I Wish
Skee Lo Lyrics

I wish I was a little bit taller
I want to be taller than I am currently

I wish I was a baller
I want to be a professional basketball player

I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her
I want a good-looking girlfriend who I can talk to

I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat
I want a rabbit and a magical hat with a bat

And a six four Impala
I want a 1964 Chevrolet Impala coupe

I wish I was like six-foot-nine
I want to be 6 ft 9 in tall

So I can get with Leoshi
I want to impress and date a girl named Leoshi

'Cause she don't know me but yo she's really fine
I am interested in Leoshi even though she doesn't know me yet

You know I see her all the time everywhere I go
I frequently see Leoshi in different places

And even in my dreams I can scheme a way to make her mine
I fantasize about being with Leoshi and try to come up with a plan

'Cause I know she's livin phat
I think Leoshi is living a good life

Her boyfriend's tall and he plays ball
Leoshi's boyfriend is tall and plays basketball

So how am I gonna compete with that?
I feel like it's difficult to compete with Leoshi's boyfriend

'Cause when it comes to playing basketball
I am talking about my skills at playing basketball

I'm always last to be picked
I am usually picked last when teams are formed to play basketball

And in some cases never picked at all
Sometimes I am never chosen to be on a basketball team

So I just lean up on the wall
I don't participate and just stand against the wall

Or sit up in the bleachers with the rest of the girls
I instead sit with the girls who come to watch

Who came to watch their men ball
The girls came to watch the guys play basketball

Dag y'all! I never understood, black
I express my frustration in slang terms

Why the jocks get the fly girls and me I get the hood rats
I don't understand why the popular guys get attractive girls while I only attract unappealing ones

I tell em "scat, skittle, scabobble"
I tell the unappealing girls to leave

Got hit with a bottle
I was hit with a bottle for speaking that way

And I been in the hospital for talkin' that mess
I was injured badly and spent time in the hospital

I confess it's a shame when you living in a city
I admit that it's unfortunate when you live in a big city

That's the size of a box and nobody knows yo' name
People don't know who I am in this big city

Glad I came to my senses
I am relieved that I realized things had to change

Like quick-quick got sick-sick to my stomach
I felt sick about my situation and needed a change

Overcommeth by the thoughts of me and her together
I was consumed by thoughts of being with Leoshi

Right? So when I asked her out she said I wasn't her type
Leoshi rejected me by saying I wasn't her type

I wish I had a brand-new car
I wish I owned a new car

So far, I got this hatchback
I have a small car at the moment

And everywhere I go, yo, I gets laughed at
People laugh at my car when I'm driving around

And when I'm in my car I'm laid back
I relax when I'm driving

I got an 8-track and a spare tire in the backseat, but that's flat
I have an old audio system and a deflated spare tire in the backseat

And do you really wanna know what's really whack?
I ask rhetorically if the listener wants to know what's bothering me

See I can't even get a date, so, what do you think of that?
I am frustrated that I can't even get a date

I heard that prom night is a bomb night
I heard that prom night is a great night

With the hood rats you can hold tight
I suggest that going to prom with unattractive girls may not be the worst thing

But really though, I'm a Figaro
I admit that I'm not desirable

When I'm in my car I can't even get a hello
I can't even get a greeting when I'm in my car

Well, so many people wanna cruise Crenshaw on Sunday
Many people want to take a leisurely drive down Crenshaw Boulevard on Sundays

Well, then I'mma have to get in my car and go
I will have to get in my car and join them

You know I take the 110 until the 105
I describe the route I take to get to Crenshaw

Get off at Crenshaw, tell my homies "look alive"
I instruct my friends to pay attention when we arrive at Crenshaw

'Cause it's hard to survive when your living
I comment on how tough life can be sometimes

In a concrete jungle and these girls keep passing me by
I am upset that I keep missing out on attractive girls

She looks fly, she looks fly
I see an attractive girl

Makes me say "my, my, my"
I express my admiration of her

Hey, I wish I had my way
I wish things could go the way I wanted them to

'Cause everyday would be a Friday
I imagine a life where every day would be like Friday - a fun day

And you could even speed on the highway
I dream of a life where I can drive fast on the highway

I would play ghetto games
I indicate that I would play games from my neighborhood

Name my kids ghetto names Little Mookie, Big Al, Lorraine
I express my desire to give my future children names that are common in my neighborhood

Yo you know that's on the real
I want to make it known that I am being honest

So if you're down on your luck
If you're having tough times

Then you should know just how I feel 'cause if you don't want me around
If you don't want to be around me

See I go simple, I go easy, I go Greyhound
I say that I will leave and take the bus if I am not wanted

Hey, you, what's that sound?
I ask a rhetorical question

Everybody look what's going down
I comment on the current situation

Ah yes, ain't that fresh?
I express my approval

Everybody wants to get down like that
Everyone wants to have fun like this