Wake Up In The Sky (feat. Gucci Mane & Kodak Black)
[Bruno Mars & Gucci Mane]
Fly, fly, fly
It's Gucci (it's Gucci)
Huh? Fly (woo)
I drink 'til I'm drunk (yeah), smoke til I'm high (yeah)
Castle on the hill (well damn), wake up in the sky
You can't tell me I ain't fly (you can't tell me I ain't fly)
I know I'm super fly (I know), I know I'm super fly (I know)
The ladies love the luxury (yeah), that's why they all fuck with me (woo)
Out here with the moves (moves) like I invented smooth
You can't tell me I ain't fly (you can't tell me I ain't fly)
I know I'm super fly (I know), I know I'm super fly
[Gucci Mane]
Huh, huh, huh
I stay fresh as hell, take a pic, I might as well, hell
Drop the top and take a selfie, my car drives itself
I got white girls blushin', homie, college girls rushin' on me (woo)
All my diamonds custom, so they clutchin' and they touchin' on me
Ooh, pick his vegetables
Ooh, think is edible
Ooh, it's incredible
Ooh, ooh, ooh
I smell like Bond Number 9, nine
Section full of foreign dimes
Bitch is starin' at me sayin': Wow
Unforgettable (woo) like Nat King Cole (huh)
Gucci Barry White, I'm singin' to your hoe (wll damn)
A one man show (whoa), a human bank roll (whoa)
She lost in the sauce (woo) 'cause Gucci got the glow (huh)
[Bruno Mars & Gucci Mane]
I drink 'til I'm drunk (burr), smoke 'til I'm high (it's Gucci)
Castle on the hill (heh), wake up in the sky (you won't)
You can't tell me I ain't fly (you can't tell me I ain't fly)
I know I'm super fly (I know), I know I'm super fly (I know)
The ladies love the luxury, that's why they all fuck with me
Out here with the moves, like I invented smooth
You can't tell me I ain't fly (you can't tell me I ain't fly)
I know I'm super fly (I know), I know I'm super fly (I know)
Now, now watch me fly, fly
Now watch me fly, fly
You can't tell me I ain't fly
(You can't tell me I ain't fly)
I know I'm super fly, I know I'm super fly
[Kodak Black]
Kodak, Kodak
Mine so fly, don't need no flight attendant
Big Cuban link, don't need no pendant
I ain't never had no pot to piss in, yeah
Now all my records trendin'
Oh my, I came from stealing bikes to flying on a G5
I don't know why I been smokin' this Cherry Pie so much
But this my life
I'm on Adderall, I be smellin' Hi-Tec when I piss
Like it's basketball, I drop fifty-pointer on my wrist
It's Lil Kodak, take a pic
I came home to drop the heat
All these diamonds got me sick, I'm actin' spoiled (woo)
Cutlass sittin' high (yeah), I feel like I can fly (yeah)
So fresh to death it's crazy, I feel like I can die
I done finally got my wings
They make me wanna sing (glee)
[Bruno Mars & Kodak Black]
I drink 'til I'm drunk ('til I'm drunk), smoke 'til I'm high ('til I'm high)
Castle on the hill (ayy), wake up in the sky
You can't tell me I ain't fly (you can't tell me I ain't fly, baby)
I know I'm super fly (I know it), I know I'm super fly (I know it)
The ladies love in luxury, that's why they all fuck with me (ayy)
Out here with the moves like I invented smooth (yo, yo)
You can't tell me I ain't fly (you can't tell me I don't fly, baby)
I know I'm super fly (I know it), I know I'm super fly (I know it)
[Bruno Mars]
Now, now watch me fly, fly
Now watch me fly, fly
You can't tell me I ain't fly
I know I'm super fly, I know I'm super fly
O Voo do Luxo e da Autoconfiança em Wake Up In The Sky
A canção 'Wake Up In The Sky', uma colaboração entre Bruno Mars, Gucci Mane e Kodak Black, é um hino de autocelebração e ostentação. A letra descreve um estilo de vida luxuoso e extravagante, onde os artistas se veem como ícones de sucesso e sofisticação. Através de uma melodia cativante e um refrão repetitivo, eles transmitem uma sensação de euforia e confiança inabalável.
O refrão, cantado por Bruno Mars, enfatiza a sensação de estar 'voando alto', uma metáfora para se sentir invencível e acima das preocupações terrenas. A expressão 'wake up in the sky' sugere que eles vivem em um patamar tão elevado que é como se estivessem constantemente nas nuvens, distantes da realidade comum. Gucci Mane e Kodak Black complementam essa narrativa com versos que falam sobre riqueza, atração feminina e reconhecimento, reforçando a imagem de que eles são figuras de destaque no cenário musical e social.
A música também aborda a transformação de suas vidas, passando de dificuldades para o sucesso estrondoso, como evidenciado no verso de Kodak Black que menciona a transição de roubar bicicletas para voar em jatos particulares. A faixa é um retrato do sonho americano moderno, onde o sucesso é medido pelo consumo e pela capacidade de impressionar e influenciar os outros. 'Wake Up In The Sky' é uma celebração do sucesso, mas também pode ser vista como uma crítica sutil ao materialismo e à busca incessante pelo status.