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Girl Like Me

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Girl Like Me Lyrics

[Intro]
(Bongo ByTheWay)

[Verse 1: Jazmine Sullivan]
Yeah, I made a profile on Tinder
Since you left me to be with her
I think that means I'm gettin' desperate
Wish I could return to sender

But you don't love me no more
And I don't even know what for (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)


[Verse 2: Jazmine Sullivan]
Knew it was real when you blocked me
Now I sit at home judgin' my body

Wondering what I did to lose you (What I did to lose you)
Why in the hell you ain't choose me?
Why you don't love me no morе? Yeah
And I don't even know what for (Nah, ah-ah)

[Chorus: Jazmine Sullivan]
You must'vе wanted somethin' different
Still don't know what I was missin'
What you asked I would've given
It ain't right how these hoes be winnin'

Why they be winnin'? Yeah (Why they be? Why they be?)
No hope for a girl like me, how come they be winnin'? Yeah
(Why they be? Why they be?)
And I ain't wanna be
But you gon' make a hoe out of me

[Verse 3: H.E.R.]
Yeah, you gon' make me a gold digger (Gold digger)
Maybe I should look like a stripper
Wearin' Fashion Nova dresses

All these dudes be so pressed and impressed with it
You, leave me with no choice (Oh, oh)
I can't do this good girl shit no more

[Chorus: H.E.R., Jazmine Sullivan, H.E.R. & Jazmine Sullivan]
Oh-oh, oh-oh, I just wanted somethin' different
Still don't know what I was missin'
What you asked I would've given, yeah
It ain't right, how these hoes be winnin'
Yeah, they be winnin' (Why they be? Why they be?)
No hope for a girl like me, how come they be winnin'? (How come they?)
(Why they be? Why they be?)
And I ain't wanna be
But you gon' make a hoe out of me

[Bridge: Jazmine Sullivan, H.E.R., Jazmine Sullivan & H.E.R.]
Y'all niggas be makin' us sad (Makin' us sad)
Then say y'all don't know why we mad (Know why we mad)
So we start actin' like we don't care
'Cause y'all niggas be takin' us there (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
'Cause you don't want us no more (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
It breaks us to the core, woah, woah, ooh

[Chorus: Jazmine Sullivan, H.E.R., , H.E.R. & Jazmine Sullivan]
Boy, you must wanted somethin' different
Still don't know what you was missin'
What you asked I would've given
It ain't right how these hoes be winnin'
Why they be winnin'? (How they be? Why they be? Why they be?)
A oh-oh, no hope for a girl like me (Why they be?)
How come they be winnin'? (Why they be? Why they be?)
I ain't wanna be
But you gon' make a hoe out of me, ee-ee, ee-ee, ee-ee

[Outro: Jazmine Sullivan & H.E.R.]
A hoe I'll be, yeah (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
Yeah, ayy
That's what you wanted, that's what you get (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
A hoe I'll be (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
Look what you did, kid (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
Yeah, a hoe I'll be, hmm-hmm, hmm (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
See what you did to me? (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
Ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh
Ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh

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Genius Annotation

This is a song is about loss (in the sense of relationships), loneliness, and frustration. How do you grieve over a lover that left you for all the wrong reasons? How do you process being left for a younger woman, a more attractive woman, a woman who more conspicuously conforms to today’s ideas of ‘sexy’? Sullivan is both angry here – you hear it in the final bridge – but also willing to be vulnerable, to admit the hurt and confusion, to own it. The song, with its themes of male dissatisfaction no matter what, recalls a classic J Cole lyric: ‘always gon’ be a b*tch that’s badder out there on the tours / but you ain’t never gon' be happy til you love yours.'

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