Like What (Freestyle)

Album

Single

Label

Atlantic Records

Genre

Hip hop

Composer(s)

Belcalis Almánzar;James Hargrove II;Matthew Allen;Saleem Allen;Omar Thorpe;Javaan Anderson;Melissa Elliott;Timothy Mosley

Entered Chart

Mar 16, 2024

Peak Date

Mar 16, 2024

Released

March 1, 2024

"Like What (Freestyle)" serves as a lyrical flex where Cardi B boasts how she runs the game, living that lavish life. The Bronx rapper takes no prisoners as she spits fire at her enemies, reminding them she's the queen here. Like (Like), like what? Like a Coach bag, baby, this ain't what you want Some fans thought Cardi was throwing shade at Coach bag lovers, but nah, Cardi cleared it up on Instagram Live. Apparently, back in high school, she rocked Coach rain boots, but stopped after Cam'ron dropped a line in the U.N.'s 2011 track "Hey Muma" about New York women not digging Coach bags. He rapped: Still riding coach, need a coach bag Let me coach you, no coach tags Get rid of that coach bag "In 2011, everybody started getting rid of their Coach s--t," Cardi explained in the video. "So, when I was [recording] the song, that's what I was thinking about. I'm not trying to be on some rich s--t and everything. This is just a real New York s--t," she added. "I'ma buy me a Coach bag tomorrow, ya hear me? I'm not tryin' to offend anybody." DJ SwanQo, Sean Island, OctaneThisThatGas, and Lateef the Truthspeaker's driving beat contains a prominent sample of Missy Elliott's 1999 single "She's a Bitch," from her album Da Real World. Cardi's husband, Offset, directed the video, which takes place in a futuristic mansion with circular architecture and walls of windows. Cardi switches up outfits faster than you can say "bodak yellow" as she delivers the freestyle. Ski Mask the Slump God didn't hold back when he shared his thoughts on "Like What (Freestyle)" – he straight-up said it sounds like one of his tracks. The Florida rapper took to social media on March 1, 2024, and dropped a casual, "sounds kinda familiar." His reference point? None other than his 2017 banger "Catch Me Outside," which rocks a beat similar to the one in "Like What." Just to add a twist, "Catch Me Outside" bills itself as a "remix" of Missy Elliott's "She's a Bitch."

Ayo, lemme put some gas in this muthafuckin' year, bitch
I ain't really talked my shit in a minute, like
Who the fuck these bitches really think they talkin' to?
Like, bitch, is you fuckin' dumb?

Classy and a cunt (and a cunt)
Blocks and money getting spun (gettin' spun)
Like (like), like what? (Like what?)
Like a Coach bag, baby, this ain't what you want
If I ask for it, all I wanna hear is yes (yes)
Bitch said she wanna be my opp, God bless (God bless)
Look, I ain't even got dressed
Any L that I took come after YS, oh, man (oh, man)

Baby, here we go again (here we go again)
Pussy real fat, probably got a double chin
First, that bitch hate me, then this bitch hate me
And somehow, they link up and they become friends, like, how?
Bitch, pipe down (pipe down)
Moodboard, all y'all imitating my style (mh)
Bad bitch, red lips, let me show you
White toes, eating yellowtail outta Nobu
Uh, keep a hater obsessed
In my comments, having a dick-sucking contest (contest)
I'm pressure, y'all pressed (y'all pressed)
Y'all don't get addressed, y'all's getting outdressed, look
It's a look when I'm hopping out the B (the B)
Red wig hanging down to my knees (to my knees)
It's your birthday, but they talkin' 'bout me ('bout me)
Why you mad? Take a picture, say cheese (say cheese)
You dumb, you slow, you wildin' (you wildin')
Got your first pair of Ricks, now you stylin'? (you stylin'?)
Everything you got, I had five years before
I put it on the 'Gram 'fore it even hit the store, look

Classy and a cunt (and a cunt, uh-huh)
Blocks and money getting spun (gettin' spun)
Like (like), like what? (Like what?)
Like a Coach bag, baby, this ain't what you want (uh-huh)
If I ask for it, all I wanna hear is yes (yes)
Bitch said she wanna be my opp, God bless (God bless)
Look, I ain't even got dressed
Any L that I took come after YS, oh, man

I know y'all bitches be horsin' (horsin')
Lookin' this good is really exhaustin' (exhaustin')
Diamonds hit, Stone Cold Steve Austin (ding)
Just got my lasered pussy smooth like a dolphin (ah)
Top-notch bitch get the most, not the lesser (uh)
Bitches look big like third trimester (yes)
Every time I pose, these bitches get stress-er
Y'all be putting on shit, I'll never
Bitches be hating on the low, I peep it
If I say anything mean, I mean it
I ain't never lost no nigga I needed
I'm rich, I ain't getting in no pool that's not heated (uh)
Big ass yacht and I'm having sex on it
Her life so trash, think I put a hex on it
Bitches be laughing, like ho, what's funny?
You bragging on a nigga that be dying to fuck me (fuck me)

Classy and a cunt (and a cunt, uh-huh)
Blocks and money getting spun (gettin' spun)
Like (like), like what? (Like what?)
Like a Coach bag, baby, this ain't what you want (uh-huh)
If I ask for it, all I wanna hear is yes (yes)
Bitch said she wanna be my opp, God bless (God bless)
Look, I ain't even got dressed
Any L that I took come after YS, oh, man
Writer/s: Belcalis Almanzar, James D.