B.o.B - Airplanes, Pt. 2 (Lyrics) ft. Eminem & Hayley Williams

B.o.B - Airplanes, Pt. 2 (Lyrics) ft. Eminem & Hayley Williams

B.o.B

Lyrics
[Chorus: Hayley Williams]
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now, wish right now

[Verse 1: B.o.B]
Yeah, let's pretend like it's '98
Like I'm eatin' lunch off of Styrofoam trays
Tryin' to be the next rapper comin' out the A (A-Town)
Hopin' for a record deal to ignore my pain
Yeah, now let's pretend like I'm on the stage
And when my beat drops everybody goes insane
Okay, and everybody know my name (Bob)
And everywhere I go people wanna hear me sang
Oh yeah, and I just dropped my new album
On the first week I did 500 thousand
Gold in the spring, and diamond in the fall
And then a world tour just to top it all off
And let's pretend like they call me the greatest
Sellin' out arenas with big-a** stages
And everybody loved me and no one ever hated
Let's try to use imagination

[Chorus: Hayley Williams]
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now, wish right now
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now, wish right now

[Verse 2: B.o.B]
Okay, let's pretend like this never happened (Never)
Like I never had dreams of bein' a rapper (Rapper)
Like I didn't write raps up in all of my classes (Classes)
Like I never used to run away into the blackness (Yeah)
Now, let's pretend like it was all good (Good)
Like I didn't live starin' in the notebook (Notebook)
Like I did the things that I probably knew I should (Should)
But I ain't have neighbors, that's why they call it hood (hood)
Yeah, now let's pretend like I ain't got a name (No)
Before they ever called me B.o.B or a.k.a. Bobby Ray
I'm talkin' back before the mixtapes (Cloud 9)
Before the videos and the deals and the fame (Yeah)
Before they ever once compared me to André (Three stacks)
Before I ever got on MySpace (Yeah)
Before they ever noticed my face (Yeah)
So let's just pretend and make wishes outta airplanes

[Chorus: Hayley Williams]
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now, wish right now
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now, wish right now

[Bridge: B.o.B. & Eminem]
And it seems like yesterday it was just a dream
But those days are gone
They're just memories
And it seems like yesterday it was just a dream
But those days are gone
All right…

[Verse 3: Eminem]
Let's pretend Marshall Mathers never picked up a pen
Let's pretend things woulda been no different
Pretend he procrastinated, had no motivation
Pretend he just made excuses that were so paper thin
They could blow away with the wind
"Marshall, you're never gonna make it
Makes no sense to play the game
There ain't no way that you'll win."
Pretend he just stayed outside all day and played with his friends
Pretend he even had a friend to say was his friend
And it wasn't time to move and schools weren't changin' again
He wasn't socially awkward and just strange as a kid
He had a father and his mother wasn't crazy as s***
And he never dreamed he could rip stadiums and just lazy as s***
"F*** a talent show in the gymnasium, b****!"
"You won't amount to s***—quit daydreamin', kid!"
"You need to get your cranium checked."
"You're thinking like an alien, it just ain't realistic."
Now pretend they ain't just make him angry with this s***
And there was no one he could even aim when he's p***** at
And his alarm went off to wake him, but he didn't make it
To the Rap Olympics, slept through his plane and he missed it
He's gon' have a hard time explaining to Hailie and Lainey
These food stamps and this WIC s***
‘Cause he never risked s***, he hoped and he wished it
But it didn't fall in his lap, so he ain't even here, he pretends that—

[Chorus: Hayley Williams]
Airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now, wish right now
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now, wish right now

[princemjbp]

Most underrated Eminem verse ever. May not be as technical or controversial as the others, but it's simplicity made it so heartfelt.

[michaelmay]

Coming back to this song at a much older age, Eminem’s verse brought a tear to my eye. You really have to go after what you want in life.

[staz]

Ems verse still hits home. I'm at a point in my life where I'm stuck, struggling with ADHD and procrastination

[anonymoustoken]

Let's pretend it's not 2024, let's pretend it's 2010, when life was much better

[AaronStorey]

Eminem's verse has served me well as motivation to reach high and keep moving. I come back every now and then when I want a boost.

[Aleks_Morgan_Sunset]

"Let's pretend Marshall Mathers never picked up a pen. Let's pretend things would've been no different" Alright that's enough pretending for today

[evilkangaroo]

Haley's voice is so beautiful.
B.o.B. has a good voice, and powerful lyrics.
But Marshall... This is one of his best verses of all time. The gimmick of pretending Eminem wouldn't have passion for Hip-Hop is so moving. His rhyme schemes are insane. How he can manipulate the syllables and words to fit his custom rhymes is he work of a legend.
This is in my top 10 songs of all time.

[Anonymous-hnqm]

"And it seems like yesterday, it was a dream. But those days are gone, they're just memories."

[GlockyBalboa]

Em was going crazy before Recovery dropped. This verse, Forever, Despicable Freestyle, Drop The World. This is prime Em for me. And no one can take his throne.

[derikofthedead]

I never knew that Airplanes had a part two until I saw this video.

[ashleym]

2022 still listening to it, bringing back so much memories

[ImAustinTopham]

There will never be another time like the mid-2000s and 2010s. Cheers to the 90s babies

[ercoleborgiano]

Remember listening to this in my headphones as a schoolkid like it was yesterday. Man, times does fly by quickly...

[ozzie]

In my opinion, this is Em’s best verse in his career.. not his most iconic etc, but the flow and inspiration.

[ademilsondasilvadefranca]

I love Hayley Williams' voice and I admire B.o.B a lot!!

[tommyvercetti]

Eminem is just on a different level ... always..

[fishingchase]

everyone loves the eminem verse but B.o.B killed it. Respect:

[koza]

Came for the melody, stayed for the message

[gregknowsbest]

Eminem just dominates any track he’s on

[fallonvandrunen]

That story explained by eminem
was eminem displaying a conversation
to us. Communicating something to us.
We may not have Chester. But there
are still artists here with us to tell us.