"Understand" lyrics - THE ROOTS
[Intro: Dice Raw]
Never understand
[Hook: Dice Raw]
People ask for God, 'til the day he comes
See God's face, turn around and run
God sees the face, of a man
Shaking his head, say, "He'll never understand"
People ask for God, 'til the day he comes
See God's face, turn around and run
God sees the face, of a man
Shakes his head then he says, "Man'll never understand"
[Bridge: Dice Raw]
He'll never understand, never understand
Never understand
[Verse 1: Black Thought]
Gravedigger, dig a hole that fit a black nigga
My body's stiff as a Madame Tussaud's wax figure
My transformation: a caterpillar from crack dealer
And backpedaller was no less, than spectactular
Yeah I was trappin' money, flippin' like a spatula
Now put that sucker in a box like Dracula
I led the devil in a dance
An electric slide across the line I drew up in the sand
Dead, ended, love is like a harlequin's romance
Lost between sips of liquor, that empty bottle in my hands
It was a shot away, but I never got away
Dreamed a little dream of me but that was an anomaly
Yo, people ask for God
[Hook: Dice Raw]
People ask for God, 'til the day he comes
See God's face, turn around and run
God sees the face, of a man
Shaking his head, say "He'll never understand"
People ask for God 'til the day he comes
See God's face, turn around and run
God sees the face, of a man
Shakes his head then he says, "Man'll never understand"
[Verse 2: Greg Porn]
Holy, sugar, honey ice tea
I guess that's a prayer for a player like me
In my church clothes, breaking buds on the Bible
The sweet temptation of my granddaddy's rifle
Got me thinking 'bout doing a jihad with these guys
Who only true religion look better than Levi's
Who baptize glasses with beers and blood stain
You preaching to the choir, that praise the drug game
Hallelujah, 'til the cops cuff me in the back of a cruiser
Or the fire truck wash my soul down the sewer
I count my blessings
And blow it on a nun to resurrect my erection
I pray, I pray all dogs go to Heaven
Or to a new hell with a Wi-Fi connection
So I can pay for my sins on PayPal
Or own a holy ghost, a greyhound
[Hook: Dice Raw]
People ask for God, 'til the day he comes
See God's face, turn around and run
God sees the face, of a man
Shaking his head, say "He'll never understand"
People ask for God, 'til the day he comes
See God's face, turn around and run
God sees the face, of a man
Shakes his head then he says, "Man'll never understand"
