Airplanes
Ready Set The Lyrics

Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars?
Can we imagine that airplanes flying in the night sky look like shooting stars?

I could really use a wish right now, wish right now, wish right now
I desperately want something good to happen to me and I need it to happen immediately

I could use a dream or a genie or a wish
I need some supernatural assistance to escape from the current complex and difficult situation

To go back to a place much simpler than this
I want to return to a time when life was simpler and easier to manage

Cause after all the partyin' and smashin' and crashin'
After enjoying a life of partying and recklessness

And all the glitz and the glam and the fashion
And after achieving fame and success which comes with a glamorous lifestyle

And all the pandemonium and all the madness
And after dealing with the chaos which comes with the entertainment industry

There comes a time where you fade to the blackness
There comes a time where all the excitement fades and you start feeling dark and helpless

And when you're staring at that phone in your lap
And when you're staring blankly at your phone waiting for someone to call you

And you hoping but them people never call you back
And you keep hoping for a call that never comes

But that's just how the story unfolds
Unfortunately, that's just how life turns out sometimes

You get another hand soon after you fold
However, life moves on and you get another chance to try again

And when your plans unravel and they sayin'
And when your plans fall apart and people are criticizing you

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

So airplane, airplane sorry I'm late
Apologizing for arriving late for a flight

I'm on my way so don't close that gate
Asking them not to close the gate yet as they are on the way

If I don't make that then I'll switch my flight
If they miss the flight then they will change to another one

And I'll be right back at it by the end of the night
They will return to the same situation by the end of the day

Somebody take me back to the days
Asking someone to take them back to a previous time

Before this was a job, before I got paid
Before music became a source of income

Before it ever mattered what I had in my bank
Before money became a primary concern

Back when I was tryin' to get into the subway
When they were trying to get their music heard by anyone in the subway

Oh, when I was rappin' for the hell of it
When they were performing just for the joy of it rather than as a career

Now a days we rappin' to stay relevant
These days, they are rapping to stay relevant in music industry

I'm guessing that if we can make some wishes outta airplanes
Imagining that wishes could be made on airplanes

Then maybe yo maybe I'll go back to the days
Maybe, just maybe, they could return to their early days of music-making

Before the politics that we call the rap game
Before the complicated and competitive nature of the rap industry

And back when ain't nobody listened to my mix tape
When they were struggling to get anyone to listen to their music

And back before I tried to cover up my slate
Before trying to hide any past mistakes or imperfections

But this is for the Cada, what's up Bobby Ray?
A shout-out to fans and a fellow musician

So can I get a wish to end the politics
Asking for a wish to get rid of the competitive politics of the music industry

And get back to the music that started this shit
To return to the pure form of music that motivated them to get into it in the first place

So here I stand and then again I say
Now, standing where they are, they repeat their request for a wish

I'm hopin' we can make some wishes outta airplanes
Hoping that their wishes can be granted by airplanes looking like shooting stars

I could really use a wish like shooting stars, like shooting stars
Repeating their wish in different words

I could really use a wish, a wish right now
Concluding with an expression of their urgent need for a wish to come true