A Boogie wit da Hoodie — Understand

[Intro] They don't understand They don't understand My nigga Swear to God, they don't understand [Verse 1] Niggas go from playing ball to slanging raw and passing rocks It's hard to come up when you don't have a lot 9 to 5, niggas was down, we couldn't brag a lot And half the time, homicide tape covered half the block We was never scared though, posted like a scarecrow My pockets shoulda said rest in peace, I was dead broke We was hungry, just tryna eat, but they said no Steady pacin', life is a race and nobody said go But fuck it, I ain't givin' up I'm loyal I ain't switchin' up Rather die like a fuckin' man before I live and duck They ain't never there when a nigga stuck Just remember who cared when they ain't give a fuck I'm never lackin', even though I know shit could happen I'ma flip the napkin, movin' forward ain't goin' backwards But I get distracted by these bitches, don't know what happened They get inside of my head, and I go missing in action, but [Hook] You don't understand, my nigga You don't understand, my nigga You don't understand I wanna be the man, my nigga I wanna be the man, my nigga I just wanna be the man You don't understand You don't understand I tried to tell 'em my nigga, but they don't understand You don't understand, my nigga You don't understand, my nigga [Verse 2] You ever wake up hungry, but you go to sleep full And to make your money, you sell your soul to evil And a lot of niggas do it 'cause they wanna be cool They just wanna get money, I'm like nigga me too And, I ain't got no beef with nobody, nah I ain't into that But I ain't playing games, no monopoly, where my chicken at? I will let the Smith & Wesson put men in black And show up to the funeral stuntin' like "Where the bitches at?" I thought I told you that we won't stop I thought I told you that we won't stop I thought I told you that I thought I told you that we won't stop And niggas frontin' like we won't pop Na na na And I ain't gon' feel comfortable until I could say I gotta a couple hundred bands Got a couple hundred bands And niggas they don't fuck with you I'll tell you what my nigga, you don't understand [Hook] You don't understand, my nigga You don't understand, my nigga You don't understand I wanna be the man, my nigga I wanna be the man, my nigga I just wanna be the man You don't understand You don't understand I tried to tell 'em my nigga, but they don't understand You don't understand, my nigga You don't understand, my nigga [Verse 3] Tried to give her my heart, but she wanted the bag I always had to ball, shit that I wanted to have Back when I was spitting bullshit, now I know it was trash They said I was goin' hard, when they really wanted to laugh Tellin' me they never hatin', when I know they probably wait to see me stumble King of the jungle, I know they lyin', fakin' Tellin' me to be patient but nigga I ain't waitin' Try and stop me, they wanna pop me, but nigga I ain't bacon I'm just sayin' they wanna cut me but they can't cut no deeper Life is a bitch, I wouldn't trust her neither Thought that I was in the right lane, for that money train But they just threw me on a track, like a fuckin' feature And I'm a ape, that's why I fuck with Caesar Ric Flair, I'm my brother's keeper Trippie Rell, Bennie D, YFN, I'm the nigga with the hoodie Fuck the reaper [Hook] You don't understand, my nigga You don't understand, my nigga You don't understand I wanna be the man, my nigga I wanna be the man, my nigga I just wanna be the man You don't understand You don't understand I tried to tell 'em my nigga, but they don't understand You don't understand, my nigga You don't understand, my nigga