Cardi B's 'I Like It' With Bad Bunny and J Balvin Goes Beyond Liking Material Things: See Lyrics

There is no denying Cardi B’s inner Latina. As proof, there is her new song "I Like It," featuring Bad Bunny and J Balvin, from her debut album Invasion of Privacy, released this Friday (Apr. 6). The trio give a 360 degree turn to the iconic hit "I Like it Like That," originally performed by Pete Rodriguez in 1967, and famously covered by Tito Nieves and the Blackout All-Stars in the mid-'90s. 

The song is heavily indebted to the world of Latin hip-hop. The best part? Finally, we hear Bad Bunny rapping in English, while Balvin leaves aside his Colombian vocabulary to sing Puerto Rican slang lyrics.

See Cardi B’s "I Like It" lyrics below. And since the song is a combination between English and Spanish, Billboard has translated Bad Bunny and Balvin’s lyrics to English. 

[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 it like that

 

[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 niggas 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

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

Yeah they call me Cardi B

I run this shit like cardio

Oh, damn

 

[Chorus: Cardi B]

Diamonds, just forget the chains

I said I like it like that

Instead of fighting, know I'm gang gang gang gang

I said I like it like that

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 like that

Oh I need the dollars

I said I like it like that

Beat it up like piñatas

I said I like it like that

Tell the driver, close the curtains

I said I like it like that

Bad bitch make him nervous

I said I like it like that

Cardi B!

 

[Verse 2: Bad Bunny]

Chambean, chambean, pero no jalan (Meaning that they charge the gun but they don’t shot)

You buy all Jordans, stupid, I get it free

I spend in the club (wuh), while you hop in the bank (yeh)

This is a new religion, bang, en latino gang, gang, yeh, yeh

I try to diet, but I have a lot of fat in the closet

I moved the Gucci inside the house

Asshole, nobody knows you even in the plaza

The Devil calls me Jesus Christ hugs me

Warrior like Eddie, let the race live

I like Puerto Ricans, I like Cubans

I like the accent of the Colombians

How Dominicans move the ass

But Venezuelans fuck me good

We are active, Perico Pin-Pin

One hundred bills in the briefcase

The bass resounds, Bobby Valentin, yeh

Here it is forbidden to love, tell them Charytín

That pa'l pico I have Claritin

I get to the disc and the riot is formed

 

[Chorus: Cardi B]

Diamonds, just forget the chains

Pa, pa, pa, pa

I said I like it like that

Instead of fighting, know I'm gang gang gang gang

I said I like it like that

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 like that

Oh I need the dollars

I said I like it like that

Beat it up like piñatas

I said I like it like that

Tell the driver, close the curtains

I said I like it like that

Bad bitch make him nervous

I said I like it like that

 

[Verse 3: J Balvin]

Like Celia Cruz I have the sugar (azuca’)

Your girl saw  me and she left to her chest like Jimmy Snuka

We're going to knock off the wig

And fuck you bastard, that you will not pass the juca (juca, juca)

My tennis Balenciaga, they receive me at the entrance

Pa-pa-pa-pa-razzi, like I'm Lady Gaga

And don’t play, you’ve seen my face on Billboard’s cover

I do not leave your mind

Wherever you want trips you've heard my people

I'm not high, I'm like the Testarossa

I am the one who lives it and also the one who enjoys it

In the thing, mami in the thing

The one who looks suffers and the one who touches enjoys
 

[Bridge: J Balvin & Cardi B]

I said I like it like that

I said I like it like that

I said I like it like that

I said I like it like that