Intro Bm G Em F# Bm Chorus Bm 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 1 Bm 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, Em F# You realize you, you realize you, you, Yeah, I just wanna be like you Chorus Bm 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 2 Bm 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 Chorus Bm 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 3 Bm 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. Outro Bm G Em F# Bm G Em F#
