Joey Bada$$ Songs - Like Me Lyrics

Joey Bada$$ - Like Me

Joey Bada$$ - Like Me Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: B4.DA.$$
Released: 2015

Like Me Lyrics

One time
What's the word
What's the word
What's the word
Yo yo yo yo yo, yo yo
Turn me up on the headphones

If looks could kill I let the swank drill like a deadly weapon
I drop bombs on an enemy at any second
Look at me wrong I turn you to tomb stones
Lock you in the crosses, and you gone, then I throw my deuce up
Sip sangrita's with your señorita, Like Me gusta
See with that early morning cockadoo up to your rooster
I bet my cockiness will boost her confidence
Then you gon' with the way your highness went

I bet she get low for a nigga like me
She get low for a nigga like me
I bet she get low for a nigga like me
Low for a nigga like me

So we burn the mary jane til' the third degree
Some niggas bitin' flows yo, that's burglary
Same niggas actin' like they never heard of me
A fuck nigga could get clocked, yo that's word to me

He get blown for a nigga like
Get his head explode for a nigga like me
Put him on the floor for a nigga like me

My mind boggles when time toggles
In the ocean of stars it's hard to find goggles, we twist it up
So we put it in the air
Don't let the jay's start unravelling
We gettin' blown like a [?]
She throw it back like she time travelin'
Rocked the boat so well, she jumped out and started paddling
I'm screaming "land ho!" 'bout to hit for sure
I motorboat it slow then I ripped the flow
I'm pretty sure, like nice beat, this that
Even at my weakest I still leave her speechless
How you like those peaches?
Find me rotting the apple
'Bout to bump so plump, 'bout to lock in the grapple
Feeling like the highest man about to tackle
Facts like the chat under the cap of the Snapple
Cats get decapitated for actin' a fool
Blacks get their ass sprayed just for makin' a move

We get high and say "fuck the police"
That’s why we get high and say "fuck the police"
That’s why we get high and say "fuck the police"

Cause every time I make a move they be sweatin' me
They want another black man in penitentiary
It's even hard for that man standing next to me
Cause he could catch a bullet that was really meant for me
It's like every step bring me close to destiny
And every breath I get closer to the death of me
I'm just tryna carry out my own legacy
But that place I call home (It ain't lettin' me)

You can't get by if you don't respect an OG
You can't get by if you don't respect an OG
You can't get by if you don't respect an OG

Cause every corner I turn a nigga testing me
And every morning I mourn just for the less of me
Sometimes I ask the Lord why he be blessing me
And not my brothers who's souls now rest in peace

I pray there hope for a nigga like me
Hope for a nigga like me
Just pray there hope for a nigga like me

I'm something like the chairman of the board, ranted
I feel, invincible, like McMahon
One of the last original emcees that's left standing on the planet
Strike like a meteor, do remedial damage, damnit
Cats can't stand it, get they ass handed and branded
By the lyrical New York City bandit
True warrior like brim bandit
Yo some cats claim they fly but really been landed
I really can't stand it
Let me take a seat, this a Rosa Parks 'ol bum, now
Make some room for me
PE in your beeper, hun you can read it and weep
My old hoes call me now, leave a message after the beep
I don't wanna speak no I don't wanna speak
I don't wanna speak no I don't wanna speak
I just wanna be good, I just wanna be
I just wanna be free

I pray there hope for a nigga like me
Hope for a nigga like me
Just pray there hope for a nigga like me

Writer/s: LEMARE IZUBUNDU OBIKA, LARS JENSEN, JOHANNES R JOERGENSEN
Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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This song finds Joey Bada$$ addressing various issues affecting those who are born black in America. "My way of protesting is through my music," he told Mother Jones. "With this new found stature I have this voice where if I say something, a lot of people listen to it."

BJ the Chicago Kid joins Bada$$ on the refrain. The singer-songwriter is best known for crooning the hook on Schoolboy Q's hit tune "Studio."

The Roots provided the instrumentation. The hook-up with the hip hop/neo soul band may have earned Bada$$ a gig on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The rapper premiered the song on the January 13, 2015 episode of the talk show backed by The Roots, who are, of course, its house band.

The song's music video addresses the American police's relationship with black youth. We see Bada$$, the innocent victim of an armed robber, ending up being the target of police brutality. "The hot-headed guy, he gets killed by the police with a gun in his hand," the rapper explained to Mother Jones. "And me, the cool guy, who is away from all the violence, I still end up being mixed in the loop — just being a victim because of my surroundings or where I'm from."

Bada$$ added that he wants to be optimistic that relations with the police can improve. "I pray that there is hope, but even the fact that I have to dream like that is what's disturbing," he said. "My message is that it can happen to any one of us."