I Like It

***Happy 5 Years of Invasion of Privacy!***

## Single by Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin

### Songwriters

Belcalis Almanzar • Benito Ocasio • José Osorio • Tony Pabón • Marcos Masis • Jesus Nieves • Manny Rodriguez • Jorden Thorpe • Anthony White • Vincent Watson • Edgar Machuca • Xavier Vargas • Edgar Vargas • Benny Bonnilla

### Producers

J. White Did It • Tainy • Craig Kallman • Invincible

## *Invasion of Privacy* track listing

**"I Like It"** is a song by Cardi B with Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny and Colombian singer J Balvin. It was released on May 25, 2018, to radio stations through Atlantic Records as the fourth single from her debut studio album, *Invasion of Privacy* (2018). "I Like It" is a Latin trap and hip hop song that comprises a trap drum beat and salsa music. It was written by the three artists along with Pardison Fontaine and Klenord Raphael, with production credits from J. White Did It, Tainy, Craig Kallman and Invincible. The song contains a sample from "I Like It Like That", with Tony Pabón, Manny Rodriguez, and Benny Bonnilla additionally being credited as co-writers.

The song's recording was extensive, stemming from October 2017 to early April 2018. Its music video was filmed in Little Havana, Miami and is Cardi's second most viewed music video on YouTube, with over 1.4 billion views. The single topped the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Cardi B's second number one - the first time a female rapper achieved this in the chart's history, and the first for both Bad Bunny and J Balvin. It also reached the top 10 in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Critically acclaimed, Billboard, Los Angeles Times, and Apple Music all ranked it as the best song of the year, while Rolling Stone named it "the best summer song of all time."

"I Like It" was nominated for Record of the Year at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. The song was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2021 for selling more than 10 million units, becoming the second song from the album to receive this certification, following "Bodak Yellow", thus extending Cardi's record as the female rapper with the most Diamond-certified songs, as her third, and earning her a Guinness World Record for a tie for the most among female artists. It became the first female rap song to surpass a billion streams on Spotify, also making Cardi the first woman in hip hop with a pair of billion-streamers on the service, joining her collaboration "Girls Like You". "I Like It" is the highest-ranked female rap song on the Billboard Hot 100 decade-end chart for the 2010s. As of 2022, it is the most-streamed song by a female rapper in the UK. Rolling Stone ranked it on the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time at number 384.

## Lyrics

**[Intro]**

Yeah, baby, I like it like that

You gotta believe me when I tell you

I said I like it like that

You gotta believe me when I tell you

I said I like-

**[Verse 1: Cardi B]**

Now I like dollars, I like diamonds,

I like stunting, I like shining

I like million dollar deals, where's my pen? Bitch, I'm signin'

I like those Balenciagas, the ones that look like socks

I like going to the jeweler, I put rocks all in my watch

I like texts from my exes when they want a second chance

I like proving [n word] wrong, I do what they say I can't

They call me Cardi Bardi, banging body

Spicy mami, hot tamale

Hotter than a somali, fur coat, Ferrari

Hop out the stu', jump in the coupe (the coupe)

They trippin' on top of the roof

Flexing on bitches as hard as I can

Eating halal, driving the Lam'

Told that bitch I'm sorry though

'Bout my coins like Mario (Mario)

Yeah they call me Cardi B, I run this shit like cardio

Oh, damn

**[Chorus: Cardi B]**

Diamond district in the jag (I said I like it like that)

Certified, know I'm gang, gang, gang, gang (I said I like it like-)

Drop the top and blow the brains (I said I like it like that)

Oh he's so handsome, what's his name? (I said I like it)

Oh I need the dollars (I said I like it like that)

Beat it up, like piñatas (I said I like it like-)

Tell the driver "Close the curtains" (I said I like it like that)

Bad bitch make him nervous (I said I like it)

Cardi B

[Verse 2: Bad Bunny]

Chambean, chambean, pero no jalan (¡jalan!)

Tú compras to'a las Jordan, bobo, a mí me las regalan (jejeje)

I spend in the club (woo) what you have in the bank (yeah)

This is the new religion, bang, en Latino gang, gang, yeah

Trato de hacer dieta (yeah), pero es que en el ccloset tengo mucha grasa (woo)

Ya mude la Gucci pa' dentro de casa, yeah (woo)

Cabrón, a ti no te conocen ni en Plaza (no)

El Diablo me llama pero Jesucristo me abraza (amén)

Guerrero como Eddie, que viva la raza, yeah

Me gustan boricuas, me gustan cubanas

Me gusta el acento de las colombianas (¿qué hubo pues?)

Como mueve el culo la dominicana (¿qué lo que?)

Lo rico que me chingan las venezolanas (¡woo!)

Andamos activos, Perico Pin Pin (woo)

Billetes de cien en el maletín (ching)

Que retumbe el bajo, Bobby Valentin, yeah (boo)

Aquí es prohibido amar, diles Charytín

Que pa'l picor les tengo Claritin

Yo llego a la disco y se forma el motín (rrrr)

[Chorus: Cardi B & Bad Bunny]

Diamond district in the jag (I said I like it like that)

Bad Bunny, baby, be, be, be, be

Certified, know I'm gang, gang, gang, gang (I said I like it like-)

Drop the top and blow the brains (I said I like it like that)

Oh he's so handsome, what's his name? (I said I like it)

Oh I need the dollars (I said I like it like that)

Beat it up, like piñatas (I said I like it like-)

Tell the driver "Close the curtains" (I said I like it like that)

Bad bitch make him nervous (I said I like it)

[Verse 3: J Balvin]

Como Celia Cruz tengo el azúcar (azúca')

Tu jeva me vio y se fue de pecho como Jimmy Snuka (ah)

Te vamos a tumbar la peluca

Y arranca pa'l carajo cabrón, que a ti no te vo'a pasar la hookah (hookah, hookah)

Mis tenis Balenciaga, me reciben en la entrada (woo)

Pa-pa-pa-parazzi, like I'm Lady Gaga (woo)

Y no te me hagas (hey)

Que en cover de Billboard tú has visto mi cara (hey)

No salgo de tu mente

Donde quieras que viajes has escuchado "Mi Gente"

Yo no soy high (high), soy como el Testarossa ('rossa)

Yo soy el que se la vive y también el que la goza (goza, goza)

Es la cosa, mami es la cosa (cosa, cosa)

El que mira sufre y el que toca goza (goza, goza)

[Bridge: J Balvin & Cardi B]

I said I like it like that

I said I like it like that (rrr)

I said I like it like that (woo)

I said I like it like that

[Chorus: Cardi B]

Diamond district in the jag (I said I like it like that)

Certified, know I'm gang, gang, gang, gang (I said I like it like-)

Drop the top and blow the brains (I said I like it like that)

Oh he's so handsome, what's his name? (I said I like it).