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"Cake Like Lady Gaga" also known as just "Cake" or "Trap" is a song written by Lady Gaga and produced by DJ White Shadow in September of 2012. A remix debuted during the Mugler womenswear Spring/Summer 2013 fashion show including a reworked structure and new verses. A sped up version of the song including all the verses was unofficially released onto iTunes and Spotify under an artist by the name of Jay Tromp which was later taken down from both music sites.

Background

On September 19, 2012, DJ White Shadow decided to do an experimentation on Twitter by releasing a new instrumental track called "Trap". He uploaded it on soundcloud and asked fans to record a rap for the song. He also added that if the lyrics were about Lady Gaga that it was worth more points. He then gave a couple of hours to fans to submit their version before Tara Savelo and himself would pick a winner.

After a couple of submissions, DJ White Shadow tweeted that he got "the one" and that "You still have a little time. But you are going to have a hard time beating this one!" He then revealed that the "winner" was asked to not to be annouced and that he decided to add a bridge to complete the demo. DJ White Shadow uploaded the new track as "Trap aka Cake" with the following description: "the one hour rap champion. i added a bridge!!!! we are going to mix this shit and put it out for real... its a hit!!!! cake like lady gaga...."

The vocals are made up of two voices, one is the rapper's voice which was pitched down to give it a manly tone and DJ White Shadow doing some background vocals. Some fans edited the song to reverse the pitch change which revealed the rapper identity to be Lady Gaga.

The subject of the lyrics is Lady Gaga seen as a money ("cake") maker using elements inherent of hip hop culture: "champagne", "private plane", "bank roll", "sold out show", "Phantom Pearl". The lyrics could also be seen as a take on gangsta rap with the profanity, implied violence, and drug reference. Some of the verses refer to Lady Gaga's life including Donatella (Versace) designing clothes for her, "papa Joe" (her dad's name, Joe), "Singing Paparazzi" (her song "Paparazzi"), a mention of her 30 million fans on Twitter, name dropping Hedi (Slimane) who did the photoshoot for The Fame Monster who is now at "Yves" (Saint Laurent), "Prada" and more.

  • The Mugler Remix included new verses using a different pitch change.

Performances

Lady Gaga sang a small piece of the song in acapella, during The Born This Way Ball in Nice, France. She then later performed the whole song on November 9 , 2012 in Rio de Janeiro as the encore.

Tour Dates Performances
The Born This Way Ball Oct 6 & Nov 9, 2012 2
artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball May 4-June 3, 2014 15
Total of performances 17

Lyrics

Stuntin' all day
Swag on a hundred million
Private plane like Lady Gaga
Sip champagne like Lady Gaga
Sold out show like Lady Gaga
Big bank roll like Lady Gaga

Iced out wrists, iced out chain
I'm diva in the fucking game
Everybody knows my name
Diamond ring like Lady Gaga
Diamond ring in your face
Fuck yo' face, trick bitch
Fuck your life, trick bitch
I'm caked up and I'll fuck your wife
Fuck your life you bitch ass trick

I'm posted in the trap
Strapped with the AK
Aiming at your fitted cap
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga

I'm posted in the trap
Strapped with the AK
Aiming at your fitted cap
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga

I roll all the good shit
You rolling on that Reggie Bush
I roll like Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga in this bitch
Roll all fucking day
Donatella on ya hoes
Donatella got them clothes
Donatella that's for sho'
Shopper in the chopper on the way to a sold out show
Lady Gaga bitch ass trick
I put that on my papa Joe
I'll mop you all across the floor
Snatch your fucking weave out bitch
In front of paparazzi
Singing Paparazzi in this bitch

I'm posted in the trap
Strapped with the AK
Aiming at your fitted cap
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga

I'm posted in the trap
Strapped with the AK
Aiming at your fitted cap
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga

Fuck the world like Lady Gaga
Run the world like Lady Gaga
Phantom Pearl like Lady Gaga
Burqa swag like Lady Gaga
Twitter on 30 million
Under thirty hundred million
Thirty million fans straight fanning like my children
Ask my man Hedi at Yves about Emi
Ask anybody I'm rich
Homie I got plenty
Shut shit down like Lady Gaga
Iced out crown and Miuccia Prada
I sun you son, ask yo' father
Skull tattoo, I ain't your daughter

I'm posted in the trap
Strapped with the AK
Aiming at your fitted cap
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga

I'm posted in the trap
Strapped with the AK
Aiming at your fitted cap
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga

Mugler Remix

Fuck the world like Lady Gaga
Run the world like Lady Gaga
Phantom Pearl like Lady Gaga
Burqa swag like Lady Gaga
Twitter on 30 million
Under thirty hundred million
Thirty million fans straight fanning like my children
Ask my man Hedi at Yves about Emi
Ask anybody I'm rich
Homie I got plenty
Shut shit down like Lady Gaga
Iced out crown and Miuccia Prada
I sun you son, ask yo' father
Skull tattoo, I ain't your daughter

I'm posted in the trap
Strapped with the AK
Aiming at your fitted cap
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga

Ayo, I’m Lady Gaga.
You know I’m Lady Gaga
Lazer cut up, lot a mesh
Mugler show, I’m Lady Gaga.

Bad bitch is gonna walk the runway
Walk bitches like lady gaga
Ortenberg, you can suck my dick
Walk bitch you ain’t lady gaga

Nicopanda got style trick
Cathy Horyn, your style ain’t dick
Walk a mile in these foot high heels
I run in these you ain’t running shit

You chew beef, I wear meat
And stay on top of
I’m getting fat and so is my bank
I’m on a sold-out world tour bitch

I'm posted in the trap
Strapped with the AK
Aiming at your fitted cap
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga

I'm posted in the trap
Strapped with the AK
Aiming at your fitted cap
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga
Cake like Lady Gaga

Video

On November 15, 2012, Lady Gaga uploaded a 15 second footage of her at one of her hotel parties in São Paulo, Brazil. The footage was cut to the song "Cake Like Lady Gaga".

Reference

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