if you understand meI love being misunderstood, why?'Cause I live in the suburbs but I come from the hoodBring the hook inI'm just a soul whose intentions are goodOh lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
Lyrics by Lil' Wayne
1000 Degree's 1st Key 3 Peat 42 Bars 500 Degreez 6 Foot 7 Foot [Explicit Version] [Version] 6 Minutes A Milli [Instrumental] A Dedication A Milli A Milli (Remix) A Millie Abortion About All That Act A Ass Action Action (Showtime) After Disaster Ain't That a Bi**H Ain't That A Bitch Ain't Worried About Sh*t Aint Worried All Alone All Night Long Alphabet Bitches Amazing Love American Star American Star American Superstar Ant Nothing You Can Do Army Guns Army Gunz Around The Way Around The Way Girl Art Of Story Tellin Ask Them Hoes Ay Man Back On My Grizzy Bad Bad Side Bandana On The Right Side Bang Bang Baseball Sex Beat the Block Beat Without A Bass Beat Witout Da Base Beef Before You Go Believe Me Believe That Best Rapper Alive Best Rapper Alive Big Dog Big Dogg Status Big Dogg Status (Remix) Big James Big Tigger Live On The Radio Bill Gates [Explicit Version] Bird Call .J.R. Writer Birds Flyin High Biznite Black Republican featJuelz Santana Blooded Bloodline Blow (mick Boogie Mix) BM J.R. Boom Brand New Brand New [Remix] Break Me Off Breakin My Heart Breakin' My Heart Bring It Back Brown Paper Bag Burn This City C.O.L.O.U.R.S. Cali Dro California Love (Feat. Tyga) Call Of Duty Calling Me Killer Can't Stop, Won't Stop Cannon [RMX] Carter II Cash Money Millionaires Championship Pop Bottles Color Me Badd Colours Come On Comfortable Comfortable [Ft. Babyface] Crank That Weezy Crazy Cry Out Cryin Out For Me (Remix) Curtains (feat. Boo) D.O.A. D.O.A. Damage Is Done Dammit Man [Remix] Dats My Nigga Dey Know (Remix) Diamonds & Girls Diamonds And Girls Did It Before Dinnertime Dipset Dipset Pt.2 Do It Again Do What We Do Does What She Does Don't Die Don't Touch Me Remix Dont Stop, Wont Stop Dontgetit Dontgetit Dough Is What I Got Dr. Carter Dr. Carter [Acapella] DrCarter Dreads Drop It Like It's Hot Earthquake Easy Eat You Alive Enemy Turf Every Girl in the World Everything Exquisite F*** You Facelift February 18th Feel Like Dyin Feel Me Filthy Fire Do? Fireman Fireman [Blend] Fireman [Main] First Place Winner First Place Winner Ft. Swizz Beatz, Young Money & ... Fix Flashing Lights (remix) Fly In Fly Out Fo Sheezy Forever Forever (Remix) Freestyle Fuck Da Bullshit Fuck The World Fuck Wit Me Now Fuck You FuckWitMeUKnowIGotIt Gangsta And Pimps Gangsta S*** Gangsta's Prayer Gangstas And Pimps Georgia Bush Georgia... Bush Get Down Get Down - (with Baby) Get High Rule The World Get High, Screw Da World Get It Shawty Get It Shawty Remix Get Off The Corner Get Over Get Silly (remix) Get Somethin' Get That Dough Get That Money Get Too Comfortable Gettin Sum Head Gimme Watcha Got Girlfriend Girlfriend Ringtone Girls Around the World Girls Around the World [Instrumental] Girls Forever Go Go D.J. Go DJ Go Hard God Bless Amerika Good Girl Gone Bad Gooder Gorilla Gossip [*] Gossip [Remix] Got Money Got Money (Remix) Ft T-Pain & Pitbull Grindin Grown Man Grown Man - Currency Gucci Gucci Guerilla City Gunwalk (feat. Gudda Gudda) Hard Body Hard Times Haters Have It Your Way Hawaii 5.0 Hello World Help Hey Lil Mama High Beamin High Beamin' Hit Em Up Hit U Up Hoes Hoes - (with Mannie Fresh) Hot Revolver Hot Revolver Hot Shit How Can Something How We Do Freestyle How You Doing How You Like Me Now Hustler Musik Hustler Musik [Radio Edit] HYFR (Hell Ya Fucking Right) I Am Not a Human Being [Edited Version] I Can't Feel My Face I Don't Know I Feel Like (remix) I Feel Like Dying I Feel Me I Get Crazy I Get In I Got My... I Got That Gangsta I Got Them I Hate That I Love You I Heard Somethin I Know The Future I Like It I Like the View I Love Her I Miss My Dawgs I Miss My Dawgs - (with Reel) I Run This I Took Her I Took Her (Remix) I'm A Beast I'm A Dboy I'm A Go Getta I'm A Killa I'm A Rocker I'm A Ryder I'm Blooded I'm From The South I'm Illi I'm Not Human I'm Raw IANAHB Ice Cream Paint Job Im In The Hood Imagine (if I Ruled The World) In The Morning In Your Face Inside Interlude Intro (Watch Them People) Intro CD1 Intro CD2 Intro: This Is Why I'm Hot Freestyle Is It Coming Out? (Outro) It's Been A Week It's Time To Give Me Mine Its Time To Give Me Mine John [Explicit Version] Jump Jiggy Just A To Touch Just Fine Just Lean King Kong Kisha Know What I'm Doin' Knuck If You Buck Freestyle Krazy L.A. La La La Leanin' Low Leather So Soft Let It Rock Let It Rock [Album Version] Let It Rock [Without Rap] Let the Beat Build Let the Beat Build [*] Let's Go Let's Talk Let's Talk It