I Like You (A Happier Song)

Album

Twelve Carat Toothache

Label

Reprise Records

Genre

Hip hop

Composer(s)

Billy Walsh;Jasper Harris;Louis Bell;Doja Cat;Post Malone

Entered Chart

Jun 18, 2022

Peak Date

Oct 1, 2022

Released

June 7, 2022

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Republic

In this vibrant hip-hop love song Post Malone and Doja Cat outline their attraction for one another. They enjoy each other's company and both share the same taste for the finer things. Post sees Doja as somebody who can keep him away from the rock 'n' roll lifestyle. Hey, I've been thinkin' lately That I need someone to save me Now that I'm famous, I got hoes all around me But I need a good girl, I need someone to ground me Though Doja already has a man in her life, she encourages him to steal her away from her boyfriend. Let me know when you're free 'Cause I been tryna hit it all week, babe Why you actin' all sweet? I know that you want little ol' me Post Malone and Doja Cat wrote "I Like You (A Happier Song)" with Posty's regular songwriting collaborator Billy Walsh and his go-to production partner Louis Bell. Californian producer Jasper Harris also contributed to the production. Harris contributed to five tracks on Jack Harlow's Come Home the Kids Miss You album, including his "First Class" hit single. While "I Like You" celebrates a couple's mutual attraction, a darker track with a similar production follows it on Twelve Carat Toothache. "I Cannot Be (A Sadder Song)" finds Malone and guest rapper Gunna lamenting a cramping relationship. In the child-directed video, Post Malone plays a painter who works out of a studio wallpapered with Van Gogh's Almond Blossoms. Doja Cat portrays Posty's muse in an endless flower-filled field. At the end of the whimsical clip, a woman declares in French, "Let's move forward with passion, with desire, and love."

Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh

Ooh, girl, I like you, I do
I wanna be your friend, go shoppin' in a Benz
I like you, I do
I'll hit you when I land, can you fit me in your plans?
I like you, I do
We went over to France and we woke up in Japan
I like you, I do (I do, mm, mm)

Oh, girl, I know you only like it fancy (fancy)
So I pull up in that Maybach Candy
Yeah, your boyfriend'll never understand me (understand me)
'Cause I'm 'bout to pull this girl like a hammy, hammy (wow)
Let's take a lil' dip, lil' lady
Hit PCH, one-eighty
Hey, I've been thinkin' lately
That I need someone to save me
Now that I'm famous, I got hoes all around me
But I need a good girl, I need someone to ground me
So please be true, don't fuck around with me
I need someone to share this heart with me
Feel you up, then run it back again (run it back again)

Ooh, girl, I like you, I do (I do)
I wanna be your friend, go shoppin' in a Benz (woo)
I like you, I do (I do)
I'll hit you when I land, can you fit me in your plans?
I like you, I do (mm, I do)
We went over to France and we woke up in Japan
I like you, I do (mm, mm, I do)

Let me know when you're free
'Cause I've been tryna hit it all week, babe
Why you actin' all sweet?
I know that you want lil' ol me
I get a little OD
But ain't shit new to a freak
Lemme drop bands, put a jewel in your teeth
He love the way I drip, turn that pool to the beach
And I coulda copped the Birkin but I cop Céline
Why we got the same taste for the finer things?
Brand new nigga with the same old team
Now he got me on a leash 'cause we said no strings
You know I'm cool with that
Stole the pussy, you ain't get sued for that (get sued, sued)
Wonder what a nigga might do for that (do, might do)
I could be your Chaka, where Rufus at? (Where?)
Eighty in the Benz when the roof go back, ayy
They don't wanna see us get too attached, ayy
I just got a feelin' that we might be friends for a long, long time
Your mine, and you know I like you for that

Ooh, girl, I like you, I do (I do)
I wanna be your friend, go shoppin' in a Benz
I like you, I do (I do)
I'll hit you when I land, can you fit me in your plans? (Fit me in your plans)
I like you, I do (I do)
We went over to France and we woke up in Japan
I like you, I do (I do, mm, I do)

I just want you, I just want you
Your heart's so big but that ass is huge
Just want you, oh baby
Do you like me too? (Yeah, I like you too)

Ooh, girl, I like you, I do (I do)
I wanna be your friend, go shoppin' in a Benz
I like you, I do (I do, mm, I do)

I like you
I wanna be your girlfriend, baby