Just Like You - from the album Rehab.
Lecrae ft. J. Paul
Hook: J-Paul
I just wanna be like you,
Walk like, talk like, even think like you
The only one I could look to
You're teaching me to be just like you
Well I just gotta be like,
I just gotta be like you
Verse 1: Lecrae
Dear, Uncle Chris, Uncle Keith, Uncle Ricky,
Before the Lord get me
I gotta say something quickly: I
Grew up empty since my daddy wasn't with me - shoot.
I wasn't picky; I'd take any male, figure you.
Stepped in at the right time;
It's 'cause of you that I write rhymes.
(You probably never knew that).
I loved the way you used to come through come through,
Teach me to do the things that men do.
And true -
You showed me stuff I probably shouldn't have seen,
But you rebelled and made it out your teens.
And took me under your wings.
I wanted hats, I wanted clothes just like you,
Lean to the side when I rolled just like you.
Didn't care if people didn't like you;
You wanna bang, I wanna bang too
Skyline, Pyru.
You would've died, I would've died too.
You went to prison, got sick, lost your pops -
Yeah, I cried too.
You never know who's right behind you.
Gotta a little son now and he do whatever I do.
But it's something deep inside you
That tell it's gotta be more than doing what other guys do.
They had nobody there to guide you
But I followed your footsteps and this shouldn't surprise you,
You realize you?
You, you
Yeah, I just wanna be like you.
Hook
I just wanna be like you -
Walk like, talk like, even think like you,
The only one I could look to.
You're teaching me to be just like you.
Well I just gotta be like,
I just gotta be like you.
Verse 2
Now all I see is money, cars,
Jewels, stars,
Womanizers, tough guys, guns, knives, and scars,
Drug pushers, thugs, strippers, fast girls, fast life -
Everything I wanted and everything I could ask life.
If this ain't living and they lied well.
Guess I married an old wives' tale
Wow. Fail.
I don't know another way to go;
This is the only way they ever showed.
I got this emptiness inside that got me fighting for approval because I missed out on my daddy saying, "Way to go,"
And get that verbal affirmation on know how to treat a woman,
Know how to fix an engine
That keep the car running.
So now I'm looking at the media and following what they feed me -
Rap stars, trap stars,
Whoever wants to lead me.
Even though they lie, they still tell me that they love me.
They say I'm good at bad things; at least they proud of me.
Hook
I just wanna be like you -
Walk like, talk like, even think like you,
The only one I could look to.
You're teaching me to be just like you.
Well I just gotta be like,
I just gotta be like you.
Verse 3
I was created by God, but I ain't wanna be like Him -
I wanna be Him:
The Jack Sparrow of my Caribbean.
I remember the first created being
And how he shifted the blame on his dame
On fruit he should't have eaten.
And now look at us all out of Eden,
And now look at us all that are eating,
Wearing designer fig leaves by Louis Vuitton.
Make believe it.
But God sees through my foolish pride,
And I'm weak like Adam - another victim of Lucifer's foolish lies.
But then in steps JESUS.
All men were created to lead, but we need somebody to lead us -
More than a teacher,
But somebody who buy us back from the darkness;
You can say He redeemed us,
Taught us that real leaders follow God,
Finish the work 'cause we on our job
Taught us not to rob,
But give life love a wife like He loved the Church -
Not seeing how many hearts we can break first.
I wanna be like You in every way,
So if I gotta die everyday -
Unworthy sacrifice,
But the least I can do is give the most to me
'Cause being just like you is what I'm 'sposed to be.
They say You came for the lame;
I'm the lamest.
I made a mess; You say you'll erase it;
I'll take it.
They say You came for the lame;
I'm the lamest
I broke my life, but you say you'll replace it -
I'll take it.
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