[Intro]
Am F Dm E Am
[Chorus]
Am
I just wanna be like you,
F
Walk like, talk like, even think like you
The only one I could look to
Dm
You're teaching me to be just like you
E
Well I just gotta be like, like,
Am
I just gotta be like you
[Verse 1]
Am
Dear, Uncle Chris, Uncle Keith, Uncle Ricky,
F
Before the Lord get me I gotta say something quickly
Dm
I grew up empty since my daddy wasn't with me shoot,
E
I wasn't picky I'd take any male figure you
Am
Stepped in at the right time,
F
It's 'cause of you that I write rhymes
You probably never knew that
Dm
I loved the way you used to come through,
E
Teach me to do the things that men do, true
Am
You showed me stuff I probably shouldn't have seen,
F
But you had barely made it out your teens,
And took me under your wings
Dm
I wanted hats, I wanted clothes just like you,
E
Lean to the side when I rolled just like you
Am
Didn't care if people didn't like you,
F
You wanna bang, I wanna bang too
Skyline, pyru
Dm
You would've died, I would've died too,
E
You went to prison, got sick, lost your pops,
Yeah, I cried too
Am
You never know who's right behind you,
F
I got a little son now and he do whatever I do
Dm
But it's something deep inside you,
E
That tell you it's gotta be more than doing what other guys do,
Am
They had nobody there to guide you
F
But I followed your footsteps and this shouldn't surprise you,
Dm E
You realize you, you realize you, you,
Yeah, I just wanna be like you
[Chorus]
Am
I just wanna be like you,
F
Walk like, talk like, even think like you
The only one I could look to
Dm
You're teaching me to be just like you
E
Well I just gotta be like, like,
Am
I just gotta be like you
[Verse 2]
Am
Now all I see is money, cars, jewels, stars
F
Womanizers, tough guys, guns, knives, and scars,
Dm
Drug pushers, thugs, strippers, fast girls, fast life
E
Everything I wanted and everything I could ask life
Am
If this ain't living and they lied well,
F
Guess I married an old wives' tale; wow, fail
Dm
I don't know another way to go,
E
This is the only way they ever showed
Am
I got this emptiness inside that got me fighting for approval
F
'Cause I missed out on my daddy saying, way to go,
Dm
And get that verbal affirmation on know how to treat a woman,
E
Know how to fix an engine; that keep the car running
Am
So now I'm looking at the media and I'm following what they feed me,
F
Rap stars, trap stars, whoever wants to lead me
Dm
Even though they lie they still tell me that they love me,
E
They say I'm good at bad things at least they proud of me
[Chorus]
Am
I just wanna be like you,
F
Walk like, talk like, even think like you
The only one I could look to
Dm
You're teaching me to be just like you
E
Well I just gotta be like, like,
Am
I just gotta be like you
(Like you)
[Verse 3]
Am
I was created by God but I ain't wanna be like Him; I wanna be Him
F
The Jack Sparrow of my Caribbean
Dm
I remember the first created being,
E
And how he shifted the blame on his dame, for fruit he shouldn't have eaten
Am
And now look at us all out of Eden,
F
Wearing designer fig leaves by Louis Vuitton, make believing
Dm
But God sees through my foolish pride,
E
And how I'm weak like Adam another victim of Lucifer's lies
Am
But then in steps Jesus,
F
All men were created to lead but we needed somebody to lead us
Dm
More than a teacher,
E
But somebody to buy us back from the darkness, You can say He redeemed us,
Am
Taught us that real leaders follow God,
F
Finish the work 'cause we on our job
Dm
Taught us not to rob, but give life love a wife like He loved the Church,
E
Without seeing how many hearts we can break first
Am
I wanna be like you in every way,
F
So if I gotta die every day, unworthy sacrifice
Dm
But the least I can do is give the most of me
E
'Cause being just like you is what I'm supposed to be
Am
They say you came for the lame; I'm the lamest
F
I made a mess but you say you'll erase it; I'll take it
Dm
They say you came for the lame; I'm the lamest
E
I broke my life, but you say you'll replace it, I'll take it.
[Outro]
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