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