Over Lets Talk Lifes Too Short Light Up My Lightin' Up My Lights Off Lights, Camera, Action Like Father Like Son Lil One Lil' One Live From 405 Live From 504 Lock And Load Lock And Load - Kurupt Lollipop Lollipop [Clean] Lollipop [Instrumental] Lollipop [Main] Lollipop [Promo Only Clean Edit] Lollipop [Radio Edit] Lollipop [Raio Edit] Lollipop [Rello Blend] Lollipop [UK Radio Edit] Lollypop Long Time Coming (Remix) Look At Me Loser Loser (remix) Lost Loud Pipes Louisianimal Lousianimal Love Me or Hate Me [*] Lovely Luv M.O.B. Madden 08 Make It Work for You Man I Miss My Dawgs Man-eater Me & My Drank Me & You Miami Mic Check 1,2 Microphone Fiend Miss Me Miss Me Misunderstood Mo Fire Moment Money In Mind Money In The Way Money, Cars, Clothes Monster Mr. Carter Ms. Officer My Daddy My Darlin' Baby My Homies Still (feat. Big Sean) My Life [Official Version] My Name Is My Thought Process N.O. Nigga Nasty (remix 2 ) Navigator Man Neck of the Woods Need Some Quiet Never Get It New Cash Money New Orleans New Orleans Maniac Nike Boots Nina No More No Other No Worries (feat. Detail) Not Like Me Not Love Nothing But Trouble Nymphos Official Girl Oh No Oh Yeah Ol School On Me On My Own On My Own - (with Reel) On Tha Block 1 On Tha Block 2 On Tha Block 3 On Tha Block No.1 On Tha Block Number 1 (skit) On Tha Block Number 2 On Tha Block Number 3 On the Grind One Night Only One Way Trip Only Way Only Way - (with Baby) Operate On Me Out The Pound Outro (Da Drought 3) Outro CD1 Outro CD2 Outstanding Over Here Hustlin' Oxy Cotton Pain Papercuts Paradise PaYow! Phase Phone Home Phone Home Piano Man Pimpin feat. The Game Play in My Band Playin With Fire Playin' With Fire Playing With Fire Playing with Fire [*] Politician Politics Pop That Pussy Poppin President Private Dancer ( Why I Love U) Problem Solver Problems Problems On Me Profit Prom Queen Prom Queen (Original) Prom Queen [Instrumental] Prome Queen Promise Promise Freestyle Prostitue Flange Prostitute 2 Prostitute Flange Prostitute Flange (remix) Pump That Bass Pump That Like This Pure Colombia Pussy M.V.P. Pussy Money Weed Put It On Tha Streets Put On For The Game Put Some Keys On That Racks (Freestyle) Rap Cemetery Rap Cemetery ft Juelz Santana Ready For The World Real Rap Real Shit Realest They Come Realized Rebirth Receipt Red Magic Ft. The Game Red Nation Remember Me Renaissance Rap (remix) Rep My Hood Represent 4 The South Respect Us Rewind Rich as Fuck (feat. 2 Chainz) Ride 4 My Niggas Rider Road Block Rock Hard Rock Star Rockstar Lifestyle Rollers And Riders Romance Rubber Burnin Runnin S On My Chest Salute Santa Clause Scarface Seat Down Low Self Destruction Senile Shareefa Shawty Say She Bad She Feeling Me She Is Gone She Lick Me Like A Lollipop Shine Shoot Me Down Shooter Shooter (feat. Robin Thicke) Shorty Bounce Show Me What You Got Showtime Shutup Bitch Swallow Skit Skull Gang Sky Is Tha Limit Sky's The Limit Slow Motion V2 Smoke Session Snitch So Fly So Many Guns, I'ma Shoot One Something You Forgot Somthing You Forgot Speaker Spit From The Heart Sportscenter Stacks On Deck Stand Tall Stand Up Staring at the World Started From The Bottom Steady Mobbin Still Got The Rock Stuntin Like my Daddy Stuntin' Like My Daddy Stuntin' Like My Daddy (Radio Edit) Stupid Remix Su Woop Successful Sucker For Pain Suffix Sure Thing Swag Surfing Swagger Like Us Switch Swizzy (Remix) Swizzy(Remix) Talk That Talkin About It Talkin' About It Tell Me Terrorists Tha Block Is Hot Tha Blues Tha Heat Tha Mobb Thank You That Was Easy The Block Is Hot The Carter 3 (Intro) The Crack House The Only Reason The Real Her Thinking Of U Thinking To Myself This Is the Carter This Is The Carter - (with Mannie Fresh) This What I Call Her Throne Tie My Hands Tiggerman Time For Us To Fuck Tina Turn Up Needs A Tune Up Too Clean Touch It or Not Trigger Finger (feat. Soulja Boy) Trouble Turnin Me On Typa Way U Aint Got Nothin Unstoppable Up In This Club Up To Me Upgrade Upgrade U Upgrade U Freestyle Viva la White Girl Walk if off Walk In Walk It Off Walk It Out Walk Out Warrior Watcha Wanna Do Way Of Life We Alright We Be Steady Mobbin We Come And See About It We Don't We Don't - (with Baby) We Stay High (New Orleans) We Takin Over (Remix) Weather Man Weezy Ambitions Weezy Baby What Does Life Mean To Me What He Does Whatcha Wanna Do When They Come For Me Where You At Whip It Whip It Like A Slave Who Wanna Wish You Would With One Arm Workin em World Of Fantasy Worry Me Wowzerz (feat. Trina) Ya Heard Me Yeahh Yeahhh Yes ft Pharrell Williams You You Ain't Got Nuthin On Me You Ain't Got Nuthin' On Me You Ain't Know You Know What You Song You Want War Young Playa Young'n Blues Zoo