If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)

Life
 I wonder, will it take me under?
 I 'on't know
 Imagine smoking weed in the street without cops harassing
 Imagine going to court with no trial
 Lifestyle, cruising blue Bahama waters
 No welfare supporters, more conscious of the way we raise our daughters
 Days are shorter, nights are colder
 Feeling like life is over, these snakes strike like a cobra
 The world's hot, my son got knocked
 Evidently, it's elementary, they want us all gone eventually
 Trooping outta state for a plate, knowledge
 If coke was cooked without the garbage, we'd all have the top dollars
 Imagine everybody flashing fashion, designer clothes
 Lacing ya clique up with diamond Roles
 Your people holding dough, no parole, no rubbers
 Go in raw, imagine 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 living for today, in these last days and times)
 The way to be paradise life, relaxing
 Black, Latino, and Anglo-Saxon
 Armani Exchange, the Range
 Cash, Lost Tribe of Shabazz, free at last
 Brand-new whips to crash, then we laugh in a iller path
 The villa house is for the crew, how we do
 Trees for breakfast, dime sexes and Benz stretches
 So many years of depression, make me vision
 The better living, type of place to raise kids in
 Open they eyes to the lies, history's told foul
 But I'm as wise as the old owl, plus the Gold Child
 Seeing things like I was controlling, clique rolling
 Tricking six-digits on kicks and still holding
 Trips to Paris, I'd civilize every savage
 Give me one shot, I 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 West Indies
 I'd let Coretta Scott-King mayor the cities, and reverse fiends to Willies
 It sound foul, but every girl I meet'd go down-town
 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 living for today, in these last days and times)
 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 (land)
 You love to hear the story how the thugs live in worry
 Ducked down in car seats, heat's mandatory
 Running from Jake, getting chased, hunger for papes
 These are the breaks, many mistakes go down outta state
 Wait! I had to let it marinate, we carry weight
 Trying to get laced, flip the ace, stack the safe
 Millionaire plan to keep the gat with the cocked hammer
 Making moves in Atlanta, back-and-forth scrambler
 'Cause you could have all the chips, be poor or rich
 Still, nobody want a nigga having shit
 If I ruled the world and everything in it, sky's the limit
 I push Q-45 Infinit
 It wouldn't be no such thing as jealousies, or B Felony
 Strictly living longevity to the destiny
 I thought I'd never see, but reality struck
 Better find out before your time's out, what the fuck?
 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 living for today, in these last days and times)
 If I ruled the world (if I ruled, if I ruled) (imagine that)
 I'd free all my sons (if I ruled, if I ruled)
 (I love 'em, love 'em, baby)
 Black diamonds and pearls (black diamonds, black diamonds)
 (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 times)
 If I ruled the world (if I ruled, if I ruled)
 I'd free all my sons (black diamonds)
 (I love 'em, love 'em, baby)
 Black diamonds and pearls (if I ruled)
 If I ruled the world
 If I ruled the world
 (I love 'em, love 'em, baby)