If I Ruled the World (Imagine That) (feat. Lauryn Hill)

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)