Be Like Me

Lil Pump, Lil Wayne

About Be Like Me

"Be Like Me" is a song by American rapper Lil Pump featuring Lil Wayne for the former's second studio album Harverd Dropout (2019). It was released for digital download as the album's seventh single on February 21, 2019, through Tha Lights Global and Warner Bros. Records. The song was written by Lil Pump, Christopher Barnett and Lil Wayne, while production was handled by CBMix. Throughout the song, Lil Pump calls out the rappers copying his style, while Lil Wayne looks at how he birthed a generation of them. "Be Like Me" was mostly praised by music critics, with some seeing it among the best tracks on Harverd Dropout. An accompanying music video for the song was released in February 2019. Directed by Sophie Muller, the visual is reminiscent of the video for Eminem's "The Real Slim Shady" (2000) and sees Lil Pump leading an army of people that want to be like him. The song charted in the United States, Ireland and Canada in 2019. For promotion, Lil Pump performed it on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in February 2019. 


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2018
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So you know
A lot of people tryna be like me, but, you know
You just can't be like me
Ooh, Lil Pump
(CB on the beat)
Ooh, yeah

Everybody wanna be like me (ooh, yeah)
Everybody wanna be like me (huh?)
Everybody wanna be like me
Bust down, big chains and dress fancy (ooh)
Everybody wanna be like me
Spent 2k last week on a white tee (ooh)
Everybody wanna be like me
Dropped 10k on my Gucci bedsheets (ooh, yeah)
Everybody wanna be like me (ooh, yeah)
Everybody wanna be like me
Everybody wanna be like me (ooh, yeah)
Everybody wanna be like me
Everybody wanna be like me (ooh, yeah)
Everybody wanna be like me
Everybody wanna be like me (ooh)
Bust down, big chains and dress fancy (yeah, ooh)

Everybody wanna be like Pump (ooh)
Everybody got fake dreads and love to take drugs (yeah)
Once you this rich, you do whatever you want (huh?)
Yes, I'm hella ignorant, I don't give a f*ck
And everybody wanna be like Ye (Ye)
Everybody wanna go and smash Kim K (ooh, yeah)
You can talk shit about me everyday (day)
But I'm still rich at the end of the day
I take drugs like it's vitamin C
I'm a millionaire, but I don't know how to read (nope)
I'm a role model that these kids wanna be (ooh)
I just smashed a pregnant bitch that's overseas (yeah)
Walk around with my side bitch on a leash (leash)
I was thirteen when I started sippin' lean (ooh)
Ballin' so hard, I feel like I'm KD (yeah)
Wear two bust downs, even when I sleep (sleep)

Everybody wanna be like me (ooh, yeah)
Everybody wanna be like me (huh?)
Everybody wanna be like me
Bust down, big chains and dress fancy (ooh)
Everybody wanna be like me
Spent 2k last week on a white tee (ooh, yeah, yeah)
Everybody wanna be like me
Dropped 10k on my Gucci bedsheets (ooh, yeah, on my Gucci bedsheets)
Everybody wanna be like me (ooh, yeah, yeah)
Everybody wanna be like me (like me)
Everybody wanna be like me (yeah, yeah, ooh, yeah)
Everybody wanna be like me (everybody wanna be like me)
Everybody wanna be like me (everybody wanna be like me, ooh, yeah)
Everybody wanna be like me (everybody wanna be like me)
Everybody wanna be like me (everybody wanna be, ooh)
Bust down, big chains and dress fancy (yeah, ooh)

