Skee-Lo - I Wish Lyrics

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Hey, this is radio station W S K E E

We're takin' calls on the wish line

Making all your wacky wishes come true

Hello?

I wish I was a little bit taller

I wish I was a baller

I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her

Wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat

And a '64 Impala

I wish I was like six-foot-nine

So I can get with Leoshi

'Cause she don't know me but yo she's really fine

You know I see her all the time everywhere I go

And even in my dreams I can scheme of ways to make her mine

'Cause I know she's livin' phat

Her boyfriend's tall and he plays ball

So how am I gonna compete with that?

'Cause when it comes to playing basketball

I'm always last to be picked

And in some cases never picked at all

So I just lean up on the wall

Or sit up in the bleachers with the rest of the girls

Who came to watch their men ball

Dag y'all, I never understood, black

Why the jocks get the fly girls and me I get the hood rats

I tell 'em "scat, skittle, scabobble"

Got hit with a bottle

And get put in the hospital for talkin' that mess

I confess it's a shame when you living in a city

That's the size of a box and nobody knows yo' name

Glad I came to my senses

Like quick-quick got sick-sick to my stomach

Overcommeth by the thoughts of me and her together

Right? So when I asked her out she said I wasn't her type

I wish I was a little bit taller

I wish I was a baller

I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her

Wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat

And a '64 Impala

I wish I was a little bit taller

I wish I was a baller

I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her

I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat

And a '64 Impala

I wish I had a brand-new car

So far, I got this hatchback

And everywhere I go, yo, I gets laughed at

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

I got an 8-track and a spare tire in the backseat, but that's flat

Uh and do you wanna know what's really whack?

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

I heard that prom night is a bomb night

With the hood rats you can hold tight

But really though, I'm a Figaro

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

Well, so many people wanna cruise Crenshaw on Sunday

One day I'ma have to get in my car and go

You know I take the 110 until the 105

Get off on Crenshaw, tell my homies "look alive"

'Cause it's hard to survive when your living in a concrete jungle

And these girls keep passing me by

She looks fly, she looks fly

Makes me say "my, my, my"

I wish I was a little bit taller

I wish I was a baller

I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her

I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat

And a '64 Impala

I wish I was a little bit taller

I wish I was a baller

I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her

I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat

And a '64 Impala

I wish I was a little bit taller (wish I was a little bit taller)

I wish I was a baller (wish I was a baller)

I wish I was a little bit taller, y'all

Wish I was a little bit taller, y'all)

I wish I was a baller (wish I was a baller)

I wish I was a little bit taller, y'all

(Wish I was a little bit taller, y'all)

I wish I was a baller (wish I was a baller)

I wish I was a little bit taller, y'all

Wish I was a little bit taller, y'all)

I wish I was a baller (yeah)

Hey, I wish I had my way

'Cause every day would be a Friday

And you could even speed on the highway

I would play ghetto games

Name my kids ghetto names Little Mookie, Big Al, Lorraine

Yo you know that's on the real

So if you're down on your luck

Then you should know just how I feel

'Cause if you don't want me around

See I go simple, I go easy, I go Greyhound

Hey, you, what's that sound?

Everybody look what's going down

Ah yes, ain't that fresh?

Everybody wants to get down like that

Wish I was a little bit taller

I wish I was a baller

I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her

Wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat

And a '64 Impala

I wish I was a little bit taller

I wish I was a baller

I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her

I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat

And a '64 Impala

I wish, I wish

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Hey, this is radio station W S K E E

We're takin' calls on the wish line

Making all your wacky wishes come true

Hello?

I wish I was a little bit taller

I wish I was a baller

I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her

Wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat

And a '64 Impala

I wish I was like six-foot-nine

So I can get with Leoshi

'Cause she don't know me but yo she's really fine

You know I see her all the time everywhere I go

And even in my dreams I can scheme of ways to make her mine

'Cause I know she's livin' phat

Her boyfriend's tall and he plays ball

So how am I gonna compete with that?

