[Intro]
[Am] [F] [Dm] [E] [Am]
[Chorus]
[Am]I just wanna be like you,
Walk like, talk like, even think like y[F]ou
The only one I could look to
You're teaching me to be just like [Dm]you
Well I just gotta be like,[E] like,
I just gotta be like y[Am]ou
[Verse 1]
Dear[Am], Uncle Chris, Uncle Keith, Uncle Ricky,
B[F]efore the Lord get me I gotta say something quickly
I[Dm] grew up empty since my daddy wasn't with me shoot,
I[E] wasn't picky I'd take any male figure you
S[Am]tepped in at the right time,
It's 'cause of y[F]ou that I write rhymes
You probably never knew that
I[Dm] loved the way you used to come through,
Teach me to [E]do the things that men do, true
Y[Am]ou showed me stuff I probably shouldn't have seen,
But you had ba[F]rely made it out your teens,
And took me under your wings
I[Dm] wanted hats, I wanted clothes just like you,
L[E]ean to the side when I rolled just like you
D[Am]idn't care if people didn't like you,
You wanna b[F]ang, I wanna bang too
Skyline, pyru
Y[Dm]ou would've died, I would've died too,
You went to p[E]rison, got sick, lost your pops,
Yeah, I cried too
Y[Am]ou never know who's right behind you,
I got a li[F]ttle son now and he do whatever I do
B[Dm]ut it's something deep inside you,
That tell you [E]it's gotta be more than doing what other guys do,
Th[Am]ey had nobody there to guide you
But I fol[F]lowed your footsteps and this shouldn't surprise you,
[Dm]You realize you, you realize y[E]ou, you,
Yeah, I just wanna be like you
[Chorus]
[Am]I just wanna be like you,
Walk like, talk like, even think like y[F]ou
The only one I could look to
You're teaching me to be just like [Dm]you
Well I just gotta be like,[E] like,
I just gotta be like y[Am]ou
[Verse 2]
Now all I see is m[Am]oney, cars, jewels, stars
W[F]omanizers, tough guys, guns, knives, and scars,
D[Dm]rug pushers, thugs, strippers, fast girls, fast life
Every[E]thing I wanted and everything I could ask life
I[Am]f this ain't living and they lied well,
Guess I ma[F]rried an old wives' tale; wow, fail
I[Dm] don't know another way to go,
This is the o[E]nly way they ever showed
I got this emptiness i[Am]nside that got me fighting for approval
'Cause I missed out on my da[F]ddy saying, way to go,
And get that verbal affi[Dm]rmation on know how to treat a woman,
Know how to fix an en[E]gine; that keep the car running
So now I'm looking [Am]at the media and I'm following what they feed me,
R[F]ap stars, trap stars, whoever wants to lead me
E[Dm]ven though they lie they still tell me that they love me,
They s[E]ay I'm good at bad things at least they proud of me
[Chorus]
[Am]I just wanna be like you,
Walk like, talk like, even think like y[F]ou
The only one I could look to
You're teaching me to be just like [Dm]you
Well I just gotta be like,[E] like,
I just gotta be like y[Am]ou
(Like you)
[Verse 3]
I was cr[Am]eated by God but I ain't wanna be like Him; I wanna be Him
T[F]he Jack Sparrow of my Caribbean
I rem[Dm]ember the first created being,
And how he shifted the bl[E]ame on his dame, for fruit he shouldn't have eaten
And now l[Am]ook at us all out of Eden,
Wearing designer fig le[F]aves by Louis Vuitton, make believing
But God s[Dm]ees through my foolish pride,
And how I'm weak like A[E]dam another victim of Lucifer's lies
But t[Am]hen in steps Jesus,
All men were cre[F]ated to lead but we needed somebody to lead us
M[Dm]ore than a teacher,
But somebody to buy us b[E]ack from the darkness, You can say He redeemed us,
T[Am]aught us that real leaders follow God,
Finish the w[F]ork 'cause we on our job
Taught us not to [Dm]rob, but give life love a wife like He loved the Church,
W[E]ithout seeing how many hearts we can break first
I[Am] wanna be like you in every way,
So if I go[F]tta die every day, unworthy sacrifice
B[Dm]ut the least I can do is give the most of me
'[E]Cause being just like you is what I'm supposed to be
T[Am]hey say you came for the lame; I'm the lamest
I m[F]ade a mess but you say you'll erase it; I'll take it
T[Dm]hey say you came for the lame; I'm the lamest
I[E] broke my life, but you say you'll replace it, I'll take it.