I'm me, I'm me
So who you? You not me, urp
Everybody wanna be like Tune
Grow up to be like Tune, throw up the B like Tune
No one can be like Tune, know why? 'Cause he tycoon
And if the shoe fits, wear it, I can't if these not new
Lil' nigga, please, y'all my mini-mes
But the kid is not my son, shout out Billie Jean
You followin' my lead, my chopper isn't clean
And Lil Pump, he got the pump, I got the M-16
My pockets stuffy, they gon' need some antihistamine
Niggas always bit the stee, the bitches never bit the D
I'm pullin' out the facts, so tell your slime relax
And she a catfish, and he a copycat
What the f*ck, though? Well, if you must know
I see these look-a-likes, it's kinda sus though, yerr
Young nigga from them hood with a plan
One foot in the street, one foot in the sand
One foot in the cleats, one foot in the Vans
One foot in your ass, one fourth of a Xan
Follow my footsteps, I give you instructions
Swallow, don't belch, you just drunk quintuplets
On my one-of-one shit, I keep it a hundred
Boy, I talk my shit, then wipe my shit with hundreds
You can't stunt like me, rich as f*ck like me
Lil' black ass nappy head nigga
Let me shout out India.Arie, and ain't none like me
Mr. Dwayne Carter, only got one ID, yerr
I know that's right, you don't know that life
Stay in your own lane or make me bowl that strike, yerr
Everybody wanna be like me
But there's only one I in my e-y-e (yeah)
Yeah

Everybody wanna be like me (ooh, yeah)
Everybody wanna be like me (huh?)
Everybody wanna be like me
Bust down, big chains and dress fancy (ooh)
Everybody wanna be like me
Spent 2k last week on a white tee (ooh, on a white tee)
Everybody wanna be like me
Dropped 10k on my Gucci bedsheets this week (ooh, yeah)
Everybody wanna be like me (ooh, yeah)
Everybody wanna be like me (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Everybody wanna be like me (ooh, yeah)
Everybody wanna be like me (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Everybody wanna be like me (ooh, yeah, like me)
Everybody wanna be like me (everybody wanna be)
Everybody wanna be like me (ooh)
Bust down, big chains and dress fancy (yeah, ooh)

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Lil Wayne

Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. (born September 27, 1982), better known by his stage name Lil Wayne ( /ˌlɪl ˈweɪn/), is an American rapper. In 1991, at the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'z, with B.G.. In 1996, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included rappers Juvenile, B.G., and Young Turk. Hot Boys debuted with Get It How U Live! that year. Lil Wayne gained most of his success with the group's major selling album Guerrilla Warfare, released in 1999. Also in 1999, Lil Wayne released his Platinum debut album Tha Block Is Hot, selling over one million copies in the U.S. more »

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Written by: Chris Thomas Barnett, Dwayne Carter, Gazzy Garcia

Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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5 facts about this song

Song Information
1. "Be Like Me" is a song from Miami-born rapper Lil Pump’s second studio album, "Harverd Dropout". 2. The song features American rapper Lil Wayne. 3. It was released on February 21, 2019, as the second single from the album. 4. Its melody and themes reflect punk rap and trap music genres.
Artists
5. Both artists Lil Pump and Lil Wayne have "Lil" as part of their stage name. However, Lil Pump was born in 2000 while Lil Wayne has been active in the hip hop scene since the 1990s. 6. Lil Wayne is considered a major influence for younger rappers like Lil Pump.
Music Video
7. The song's official music video was released on the same day the song launched. 8. The music video features a variety of scenes including a classroom filled with Lil Pump lookalikes and a chaotic binge-drinking scene. 9. Lil Wayne is presented as a professor in the music video, academically presenting himself to an audience filled with Lil Pump mimics. 10. The visuals for the music video were directed by Lyrical Lemonade's Cole Bennett, who is known for his work with multiple notable artists in the industry.
Reception
11. As of November 2021, the song's music video has gathered over 161 million views on YouTube. 12. The song reached number 64 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. 13. Critically, the track received mixed to negative reviews. Critics felt that the song didn't live up to the expectations set by Lil Wayne's previous work, but acknowledged Lil Pump's consistent style.
Lyrics
14. Its lyrics, as implied by the song title, expresses the idea that many people in the rap industry copycat them and want to "be like" them. 15. The song has explicit content and is identified as part of the "mumble rap" subgenre, characterized by a lack of clear enunciation and heavy reliance on ad-libs. 16. Lil Wayne's verse in the song includes self-referential lines about his career and influence in the music industry.

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