Just Like You

[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 ‘cuz 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 True You showed me stuff I probably shouldn’t have seen But you had barely 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 people didn’t like you You wanna bang, I wanna bang too Skyline, piru 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 you what 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 [Hook] [Verse 2: Lecrae] 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] [Verse 3: Lecrae] 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 life 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 Say He redeemed us Taught us that real leaders follow God Finish the work ‘cuz 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 Because being just like you is what I’m ‘spose to be You said you came for the lame I’m the lamest I made a mess but you say you’ll erase it I’ll take it You said you came for the lame I’m the lamest I broke my life, but you say you’ll replace it I’ll take it [Outro: J.Paul] I just gotta be like..I just gotta be like you (like you like you like you)