Baka Mitai (I've Been a Fool) (ばかみたい, Baka Mitai), originally titled Bakamitai, is a recurring karaoke song in the Like a Dragon series. It is first introduced in Yakuza 5 and is subsequently featured in Yakuza 0, Yakuza Kiwami, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Like a Dragon: Ishin!, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. It is sung by Kazuma Kiryu, Shun Akiyama, Taiga Saejima and Yu Nanba. An acoustic remix of the song titled Bakamitai -sorrow- (ばかみたい-哀愁-, Baka Mitai -Aishū-) is featured in Yakuza Kiwami and is sung by Kiryu. Like a Dragon: Ishin! features a remix titled Baka Mitai - Ishin Spec Edition, sang by Sakamoto Ryoma.
The album Ryu ga Gotoku 5 Yume, Kanaeshi Mono Original Soundtrack (Vol. 2) features both a jazz arrangement of the song titled Baka Mitai [Jazz Version] and a duet of the full version of the song as sung by Saejima and Akiyama titled Baka Mitai ~feat. Saejima & Akiyama~. Later albums feature full versions of the song as sung by Kiryu, Bakamitai 【Taxi Driver Edition】and its remix Bakamitai -sorrow- [Full Spec Edition].
Lyrics
Japanese Lyrics
The original Japanese lyrics to "Baka Mitai" as written in Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Opening comments are included.
Kiryu:
Akiyama:
Saejima: ばかみたい
Kiryu: I sing for you (Yakuza 0, Yakuza Kiwami)
Nanba:
I love youも ろくに
なのになのにどうして
サヨナラは
だめだね だめよ だめなのよ
あんたが
どれだけ
あんた
なのになのにどうして
ほんまに ろくな
ざまあみろ せいせいするわ
いい
だめだね だめよ だめなのよ
あんたが
どれだけ
ほんまに ろくな
ざまあみろ せいせいするわ
なんなのよこの
Romaji Lyrics
These are the romanized lyrics to "Baka Mitai" as written in Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Opening comments are included.
Kiryu: Kiite kudasai Baka Mitai / Haruka: Ganbatte! (Yakuza 5)
Akiyama: Kiite kudasai Baka Mitai / Haruka: Ganbatte! (Yakuza 5)
Saejima: Baka Mitai kiite kure ya (Yakuza 5)
Kiryu: I sing for you (Yakuza 0, Yakuza Kiwami)
Nanba: Kokoro wo tomete utaimasu (Yakuza: Like a Dragon)
Baka mitai kodomo na no ne
Yume o otte kizutsuite
Uso ga heta na kuse ni waraenai egao miseta
I love you mo roku ni iwanai
Kuchi beta de honma ni bukiyou
Na no ni na no ni doushite
Sayonara wa ieta no
Dame da ne dame yo dame na no yo
Anta ga suki de suki sugite
Dore dake tsuyoi osake demo
Yugamanai omoide ga baka mitai
Baka mitai hontou baka ne
Anta shinjiru bakari de
Tsuyoi onna no furi setsunasa no yokaze abiru
Hitori ni natte san nen ga sugi
Machinami sae mo kawarimashita
Nanoni nanoni doushite
Miren dake okizari
Honma ni roku na otoko ya nai
Soroi no yubiwa hazushimasu
Zamaa miro seisei suru wa
Ii kagen mattete mo baka mitai
Dame da ne dame yo dame na no yo
Anta ga suki de suki sugite
Dore dake tsuyoi osake demo
Yugamanai omoide ga baka mitai
Honma ni roku na otoko ya nai
Soroi no yubiwa hazushimasu
Zamaa miro seisei suru wa
Nanna no yo kono namida baka mitai
English Lyrics
Official Singable Lyrics
The official English translation of the lyrics to "Baka Mitai" as written in Yakuza: Like a Dragon. The lyrics are stylized, as they are intended to be singable. Opening comments officially translated into English are included.
Nanba: This one's a real classic (Yakuza: Like a Dragon)
Kiryu: I sing... for you
I've been a fool, and you've been childish
You fell down, you got hurt chasing sweeter dreams
Never could hide the truth in your eyes
That's how I knew that smile was a lie
I love you is something you never say
Couldn't get it out, always just pulled away
So then why, please won't you tell me why
You could find the words to say goodbye
I'm such a mess, I'm lost, I'm no good at this
I'm in love, still in love, still in love with you
Hard as I try, I can't even drink this pain away
Memories of you, twisting my view, I've been a fool
Literal English Lyrics
A literal English translation of the Japanese lyrics to "Baka Mitai". These lyrics are not intended to be singable, but are provided as an alternative translation with stylistic liberties kept to an absolute minimum. Opening comments that have not been officially translated into English or are not already in English originally are translated and included.
It should be noted that the song is written from the perspective of a woman reflecting on her relationship with her ex-fiance or ex-husband, although the lyrics are ambiguous regarding this at the start. This is due to the fact that the song uses vague wording and very few pronouns in the beginning, is written in the Kansai dialect (in which certain "feminine" ways of speaking are less gendered), and is sung exclusively by men. This translation aims to preserve the song's initial ambiguity.
