"Whatever You Like" Anya Marina (T.I. Cover)

"Stacks on deck, patron on ice"

I've always wanted to be someone's "sugar daddy".. or rather "sugar mama" I suppose would be the more appropriate term.   Can you imagine being to give someone anything that they wanted? Money can't buy happiness but it can likely buy you the affections of anyone you desire. I'm so out of the "top 40" loop that I heard Anya Marina's cover of "Whatever You Like" before I heard the original version by rapper, T.I.  One of my favorite phrases to throw around now is, "You can have whatever you like." i.e. friend says: "I like that house",  J.Bird says: "I"ll buy it for you, you can have whatever you like."  I never follow through on my generous offers but it's nice to imagine.

 

"Whatever You Like" was released by T.I. in summer 2009 and went on to achieve huge success, claiming #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs of the decade (2000-2009).  The song tells the story of a sugar daddy who meets a girl and promises her the world. 

T.I.

 Anya Marina

Anya Marina is an up and coming artist from San Diego who released her first album, Miss Halfway in January 2005.  Her songs have been featured on soundtracks for Grey's Anatomy, Twilight - New Moon and Gossip Girl. Outside of that I haven't noticed the song getting any mainstream radio play.  

I love Marina's cover of the song because of the contrast between her voice and the lyrics.  The lyrics are super macho and clearly written by a man, so it's funny to hear a sweet, innocent sounding bird like Anya crooning lines like, "My chick can have whatever she wants." She sings the song at a much slower tempo than T.I.'s version.  The video I'm posting features only Marina and her acoustic guitar.  She also has a studio version of her cover recorded that features more instrumental.

[Chorus:]

Stacks on deck

Patrone on ice

And we can pop bottles all night

Baby you can have whatever you like (you like)

I said you can have whatever you like (you like)

Yeah

Late night sex so wet so tight

I’ll gas up the jet for you tonight
Baby you can go where ever you like (you like)

Yeah you can go where ever you like (you like)

[Verse 1:]

Anytime you want to pick up the telephone

You know it ain’t nothin to drop a couple stacks on you

Wanted you could get it my dear

Five million dollar home, drop Bentley’s I swear

Yeah I want your body, I need your body

Long as you got me you won’t need nobody

You want it I got it, go get it I buy it

Tell them other broke brothers be quiet

[Verse 2:]

Shawty you the hottest, love the way you drop it

Brain so good coulda swore you went to college

Hundred K deposits, vacations in the tropics

Cause everybody know it ain’t trickin if ya got it

Ya need to never ever gotta go to yo wallet

Long as I got rubberband banks in my pocket

Five six, rides with rims and a body kit

You ain’t gotta downgrade you can get what I get

My chick can have whatever she want

And go in every store and buy anything she wants

And know she ain’t never had a man like that

To buy you anything your heart desire like that

Yeah I want you body, I need your body

Long as you got me you won’t need nobody

You want it I got it, go get it I buy it

Tell them other broke brothers be quiet

[Chorus:]

[Verse 3:]

I’m talkin’ big boy rides and big boy ice
Let me put this big boy in your life
Whatever you like(Whatever you like)
Whatever you like (Whatever you like)
You can have whatever you like (Whatever you like
Whatever you like (Whatever you like)
You can have whaver you like (Whatever you like)
Whatever you like