'Cause when it comes to playing basketball

I'm always last to be picked

And in some cases never picked at all

So I just lean up on the wall

Or sit up in the bleachers with the rest of the girls

Who came to watch their men ball

Dag y'all, I never understood, black

Why the jocks get the fly girls and me I get the hood rats

I tell 'em "scat, skittle, scabobble"

Got hit with a bottle

And get put in the hospital for talkin' that mess

I confess it's a shame when you living in a city

That's the size of a box and nobody knows yo' name

Glad I came to my senses

Like quick-quick got sick-sick to my stomach

Overcommeth by the thoughts of me and her together

Right? So when I asked her out she said I wasn't her type

I wish I was a little bit taller

I wish I was a baller

I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her

Wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat

And a '64 Impala

I wish I was a little bit taller

I wish I was a baller

I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her

I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat

And a '64 Impala

I wish I had a brand-new car

So far, I got this hatchback

And everywhere I go, yo, I gets laughed at

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

I got an 8-track and a spare tire in the backseat, but that's flat

Uh and do you wanna know what's really whack?

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

I heard that prom night is a bomb night

With the hood rats you can hold tight

But really though, I'm a Figaro

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

Well, so many people wanna cruise Crenshaw on Sunday

One day I'ma have to get in my car and go

You know I take the 110 until the 105

Get off on Crenshaw, tell my homies "look alive"

'Cause it's hard to survive when your living in a concrete jungle

And these girls keep passing me by

She looks fly, she looks fly

Makes me say "my, my, my"

I wish I was a little bit taller

I wish I was a baller

I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her

I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat

And a '64 Impala

I wish I was a little bit taller

I wish I was a baller

I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her

I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat

And a '64 Impala

I wish I was a little bit taller (wish I was a little bit taller)

I wish I was a baller (wish I was a baller)

I wish I was a little bit taller, y'all

Wish I was a little bit taller, y'all)

I wish I was a baller (wish I was a baller)

I wish I was a little bit taller, y'all

(Wish I was a little bit taller, y'all)

I wish I was a baller (wish I was a baller)

I wish I was a little bit taller, y'all

Wish I was a little bit taller, y'all)

I wish I was a baller (yeah)

Hey, I wish I had my way

'Cause every day would be a Friday

And you could even speed on the highway

I would play ghetto games

Name my kids ghetto names Little Mookie, Big Al, Lorraine

Yo you know that's on the real

So if you're down on your luck

Then you should know just how I feel

'Cause if you don't want me around

See I go simple, I go easy, I go Greyhound

Hey, you, what's that sound?

Everybody look what's going down

Ah yes, ain't that fresh?

Everybody wants to get down like that

Wish I was a little bit taller

I wish I was a baller

I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her

Wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat

And a '64 Impala

I wish I was a little bit taller

I wish I was a baller

I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her

I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat

And a '64 Impala

I wish, I wish

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I Wish Info:

"I Wish" is a song written and performed by American rapper Skee-Lo. It was released on April 10, 1995, via Scotti Brothers Records as the lead single from the rapper's debut studio album of the same name (1995). Recording sessions took place at Sunshine Studios in Hollywood, California. Production was handled by Walter "Kandor" Kahn and Skee-Lo himself.

"I Wish" peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling 600,000 copies domestically. Outside of the United States, "I Wish" peaked within the top ten of the charts in Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland, the top 20 of the charts in Canada, Germany, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, and the top 30 of the charts in Belgium and France.

Most of the song's instruments are sampled from "Spinnin'" by Bernard Wright, and the song features a vocal sample of people shouting from the track "Buffalo Gals" by Malcolm McLaren.

The song was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards but lost to Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise". Blender listed "I Wish" as number 359 on its list of "500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born".

Performed by: Skee-Lo
Genre(s): Alternative hip hop, One Hit Wonder
Language: English
Length: 4:09
Written by: Archie Leroy Roundtree, Anne Dudley, Malcolm Robert Andrew Mclaren, Trevor Horn
Released: April 10th, 1995
Year: 1995

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