About
“Bitch I Look Like Goku” is an exploitable catchphrase and lyrical reference to Soulja Boy’s 2010 hip hop single “Goku,” a musical tribute to the protagonist character in the popular Japanese manga / anime series Dragon Ball Z.
Origin
Written and performed by Soulja Boy, the song “Goku” was released via his Twitter account on July 23rd, 2010. The unofficial single contained several references to characters portrayed in the DBZ series:
- Bitch I look like Goku (repeated many times)
- Bitch I look like Gohan, smokin’ up that Marijuana
- Super Saiyan Swagger
- I don’t give a fuck because I’m swaggin’ to the maximum
Spread
The story of Soulja Boy’s release was soon reported by Geekosystem on the same day. The article link spread quickly throughout other DBZ-related discussion forums, most notably on DaizenshuuEX forum where users began poking fun at his song by superimposing the lyrics to screenshots and video clips from Dragon Ball, as well as photoshopping pictures of Soulja Boy with a Super Saiyan hairdo.
Related Forum Threads
July 26th, 2010: NeoGAF Gaming Forum thread Jul 26 2010
Jul 29th, 2010: Rap Bullet Blog post
Jul 31th, 2010: IGN Board thread
Aug 2nd, 2010: W8Baby Forum thread
Notable Examples
On YouTube, some members made remixes of the song and some made fun of the song further by including it in several scenes in the Dragonball anime.
ソウルジャ・ボーイ Dragon Ball Z OP 3 – “Bitch I Look Like Goku”
Bitch, Trunks looks like Goku
Bitch, I dance of joy like Goku
Goku! Soulja Boy Looks…Like You!
Soulja Boy – Bitch, I Look Like Goku!