Airplanes
B.o.B [Ft. Kinetics & One Love & Hayley Williams] Lyrics

Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shootin' stars
Can we imagine that the airplanes flying in the sky at night resemble shooting stars

I could really use a wish right now, wish right now, wish right now
I am in need of a wish at this moment, urgently

Yeah, I could use a dream or a genie or a wish
I wish I could have a dream, a genie or even a wish to make things better

To go back to a place much simpler than this
To go back to a time when things were easier and not so complicated

'Cause after all the partyin' and smashin' and crashin'
After all the partying, destruction and chaos

And all the glitz and glam and the fashion
And all the showy and superficial aspects of the lifestyle

And all the pandemonium and all the madness
And all the disorder and craziness

There comes a time where you fade to the blackness
There comes a time when your life seems to become dark and meaningless

And when you're starin' at the phone in your lap
And when you're sitting there, staring at your phone, hoping for a call

And you hopin' but them people never call you back
And you keep hoping but those people never return your call

But that's just how the story unfolds
But that's just how life goes sometimes

You get another hand soon after you fold
You'll have another chance soon after giving up hope

And when your plans unravel in the sand
And when your plans fall apart and things don't work out as you hoped

What would you wish for, if you had one chance?
If you had one chance to wish for something, what would it be?

So airplane, airplane sorry I'm late
I apologize for being late, airplane

I'm on my way so don't close that gate
I'm on my way, so please keep the gate open

If I don't make that, then I'll switch my flight
If I can't make it, I'll change my flight

And I'll be right back at it by the end of the night
And I'll try to get back to what I was doing by the end of the night

Yeah, yeah, somebody take me back to the days
I wish someone could take me back to the old days

Before this was a job, before I got paid
Before my music became a job and I earned money from it

Before it ever mattered what I had in my bank
Before having money in my bank mattered

Yeah, back when I was tryna get a tip at Subway
Back when I was attempting to earn tips at Subway

And back then I was rappin' for the hell of it
Back then, I was rapping just because I enjoyed it

But nowadays we rappin' to stay relevant
But now, we have to keep rapping to stay relevant in the music industry

I'm guessin' that if we can make some wishes out of airplanes
I'm thinking if we can make wishes on airplanes

Then maybe, oh maybe, I'll go back to the days
Maybe, just maybe, I can go back to the old days

Before the politics that we call the rap game
Before the politics and competition of the rap industry

And back when ain't nobody listened to my mixtape
And back when no one listened to my music

And back before when I tried to cover up my slang
And before I attempted to hide my accent and dialect

But this is for Decatur, what's up Bobby Ray?
This music is for Decatur, what's up with you, Bobby Ray?

So can I get a wish to end the politics?
Can I have a wish to put an end to the politics of the music industry?

And get back to the music that started this shit
And return to the original music that started it all

So here I stand and then again I say
So here I am and I say again

I'm hoping we can make some wishes out of airplanes
I'm hoping we can make wishes on airplanes

I could really use a wish right now
I really need a wish right now

I, I, I could really use a wish right now
I really, really need a wish right now

Like, like, like shootin' stars
Like the shooting stars in the sky

I, I, I could, I could really use a wish right now
I could really, really use a wish right now

A wish, a wish right now
Just one wish right now