You Don't Know Me

Album: Disco 1999 (1999)
Charted: 1
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  • You don't even know me
    You say that I'm not living right
    You don't understand me
    So why do you judge my life?

    I don't ask for nothing
    I'm always holding my own
    Every time I turn around, there's something
    People talking 'bout what they don't know
    And when I try to move on up
    They're always pulling me down
    I'm tired and I had enough
    It's my life and I'm living it now
    You don't know

    You don't even know me
    You say that I'm not living right
    You don't understand me
    So why do you judge my life?

    I always wonder why people try to hurt me
    No happiness in their own lives
    So they act out all their jealousies
    Who are you to say that I'm living wrong?
    Always telling me what to do
    I decided that I gotta be strong
    What makes you think that I needed you?
    You don't know me

    You don't even know me (oh, you don't know me)
    You say that I'm not living right
    (You don't understand the way that I feel)
    You don't understand me (you can't even see my pain)
    So why do you judge my life? (Oh)
    You don't even know me (you don't even know)
    You say that I'm not living right (what I've been going through)
    You don't understand me (tell me who are you?)
    So why do you judge my life? (So why do you judge my life?)

    Who are you?
    You say I'm not living right
    Anything I try to do
    You haven't walked in my shoes
    I'm gonna move on
    It's my life, it's my life
    It's my life, it's my life
    It's my life, it's my life, oh

    You don't even know me
    You say that I'm not living right (you don't understand me)
    You don't understand me
    So why do you judge my life? (Everything I try to do, oh)
    You don't even know me (all you do is talk about)
    You say that I'm not living right (where I'm going)
    You don't understand me (and all of my problems)
    So why do you judge my life? (I needed a friend)
    You don't even know me Writer/s: Armand Van Helden, Duane Harden, Kossi Gardner
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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