Kiryu: Please, listen - "Baka Mitai" / Haruka: Do your best! (Yakuza 5)
Akiyama: Please, listen - "Baka Mitai" / Haruka: Do your best! (Yakuza 5)
Saejima: "Baka Mitai," take a listen (Yakuza 5)
Nanba: Pay attention, I'm singin' (Yakuza: Like a Dragon)
What a fool; how childish
Went chasing a dream and got hurt
Poorly disguised behind a joyless smile[a]
"I love you" is hardly ever said
Tongue-tied and downright self-conscious
But even so, even so, why is it
"Goodbye" came so naturally?[b]
It's no use, no use, no use at all
I love you, I love you far too much
No matter how strong the drink
The memories don't fade—what a fool
What a fool; honestly, what a fool
Filled to the brim with faith in you
I play the part of the strong woman and bathe in the suffocating night air
Since I've been alone, three years have passed
Even the city streets have changed
But even so, even so, why is it
I'm still left behind in the past?
Really, you're a no-good man, no good at all
My matching ring, I take it off
Serves you right! I'm relieved
Yet naively I still wait—what a fool
It's no use, no use, no use at all
I love you, I love you far too much
No matter how strong the drink
The memories don't fade—what a fool
Really, you're a no-good man, no good at all
My matching ring, I take it off
Serves you right! I'm relieved
So then what are they, these tears—what a fool
Chinese Lyrics
Kiryu: 这首歌……送给大家。
活像个傻瓜 这幼稚的模样
追着梦最后落得遍体鳞伤
明知道 根本不会说话 强颜的微笑却又挤在脸上
I love you 也 在心里口难开
我这张笨嘴实在是太失败
为什么 到底是为什么
只有再见能 说得出来
醒过来吧 不行啊 这样不行啊
爱上你 爱上了 再也放不下
再浓的酒 也只留钻心的辣
冲不淡回忆 浇不灭牵挂 像个傻瓜
Track Listings
This is a list of all of Baka Mitai's track listings on albums.
| # | Album | Title | Performance | Lyrics | Composition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Ryu ga Gotoku 5 Yume, Kanaeshi Mono Original Soundtrack (Vol. 2) | ばかみたい [Jazz Version] | N/A | N/A | Mitsuharu Fukuyama |
| 47 | Ryu ga Gotoku 5 Yume, Kanaeshi Mono Original Soundtrack (Vol. 2) | ばかみたい ~feat.冴島＆秋山~ (with Saejima & Akiyama) |
Rikiya Koyama, Koichi Yamadera | Ryosuke Horii | Mitsuharu Fukuyama |
| 30 | Ryu ga Gotoku Kiwami Original Soundtrack | ばかみたい-哀愁-[Full Spec Edition] (with Kiryu) |
Takaya Kuroda | Ryosuke Horii | Mitsuharu Fukuyama |
| 07 | Best of Kiryu - Ryu ga Gotoku: Kiryu Kazuma Karaoke All Time Best Collection - | ばかみたい-哀愁- [Full Spec Edition] (with Kiryu) |
Takaya Kuroda | Ryosuke Horii | Mitsuharu Fukuyama |
| 12 | Best of Kiryu - Ryu ga Gotoku: Kiryu Kazuma Karaoke All Time Best Collection - | ばかみたい【Taxi Driver Edition】 (with Kiryu) |
Takaya Kuroda | Ryosuke Horii | Mitsuharu Fukuyama |
| 06 | Kazuma Kiryu Karaoke Hit Song Collection (Ryu Ga Gotoku7 Hikari to Yami No Yukue) | Bakamitai【Taxi Driver Edition】 (with Kiryu) |
Takaya Kuroda | Ryosuke Horii | Mistuharu Fukuyama |
| 02 | Like A Dragon: Ishin! Complete Karaoke Songs | Baka Mitai - Ishin Spec Edition (with Ryoma) |
Takaya Kuroda | Ryosuke Horii | Mitsuharu Fukuyama |
Trivia
- The jazz arrangement of Baka Mitai — Baka Mitai [Jazz Version] — can be heard playing in the background in various establishments from Yakuza 5 onwards.
- Both Baka Mitai and Baka Mitai -sorrow- [Instrumental Version] can also be heard playing in the background at the Karaoke Bar in Yakuza Kiwami 2, despite the song not being featured as a singable track in-game.
- Every cutscene for Baka Mitai features the singer looking at a different photograph.
- Kiryu has a photo of Sunflower Orphanage (Yakuza 0), himself and Pocket Circuit Fighter in 1988 (Yakuza Kiwami), Mame (Yakuza 5), another picture of himself and Fighter in 2016 (Like A Dragon Gaiden) and Mame's birthday (Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth)
- Saejima has a photo of himself and Yasuo Sodachi.
- Akiyama has a photo of himself from when he was homeless.
- Nanba has a photo of the chief of the homeless area.
- Instead of a photograph, Ryoma gazes at the Shinto Priest in the audience.
- Nanba's version, as well as non-Japanese dubs of Kiryu's version, use a slightly remixed version of the backing track with more prominent synth in the intro and outro.
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