You Don't Know Me

General information
Released	August 25, 2014
Recorded	2013-2014
Genre	Pop, R&B
Length	3:54
Label	Republic Records
Songwriter(s)	Ariana Grande, Harmony Samuels, Carmen Reece, Al Sherrod Lambert, Maurice David Wade
Producer(s)	Samuels

You Don't Know Me (preview)

Ariana playing "You Don't Know Me" for the first time in the March 17 livestream

"You Don't Know Me" is a song by Ariana Grande which is featured on the deluxe edition of her second album, My Everything.

Trivia

• Ariana released a preview of the song on March 17, 2014 while doing a live stream.
• Many people assumed the title of the song to be "They Don't Understand" because that phrase is repeated many times in the song. However, when the track list was released the title turned out to be "You Don't Know Me."

Lyrics

(Whoa, whoa)
(H-h-here we go)

Center of attention once again
They don’t understand
They don’t understand, no

Then they try to tell me who I am
They don’t understand
They don’t understand, no

You want a perfect picture to believe in?
Then you can’t be looking for me there
I don't need to live by your rules
(You don't control me)
Until you've walked a mile in my shoes
(You don't know me)

And I know, I know, I know you don't like it
You don't, you don't, you don't know where I've been
It's my life so truth be told

See you thinking
But there's just one thing de-e-e-e-ear
You think you know but you don't have no idea-a-a-a-a-a
Think you know me but there's more to see, my love

Same arguments time and time again
And you watch them all happen
But they don't understand, no

Thinking you're the reason that it ends
When you hold me back again
But they don't understand, no

You want a perfect picture to believe in?
Then you can’t be looking for me there
I don't need to live by your rules
(You don't control me)
Until you've walked a mile in my shoes
(You don't know me)

And I know, I know, I know you don't like it
You don't, you don't, you don't know where I've been
It's my life so truth be told
You don't know me

The girl you see in photographs
Is only a part of the one I am
Don't judge me 'cause that's not reality
And all I can be is in love with who I'm becoming
Think you know me but there's more to see, my love

You think you know but you don't have no idea-a-a-a-a-a
I don't need to live by your rules
(You don't control me)
Until you've walked a mile in my shoes
(You don't know me)
And I know, I know, I know you don't like it
You don't, you don't, you don't know where I've been
It's my life so truth be told
(You don't know me)
I don't need to live by your rules
(You don't control me)
Until you've walked a mile in my shoes
(You don't know me)
And I know, I know, I know you don't like it
And you don't, you don't, you don't know where I've been
It's my life so truth be told
See you thinking
But there's just one thing d-e-e-e-e-e-ear
You think you know but you don't have no idea-a-a-a-a-a
Think you know me but there's more to see, my love
(My love)