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I Wish

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Hip-Hop/Rap

I Wish was released on June 27, 1995 by Legacy Recordings as a part of the album I Wish

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Skee-Lo

Programming

Amos Delone

Saxophone, Keyboards, Synthesizer

Mike Underwood

Keyboards, Bass, Synthesizer, Guitar

Todd Tracey

Guitar, Bass

Kenny B

Keyboards, Synthesizer

Andre Storey

Bass, Guitar

Rod Jones

Bass, Guitar

Craig Sharmat

Guitar, Bass

Hazze

Scratches

Danielle LaMette

Danielle LaMette

Background Vocals

Kimberly Poullard

Kimberly Poullard

Background Vocals

Phyllis Roundtree

Phyllis Roundtree

Background Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Skee-Lo

Arranger, Lyrics, Composer, Songwriter

Trevor Horn

Composer, Lyrics

Anne Dudley

Composer, Songwriter

Malcolm McLaren

Malcolm McLaren

Composer, Songwriter, Lyrics

Alvin Flythe

Composer, Lyrics

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Skee-Lo

Producer

Walter "Kandor" Kahn

Walter "Kandor" Kahn

Producer, Mixing Engineer

Todd Tracey

Assistant Engineer

Sven Holcomb

Assistant Engineer

Colin Sauers

Assistant Engineer

Lyrics

[Intro]

Hey, this is radio station WSKEE

We're taking calls on the wish line

Making your wacky wishes come true

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 1]

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 on 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?

[Verse 2]

'Cause when it comes to playin' 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 they man 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, skiddle, scabobble

Got hit with a bottle and been in the hospital for talkin' that mess

[Verse 3]

I confess, it's a shame when you livin' in a city

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

Glad I came to my senses

Like quick-quick, got sick-sick to my stomach

Overcometh by thoughts of me and her together, right

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

[Chorus]

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

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 4]

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

And do you wanna know what's really wack?

See, I can't even get a date, so what 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 Figaro

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

[Verse 5]

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 you're livin' in

The concrete jungles and these girls keep passin' me by

She looks fly, she looks fly

Make me say, my, my, my

[Chorus]

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

[Chorus]

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

[Refrain]

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)

[Verse 6]

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 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 goin' down

Ah, yes, ain't that fresh?

Everybody wants to get down like that

[Chorus]

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

[Chorus]

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

[Outro]

I wish

I wish

I wish

I wish

I wish

I wish

I wish...

Written by: Alvin Flythe, Anne Dudley, Malcolm McLaren, Skee-Lo, Trevor Horn

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