If I Ruled the World

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Life, I wonder, will it take me under?
I don't know
Imagine smokin' weed in the streets without cops harassin'
Imagine goin' to court with no trial
Lifestyles, cruisin' blue behind my water
No welfare supporters, more conscious
Of the way we raise our daughters
Days are shorter, nights are colder
Feelin' like life is over
These snakes strike like a cobra
The world's hot, my son got not, evidently
It's elementary, they want us all gone eventually
Troopin' out of state for a play, knowledge
If coke was cooked up without the
Garbage, we'd all have the top dollar
Imagine everybody flashin', fashion, designer clothes
Lacin' up your clique with diamond rolls
Your people holdin' dough, no parole, no rubbers
Goin' ball, matchin' law with no undercovers
Just some thoughts for the mind, I take a glimpse into time
Watch the blimp read, "The world is mine"

If I ruled the world (Imagine that)
I'd free all my sons (I love 'em, love 'em, baby)
Black diamonds and pearls (Could it be?
If you could be mine, we'd both shine)
If I ruled the world (Still livin'
For today, in these last days and time)

Now wait a beat, paradise life relaxin'
Black, Latino, and Anglo-Saxon
Armani Exchange the rain
Cash, lost profits to bears, free at last
Brand new whips to crash, then we laugh at the iller path
Villa houses for the crew, how we do
Trees for breakfast, dime sexes and Benz stretches
So many years of depression make me vision
The better livin', type of place to raise kids in
Openin' eyes to the lies, history's told foul
But I'm as wise as the old owl, plus a gold child
Seein' things like I was controllin', clique rollin'
Trickin' six digits and kicks is still holdin'
Trips to Paris that'll civilize every savage
Give me one shot, I'll turn trife life to lavish
Political prisoners set free, stress-free
No work release, purple M3's and jet skis
Feel the wind breeze in the West Indies
I make Coretta Scott King mayor of the city
Then reverse things and wheelie
It sounds foul, but every girl I meet'll go downtown
I'd open every cell in Attica, send 'em to Africa

If I ruled the world (Imagine that)
I'd free all my sons (I love 'em, love 'em, baby)
Black diamonds and pearls (Could it be?
If you could be mine, we'd both shine)
If I ruled the world (Still livin'
For today, in these last days and time)

And then we'll walk right up to the sun, hand in hand
We'll walk right up to the sun, we won't land
We'll walk right up to the sun, hand in hand
We'll walk right up to the sun, we won't land

You love to hear the story how the thugs live in worry
Ducked down in car seats, eats, mandatory
Runnin' from Jakes, gettin' takes, hunger for papes
These are the breaks, many mistakes go down out of state
Wait, I had to let it marinate, we carry weight
Tryin' to get laid, flip the eighth, that could save
Millionaire planet, keep the gat with the cocked hammer
Makin' moves in Atlanta, back and forth scrambler
'Cause you can have all the chips, be poor or rich
Don't nobody want a brother havin' shh
If I ruled the world and everything in it, sky's the limit
I'd push a 245 Infinit'
It wouldn't be no such thing as jealousy or be felony
Strictly livin' longevity to the destiny
I thought I'd never see, but reality struck
Better find out before your time's out, what the fu

If I ruled the world (Imagine that)
I'd free all my sons (I love 'em, love 'em, baby)
Black diamonds and pearls (Could it be?
If you could be mine, we'd both shine)
If I ruled the world (Still livin'
For today, in these last days and time)
If I ruled the world (Imagine that)
I'd free all my sons (I love 'em, love 'em, baby)
Black diamonds and pearls (Could it be?
If you could be mine, we'd both shine)
If I ruled the world (World)
If I ruled the world (Imagine that)
I'd free all my sons (I love 'em, love 'em, baby)
Black diamonds and pearls (Could it be?
If you could be mine, we'd both shine)
If I ruled the world
If I ruled the world (I love 'em, love 'em, baby)