[Outro]
[Am] [F] [Dm] [E]
[Am] [F] [Dm] [E]
[Am] [F] [Dm] [E] [Am]
[Chorus]
[Am]I just wanna be like you,
Walk like, talk like, even think like y[F]ou
The only one I could look to
You're teaching me to be just like [Dm]you
Well I just gotta be like,[E] like,
I just gotta be like y[Am]ou
[Verse 1]
Dear[Am], Uncle Chris, Uncle Keith, Uncle Ricky,
B[F]efore the Lord get me I gotta say something quickly
I[Dm] grew up empty since my daddy wasn't with me shoot,
I[E] wasn't picky I'd take any male figure you
S[Am]tepped in at the right time,
It's 'cause of y[F]ou that I write rhymes
You probably never knew that
I[Dm] loved the way you used to come through,
Teach me to [E]do the things that men do, true
Y[Am]ou showed me stuff I probably shouldn't have seen,
But you had ba[F]rely made it out your teens,
And took me under your wings
I[Dm] wanted hats, I wanted clothes just like you,
L[E]ean to the side when I rolled just like you
D[Am]idn't care if people didn't like you,
You wanna b[F]ang, I wanna bang too
Skyline, pyru
Y[Dm]ou would've died, I would've died too,
You went to p[E]rison, got sick, lost your pops,
Yeah, I cried too
Y[Am]ou never know who's right behind you,
I got a li[F]ttle son now and he do whatever I do
B[Dm]ut it's something deep inside you,
That tell you [E]it's gotta be more than doing what other guys do,
Th[Am]ey had nobody there to guide you
But I fol[F]lowed your footsteps and this shouldn't surprise you,
[Dm]You realize you, you realize y[E]ou, you,
Yeah, I just wanna be like you
[Chorus]
[Am]I just wanna be like you,
Walk like, talk like, even think like y[F]ou
The only one I could look to
You're teaching me to be just like [Dm]you
Well I just gotta be like,[E] like,
I just gotta be like y[Am]ou
[Verse 2]
Now all I see is m[Am]oney, cars, jewels, stars
W[F]omanizers, tough guys, guns, knives, and scars,
D[Dm]rug pushers, thugs, strippers, fast girls, fast life
Every[E]thing I wanted and everything I could ask life
I[Am]f this ain't living and they lied well,
Guess I ma[F]rried an old wives' tale; wow, fail
I[Dm] don't know another way to go,
This is the o[E]nly way they ever showed
I got this emptiness i[Am]nside that got me fighting for approval
'Cause I missed out on my da[F]ddy saying, way to go,
And get that verbal affi[Dm]rmation on know how to treat a woman,
Know how to fix an en[E]gine; that keep the car running
So now I'm looking [Am]at the media and I'm following what they feed me,
R[F]ap stars, trap stars, whoever wants to lead me
E[Dm]ven though they lie they still tell me that they love me,
They s[E]ay I'm good at bad things at least they proud of me
[Chorus]
[Am]I just wanna be like you,
Walk like, talk like, even think like y[F]ou
The only one I could look to
You're teaching me to be just like [Dm]you
Well I just gotta be like,[E] like,
I just gotta be like y[Am]ou
(Like you)
[Verse 3]
I was cr[Am]eated by God but I ain't wanna be like Him; I wanna be Him
T[F]he Jack Sparrow of my Caribbean
I rem[Dm]ember the first created being,
And how he shifted the bl[E]ame on his dame, for fruit he shouldn't have eaten
And now l[Am]ook at us all out of Eden,
Wearing designer fig le[F]aves by Louis Vuitton, make believing
But God s[Dm]ees through my foolish pride,
And how I'm weak like A[E]dam another victim of Lucifer's lies
But t[Am]hen in steps Jesus,
All men were cre[F]ated to lead but we needed somebody to lead us
M[Dm]ore than a teacher,
But somebody to buy us b[E]ack from the darkness, You can say He redeemed us,
T[Am]aught us that real leaders follow God,
Finish the w[F]ork 'cause we on our job
Taught us not to [Dm]rob, but give life love a wife like He loved the Church,
W[E]ithout seeing how many hearts we can break first
I[Am] wanna be like you in every way,
So if I go[F]tta die every day, unworthy sacrifice
B[Dm]ut the least I can do is give the most of me
'[E]Cause being just like you is what I'm supposed to be
T[Am]hey say you came for the lame; I'm the lamest
I m[F]ade a mess but you say you'll erase it; I'll take it
T[Dm]hey say you came for the lame; I'm the lamest
I[E] broke my life, but you say you'll replace it, I'll take it.
[Outro]
[Am] [F] [Dm] [E]
[Am] [F] [Dm] [E]
