Like Me

[Produced by The Roots & J Dilla]

[Intro: Joey Bada$$]

One time, what's the word (A nigga like me)

What's the word, what's the word

Yo yo yo yo yo, yo yo (Mm, mm, mm)

Turn me up on the headphones

Two times, twist the herb

Twist the herb, twist the herb (With a nigga like me, like)

Yo yo yo yo yo, yo

[Verse 1: Joey Bada$$]

If looks could kill I let the swank drill like a deadly weapon

I drop bombs on an enemy at any second, ugh

Look at me wrong I turn you to tombstone

Lock you in the crosshairs and you gone

Then I throw my deuce up

Sip sangritas with your señorita, like me gusta

See what that early morning cock will do up to your rooster

I bet my cockiness will boost her confidence

Then you gon' wonder where your highness went

[Hook: Joey Bada$$ & BJ The Chicago Kid]

I bet she get low for a nigga like me

She get low for a nigga like me

Bet she get low for a nigga like me

Low for a nigga like me

[Verse 2: Joey Bada$$]

So we burn the Mary Jane 'til the third degree

Some niggas biting flows, yo, that's burglary

Same niggas acting like they never heard of me

A fuck nigga could get clocked, yo, that's word to me

[Hook: Joey Bada$$ & BJ The Chicago Kid]

He get blown for a nigga like me (Blown like me)

Get his head exposed for a nigga like me (Smoked for a nigga like me)

Put him on the floor for a nigga like me (Floor for a nigga like me)

(Yeah, yeah, yeah)

[Verse 3: Joey Bada$$]

Yo, my mind boggles when time toggles

In the ocean of stars it's hard to find goggles, we twisted up

So we put it in the air, don't let the J's start unravelling

We getting blown like a javelin

She throw it back like she time traveling

Rocked the boat so well, she jumped out and started paddling

I'm screaming "Land, ho!" 'Bout to hit for sure (Sure)

I motorboat it slow then I ripped the flow

I'm pretty sure, like nice beaches

That even at my weakest, I still leave 'em 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 tat under the cap of the Snapple

Cats get decapitated for acting a fool

Blacks get their ass sprayed just for making a move

[Hook: Joey Bada$$ & BJ The Chicago Kid]

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"

Yo

[Verse 4: Joey Bada$$]

'Cause every time I make a move, they be sweating me

They want another Black man in penitentiary

It's even hard for that man standing next to me (Next to me)

'Cause he could catch a bullet that was really meant for me (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 the place I call home ain't letting me

[Hook: Joey Bada$$]

'Cause 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 (Respect, respect, respect)

[Verse 5: Joey Bada$$]

Cause every corner I turn, a nigga testing me (Testing me)

And every morning I mourn just for the less of me (Less of me)

Sometimes, I ask the Lord why he be blessing me (Blessing me)

And not my brothers whose souls now rest in peace (Rest in peace)

[Hook: Joey Bada$$ & BJ The Chicago Kid]

I pray there's hope for a nigga like me

Hope for a nigga like me

Just pray there's hope for a nigga like me (Hope for a nigga like me)

[Verse 6: Joey Bada$$]

I'm something like the chairman of the board, ranting

I feel invincible like McMannon

One of the last original emcees that's left standing on the planet

Strike like a meteor, do remedial damage, damn it

Cats can't stand it, get they ass handed and branded

By the lyric-ill New York City bandit

True Warrior like Rembrandt

Yo, some cats claim they fly but really been landed

I really can't stand it (Yo), let me take a seat

This where Rosa park her 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 at the beep

I don't wanna speak no I don't wanna speak (I don't wanna speak)

I don't wanna speak no I don't wanna speak (I don't wanna speak)

I just wanna be, girl, I just wanna be

I just wanna be free

[Hook: Joey Bada$$ & BJ The Chicago Kid]

I pray there's hope for a nigga like me

I pray there's hope for a nigga like me

I pray there's hope for a nigga like me

Hope for a nigga like me

I pray there's hope for a nigga like me, for a nigga like me

I pray there's hope for a nigga like me, for a nigga like me

I pray there's hope for a nigga like me, for a nigga like me

I pray there's hope for a nigga like me, for a nigga like me

Compton to Bed-Stuy

Hope for a nigga like me

Hope for a nigga like me

Hope for a nigga like me