[Chorus:] What I need from you is understanding, How can we communicate, If you don't hear what I say. What I need from you is understanding, So simple as 1-2-3, Understanding is what we need.
[Verse One (Tiny):] You don't really know me, You just wanna do what you wanna do. That's not the way it should be, No, you should listen to me boy. I try so very hard to make you understand, But the choices you make, baby they're all demands.
[Break:] [Kandi] I try so very hard to keep our love alive, But you don't wanna meet me half way, Then the understanding dies. [Tamika] There's no way that we can work it out, If we don't pull together. I don't mean to be demanding, But I want some understanding, I want to be with you.
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse Two (LaTocha):] I listen to you baby, And I know the things you're going through. I try to understand, That's why I'm still here with you, baby. See everyday we're living, Is one thing that will always be unsure. That's why I need you baby, pleading baby, Please let our love endure.
