"Bitch I Look Like Goku"
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About
"Bitch I Look Like Goku" is a memorable lyric from the 2010 Soulja Boy song "Goku," which features several references to the anime and manga series Dragon Ball. The lyrics inspired a number of memes, including image macros, photoshops, and video edits featuring the song.
Origin
Rapper Soulja Boy, best known for his 2007 hit Crank That Soulja Boy, is a known anime fan, frequently referencing various series' in his music. On July 23rd, 2010, Soulja Boy released a song titled "Goku" for download on LimeLinx,[1] announcing it on Twitter.[2] The song features several references to the anime Dragon Ball (shown below).
Bitch I look like Goku
Bitch I look like Vegeta
I'm hopping out that old school
64 Impala, swagged up
Bitch I'm poppin bottles, bag up
On that date, online publication The Mary Sue[3] published an article criticizing Soulja Boy for including anime references in his lyrics, claiming anime fans don't want to be associated with listening to Soulja Boy. Along with "Goku" the piece also mentions Soulja Boy's song "Anime," (shown below) and his mixtape "Death Note," both heavily influenced by anime.
Spread
On July 23rd, a member of the Kanzenshuu Forum[4], a forum for Dragon Ball fans, shared the article and songs in a forum thread titled "Bitch I Look Like Goku." The thread received replies for two years, resulting in over 25 pages of users mostly making fun of the songs. On July 24th, users began posting image macros referencing the lyrics to the song over various Dragon Ball imagery (examples shown below).
The song also inspired a number of video edits.
On July 25th, YouTuber[5] Cipher49 uploaded a clip from Dragon Ball Z in which the character Ginyu performs a "dance of joy," with Soulja Boy's "Goku" replacing the original audio, garnering over 19,000 views in 11 years (shown below).
On July 29th, YouTuber[6] will able uploaded a mashup combining "Goku" with the Dragon Ball Z theme song, including an edit of the opening animation with Soulja Boy's head replacing various characters, garnering over 1.3 million views in 11 years and becoming the most popular video edit referencing the song on YouTube (shown below).
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] LimeLinx (via Wayback Machine) – Soulja Boy – Goku.mp3
[2] Twitter – Soulja Boy – Goku
[3] The Mary Sue – Why Anime is Doomed: Soulja Boy Records “Anime” and “Goku,” Manga Also in Works
[4] Kanzenshuu – Bitch I Look Like Goku
[5] YouTube – Bitch, I dance of joy like Goku
[6] YouTube – ソウルジャ・ボーイ Dragon Ball Z OP 3 – 'Bitch I Look Like Goku'
