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   Lifestyle cruisin' blue behind my waters, 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 plate knowledge   Of coke was cooked without the garbage, we'd all have the top dollars   Imagine everybody flashin', fashion   Designer clothes, lacin' your click up with diamond vogues      Your people holdin' 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 an' 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 an' times      The way to be, paradise like relaxin' black   Latino an' Anglo-Saxon, Armani exchange the reins   Cash, Lost Tribe of Shabazz, free at last   Brand new whips to crash, then we laugh in the iller path      The Villa house is for the crew, how we do   Trees for breakfast, dime sexes an' Benz stretches   So many years of depression make me vision   The better livin', 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   Seein' things like I was controllin', click rollin'   Trickin' six digits on kicks an' still holdin'      Trips to Paris, I civilized every savage   Gimme one shot I turn trife life to lavish   Political prisoner set free, stress free   No work, release purple M3's an' jet skis      Feel the wind breeze in West Indies   I make Coretta Scott-King mayor the cities   An' reverse themes to Willies   It sounds foul but every girl I meet to 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 an' 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 an' times      An' 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'd love to hear the story how the thugs live in worry   Duck down in car seats, heat's mandatory   Runnin' from jake, gettin' chased, 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 laced, flip the ace, stack the safe   Millionaire plan to keep the gat with the cop camera   Makin' moves in Atlanta, back an' forth scrambler      'Cause you could have all the chips, be poor or rich   Still nobody want a nigga havin' shit   If I ruled the world an' everythin' in it, sky's the limit   I push a Q-45 Infinit      It wouldn't be no such thing as jealousies or B Felonies   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 fuck?      If I ruled the world, imagine that   I'd free all my sons, I love 'em, love 'em, baby   Black diamonds an' 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 an' times      If I ruled the world, imagine that   I'd free all my sons, I love 'em, love 'em, baby   Black diamonds an' 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 an' times      If I ruled the world   I'd free all my sons   I love 'em, love 'em, baby   Black diamonds an' pearls   If I ruled the world   If I ruled the world   I love 'em, love 'em, baby