 It 's Better If You Don 't Understand is composed of four songs employing pop , pop rock , and rap genres . Mars explained that the EP is hard to classify since : " I just write songs that I strongly believe in and that are coming from inside . There 's no tricks . It 's honesty with big melodies . And I 'm singing the s * * * out of them " . A romantic soft and smooth recording , the opening track , " Somewhere in Brooklyn " , was composed by The Smeezingtons . It features " an emo @-@ pop backing " beat , " electronic pops and bleeps " , a piano and synthesizers . Lyrically , the tune is about Mars chasing the " perfect woman " who got away , and wishing to find her again . Mars ' vocals have been highly praised in this track . The second release , " The Other Side " , features a vocal collaboration with Cee Lo Green and B.o.B. , and is considered the best on the EP by several critics . The track has been described as incorporating 60 's and 70 's soulful feeling . Its instrumentation uses guitar , organ and a : " drum and bass pace that slowly builds through the verse and into the chorus " . It is reminiscent of compositions by Daniel Merriweather and Chris Isaak ’ s " Wicked Game " . " The Other Side " addresses the " excitement of courting " sung in a falsetto voice . 
