The song Understanding is performed by Ray Charles in the album named Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection in the year 1997 .
* Understanding is the best thing in the world ,
between a boy and a girl
boy and girl and even a woman or a man , its always
better when you realy understand
1) You know understanding is a mighty powerful thing ,
thats why it makes me so sad
when I see my friends wandering aroung thru the world
, never knowing the meaning of the word
understanding , so in the next few minutes, Im gonna
try to explain just exactly what it means
now wait a minute, listen , for instance , you take me
and my old lady , we gotta good thing goin
because I know If I dont work and pay the rent and the
bills and buy her fine pretty clothes to wear well ,
there are fifteen other guys just waitin round the
corner , and I dont care how much that woman loves me
, sheç£ gonna go out and find herself one of them who
will and thats why I believe that
* repeat
2) Now listen I dont want you to think that this is a
one sided affair , no no
because my old lady also understands that a man must
have respect
what I mean is , if she must play around dont let me
catch her , because what I dont see cant hurt me , you
understand? but on the other hand , If I should ever
catch her Im not gonna talk about-a
and call her a bunch of bad names like you all might
no no mh
what Im gonna do , Im gonna go down-town to the
hardware store and buy myself a double blade axe ,
come back , square off, and believe her soulç£ gonna
belong to the good lord
because her headç£ gonna belong to me , and I
guarantie sheç£l know what I mean when Ill say
* repeat several times ............. ( FADE )
Ray Charles - Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection
- Confession Blues - The Maxin Trio
- Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand - Ray Charles Trio
- Kissa Me Baby
- It Should've Been Me
- I've Got A Woman
- What'd I Say Parts l & ll
- My Baby! (I Love Her, Yes I Do)
- Sticks And Stones
- I Wonder
- Them That Got
- Ruby
- Hardhearted Hannah
- The Danger Zone
- But On The Other Hand Baby
- Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Ray Charles/Betty Carter
- At The Club
- Hid 'Nor Hair
- Your Cheating Heart
- Take These Chains From My Heart
- The Brightest Smile In Town
- Without Love (There Is Nothing)
- Ol' Man River
- Smack Dab In The Middle
- Makin' Whoopee
- Without A Song (Parts 1 & 2)
- The Cincinnati Kid
- I Chose To Sing The Blues
- Together Again
- Yesterday
- Understanding
- Drifting Blues
- In The Heat Of The Night
- Gee, Baby Ain't I Good To You
- I Didn't Know What Time It Was
- If It Wasn't For Bad Luck - Ray Charles/Jimmy Lewis
- We Can Make It
- Con't Change On Me
- Feel So Bad
- Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma
- Spirit In The Dark (Reprise) - Ray CharlesAretha Franklin
- Booty Butt
- I Can Make It Thru The Days (But Oh Those Lonely..
- America The Beautiful/ (Hidden Track)Coca Cola Commercial
- Living For The City
- Till There Was You
- How Long Has This Been Going On
- The Jealous Kind
- Is There Anyone Out There?
- Don't You Love Me Anymore?
- One Of These Days
- Seven Spanish Angels - Ray Charles/Willie Nelson
- We Didn't See A Thing - Ray Charles/George Jones
- Two Old Cats Like Us - Ray Charles/Hank Williams, Jr.
- Shake Your Tallfeather - Ray Charles/The Blues Brothers
- I'll Be Good To You - Quincy Jones
- That's Where It's At - Lou Rawls/Ray Charles
- Still Crazy After All These Years/ (Hidden Track)Olympia Beer Commercial