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“I Like That” is the fourth single released from Janelle Monáe’s anticipated fourth studio album, Dirty Computer. She released the audio on YouTube without any warning on social media platforms or an announcement.
The track shares the same sexual tension and atmosphere as “Make Me Feel,” with a sim...
[Verse 1]
Sometimes a mystery, sometimes I'm free
Depending on my mood or my attitude
Sometimes I wanna roll or stay at home
Walking contradiction, guess I'm factual and fiction
[Pre-Chorus]
A little crazy, little sexy, little cool
Little rough around the edges, but I keep it smooth
I'm always left of center and that's right where I belong
I'm the random minor note you hear in major songs
[Chorus]
And I like that
I don't really give a fuck if I was just the only one
Who likes that
I never like to follow, follow all around, the chase is on
Oh me, oh me, oh me, oh my
Oh me, oh me, oh me, oh my
Oh me, oh me, oh me, oh my
I like that
[Verse 2]
I don't care what I look like, but I feel good
Better than amazing and better than I could
Told the whole world I'm the venom and the antidote
Take a different type of girl to keep the whole world afloat
[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause I'm crazy and I'm sexy, then I'm cool
Little rough around the edges, but I keep it smooth
I'm always left of center and that's right where I belong
I'm the random minor note you hear in major songs
[Chorus]
And I like that
I don't really give a fuck if I was just the only one
Who likes that
I never like to follow, follow all around, the chase is on
Oh me, oh me, oh me, oh my
Oh me, oh me, oh me, oh my
Oh me, oh me, oh me, oh my
I like that
[Bridge]
I remember when you called me weird
We was in math class, third row, I was sitting by you
Right before Mr. Ammond's class (I like that)
'Cause my mama couldn't afford new J's, Polo
Thrift store, thrift clothes, that was all I knew
Do you remember? (I like that)
Uh, I remember when you laughed when I cut my perm off
And you rated me a six
I was like, "Damn" (I like that, I like that)
But even back then with the tears in my eyes
I always knew I was the shit
[Chorus]
I like that
I don't really give a fuck if I was just the only one
Who likes that
I never like to follow, follow all around, the chase is on
(I like that) Oh me, oh me, oh me, oh my (Ooh)
(I like that) Oh me, oh me, oh me, oh my (Oh yeah)
(I like that) Oh me, oh me, oh me, oh my (Yeah)
I like that (I like that)
I Like That was written by Janelle Monáe & Sleepy Brown & Tayla Parx & Nate “Rocket” Wonder & Ray Murray & Rico Wade.
I Like That was produced by Organized Noize.
Janelle Monáe released I Like That on Sun Apr 15 2018.
It’s tough to pin down an artist’s intentions and inspirations, but as with much of Dirty Computer, “I Like That” talks about Monae’s individualism. A few days before DC was released, she told Rolling Stone that she “has been in relationships with both men and women” and considers herself “to be a f...
Monáe said about the track:
[It’s] inspired by wack ass fuckboys everywhere (from the traphouse to the White House) who make the lives of little brown girls so damn hard. Like they told ya’ll back in those Black Women’s studies classes…BUT SOME OF US ARE BRAVE…