Blessings
Praxis Lyrics

Can we pretend that airplanes
Let's imagine that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars

In the night sky
The darkness that surrounds us

Are like shooting stars
They're passing by quickly

I could really use a wish right now (wish right now, wish right now)
I'm wishing for something I want or need very much at this moment

Lets pretend like its 98, like I'm eating lunch off of Styrofoam treys
I want to pretend like everything is the way it was in the past when I was young and hungry

Trying to be the next rapper coming out the A
When I was young, I dreamed of being a famous rapper

Hoping for a record deal, to re-know my pain
I wanted a record deal to share my experiences and pain with others

Now lets pretend like I'm on the stage
I want to imagine myself performing on a grand stage

And when my beat drops everybody goes insane (Ok)
All the people are excited and full of energy when they hear my music

And everybody know my name (B.o.B)
Everyone recognizes my name and my music

And everywhere I go people wanna hear me sang
People everywhere are eager to hear me sing and perform

Oh yea and I just dropped my new album
I have recently released a new album

On the first week I did 500 thousand
My new album sold 500 thousand copies in its first week

Gold in the spring and diamond in the fall
My album achieved a golden record in the spring and a diamond record in the fall

And then a world tour just to top it all off
I'm going on a world tour to cap off my amazing success

And lets pretend like they call me the greatest
I want to imagine that everyone calls me the best and the greatest

Selling out arenas with big ass stages
I'd be selling out huge arenas and performing on massive stages

And everybody loved me and no one ever hated
Everyone loved me and no one has any negative feelings about me

Lets try to use imagination
I'm using my imagination to create a better future for myself

Ok, let's pretend like this never happened
I want to imagine that all the bad things that have happened in my life never actually happened

Like I never had dreams of being a rapper
I'd like to imagine that I never had the dream of becoming a rapper

Like I didn't write raps in all of my classes
I'm pretending that I never wrote raps in class

Like I never used to runaway into the blackness
I'm pretending that I never ran away to escape my problems

Now lets pretend like it was all-good
I'm pretending that everything was and is good in my life

Like I didn't live starring in a notebook
I'm pretending that my life wasn't just a story written in a notebook

Like I did the things I probably knew I should
I'm pretending that I always did what I knew was the right thing

But I didn't have neighbours that's why they call it hood
I'm pretending that I didn't grow up in a rough neighbourhood

Now lets pretend like I aint got a name
I'm pretending that I don't have a name or a reputation in the music industry

Before they ever called me B.o.B or a.k.a Bobby Ray
Before I became known as B.o.B or Bobby Ray

I'm talking back before the mixtapes
I'm talking about a time before I made any mixtapes

Before the videos and the deals and the fame
I'm talking about a time before I had any music videos, deals or fame

Before they ever once compared me to Andre
I'm talking about a time when people never compared me to Andre 3000

Before I ever got Myspace
I'm talking about a time before I even had a Myspace account

Before they ever noticed my face
I'm talking about a time before anyone knew what I looked like

So let's just pretend and make wishes out of airplanes
I'm choosing to use my imagination to make wishes on airplanes

Let's Pretend Marshall Mathers never picked up a pen
I'm imagining a world where Eminem never became a rapper

Let's pretend things would've been no different
I'm imagining that nothing would have changed without Eminem's influence

Pretend people procrastinated had no motivation
I'm pretending that people who don't work hard don't exist

Pretend he just made excuses that was so paper thin they could blow away wit the wind
I'm pretending that Eminem's excuses were easily blown away like paper in the wind

Marshall you never gone make it, makes no sense to play the game it ain't no way that'll you win
I'm pretending that no one believed Eminem could make it and it seemed pointless for him to even try

Pretend he just stand out side all day and play with his friends
I'm pretending that Eminem just spent his days socializing instead of working towards his dreams

Pretend he even had a friend to say was his friend
I'm pretending that Eminem had no true friends to support him in his journey

And it wasn't time to move in school no changing again
I'm pretending that Eminem had a stable school environment and didn't need to transfer schools repeatedly

He wasn't socially awakard and just strange as a kid
I'm pretending that Eminem was never socially awkward or strange when he was young

He had a father and his mother wasn't crazy as sh-t
I'm pretending that Eminem's family had a normal and stable household

And he never dreamed he can ripped stadiums he just lazy as shit
I'm pretending that Eminem never had the dream of performing in stadiums and instead just seemed lazy

F-ck a talent show in the gymnasium bitch
I'm pretending that Eminem didn't care about talent shows and didn't want to showcase his skills

You won't amount to sh-t quit day dreaming kid
I'm pretending that everyone told Eminem he wouldn't succeed and that he should forget his dreams

You need to get ya cranium check you thinking like an alien
I'm pretending that Eminem's mindset was so unusual that people thought he was crazy

It just ain't realistic
I'm pretending that Eminem's dreams were unrealistic and impossible to achieve

Now pretend they ain't just make him angry with this sh-t
I'm pretending that Eminem wasn't affected by all the negativity and criticism he faced

And there was no one he could even aim when he's pissed with
I'm pretending that Eminem had no one to take his anger out on when he felt frustrated

And his alarm went off to wake him but he didn't make it to the rap Olympics
I'm pretending that Eminem missed his chance to participate in the rap Olympics due to unforeseen circumstances

Left to his plane and he missed it
I'm pretending that Eminem missed his chance to board a plane that could have changed his life

He's gonna have a hard time explaining to Haley and Laney these food stamps and WIC shit
I'm pretending that Eminem's future will include hardships that he won't be able to explain to his daughters

Cause he never risked sh-t he hoped and he wished it
I'm pretending that Eminem never took any risks and just relied on hoping and wishing

But it didn't fall in his lap so he ain't even hear it he pretends that
I'm pretending that Eminem didn't receive any lucky breaks and that he ignores that possibility

(And it seems like yesterday it was just a dream, just memories)
It feels like yesterday that these dreams were just a dream and that the past is just memories