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.

Repeat break & chorus (x2)

Repeat chorus to fade