"Girl Like Me" is a lovelorn ballad where Jazmine Sullivan sings of despair and rejection after her man leaves her for another woman. According to her interview with The Guardian, she was dumped for the girl in the preceding track on the album, "The Other Side." Knew it was real when you blocked me Now I sit at home judgin' my body After scrolling through social media, Sullivan feels unable to compete with the beautiful girls who have caught her ex's eye.
H.E.R. joins Sullivan on the track, during which she wonders whether she should change her appearance: Maybe I should look like a stripper Wearin' Fashion Nova dresses All these dudes be so pressed and impressed with it She concludes she's better off dressing like a "heaux" rather than trying to be a good girl.
"Girl Like Me" marked the first time Sullivan has ever duetted with a woman on one of her own recordings. She told Billboard: "We got it done quickly with no fuss or anything, barely any manager talk. I texted her; she said it was dope. It was so easy and refreshing to not have to go through the industry stuff."
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