Airplanes
Lupe Fiasco feat. Hayley Williams Lyrics

Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shootin' stars
Imagine if airplanes in the sky at night looked like shooting stars

I could really use a wish right now, wish right now, wish right now
I am in need of a wish or desire, right now

Yeah, I could use a dream or a genie or a wish
I wish I had a dream, genie, or wish

To go back to a place much simpler than this
I wish to go back to an easier and more simple time

'Cause after all the partyin' and smashin' and crashin'
After all the partying and wild behavior

And all the glitz and glam and the fashion
And all the glamour and fashion

And all the pandemonium and all the madness
And all the chaos and madness

There comes a time where you fade to the blackness
There comes a time when everything fades to black

And when you're starin' at the phone in your lap
When you are staring at your phone in your lap

And you hopin' but them people never call you back
And you hope for a call but they never respond

But that's just how the story unfolds
That is just how the story goes

You get another hand soon after you fold
You get another chance soon after you give up

And when your plans unravel in the sand
When your plans fall apart

What would you wish for, if you had one chance?
If you had one opportunity, what would you wish for?

So airplane, airplane sorry I'm late
Referring to the airplane and apologizing for being late

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

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

And I'll be right back at it by the end of the night
I will be back on track by the end of the night

Yeah, yeah, somebody take me back to the days
Take me back to the old days

Before this was a job, before I got paid
Before this became a job and before I was paid

Before it ever mattered what I had in my bank
When it didn't matter how much money I had

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

And back then I was rappin' for the hell of it
Back when I was rapping just for fun

But nowadays we rappin' to stay relevant
But now we rap to stay relevant

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

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

Before the politics that we call the rap game
Before the politics that come with the rap industry

And back when ain't nobody listened to my mixtape
When nobody listened to my mixtape

And back before when I tried to cover up my slang
Before I tried to change my slang

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

So can I get a wish to end the politics?
Can I make a wish to end the political nature of the rap industry?

And get back to the music that started this shit
And return to the music that began all of this

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

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

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

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

Like, like, like shootin' stars
Like shooting stars

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

A wish, a wish right now
A wish, a wish right now