We always use the before same.
- Give me the same again, please. (NOT Give mo seme again, please.)
- I want the same shirt as my friend's. (NOT / want a same shirt like my friend.)
We use the same as before a noun or pronoun.
- Her hair's the same colour as her mother's. (NOT . . . the same colour like her mother's.)
- We use the same that before a clause.
- That's the same man that asked me for money yesterday.