If I Ruled the World Songtext

von Lauryn Hill

Life..... I wonder....Will it take me under.... I
Don't know[Verse One: Nas]Imagine
Smoking weed in the streets without cops harassinImagine
Going to court with no trialLifestyle cruising blue behind
My watersNo welfare supporters more conscious of the way
We raise ourdaughtersDays are shorter, nights are
ColderFeeling like life is over, these snakes strike like
A cobraThe world's hot my son got not evidentlyIt's elementary, they want us all gone eventuallyTrooping out of state for a plate knowledgeof coke was
Cooked without the garbage we'd all have the topdollarsImagine everybody flashin, fashionDesigner
Clothes, lacing your click up with diamond voguesYour
People holdin dough, no paroleNo rubbers, go in raw
Imagine law with no undercoversJust some thoughts for the
MindI take a glimpse into timewatch the blimp read
"The World Is Mine"[Chorus: Lauryn Hill, Nas]If I ruled the worldImagine thatI'd
Free all my sons, I love em love em babyBlack diamonds and
PearlsCould it be, if you could be mine, we'd
Both shineIf I ruled the worldStill livin for today,
Inthese last days and times[Verse Two: Nas]The way to be, paradise like relaxin black, latino
Andanglo-saxonArmani exchange the reinsCash,
Lost Tribe of