* also appears on the compilation  "80's Underground Rap: Can I Kick It?" by Rhino Records    [Kurtis Blow]  Huh-huh-huh, UH UH  Uh-huh, huh, huh, mm mmm  .. mm mmm  Yes yes y'all  The best y'all, yes yes y'all  Huh, huh, huh, huh.. yes y'all    If I ruled the world, was king on the throne  I'd make peace in every culture, build the homeless a home  I'm not runnin, for Congress or the President  I'm just here, to tell the world, how my story went  You see - first it was a dream, I was livin in Rome  And then I moved to London, bought a brand new home  And everywhere I went, I drew lots of attention  Like a stretch limousine, one of those new inventions  It took a few years 'fore the day had come  But I was ruler of the WORLD ranked number one  So I headed towards Washington to claim the crown  Let the whole world know that, the King was in town  As I, arrived, the crowd started to cheer  And then someone yelled out, "The King is here!"  So I headed toward stage, to make a speech  About the new style of living I was gonna teach, uh-huh    If I ruled the world..  Huh-huh, huh-huh uh-huh uh-huh  I'd love all the girls.. I love em love em baby!!  Black diamonds and pearls.. ooh yeahh yeahh  If I ruled the world..    People started flowin as they reached for my hand  I said, "Thank you for bringin me to the Promised Land  But now I must go, say goodbye to everybody  Tonight I'll see you all at my Super Dinner Party"  And late that night, at my Super Dinner Party  I was dancin to the beat and entertainin La-Di-Da-Di  The music started endin, it was time for a speech  The crowd started sittin as I rose from my feet  And this was once a dream; I explained to the crowd  But now, I rule the world, and I feel, so very proud  Excuse me please, for stoppin this show  I just had to thank you all, huh, and me so  My first day in office, the King on the throne  I spent my first three hours on the telephone  You know with newsmen reporters, and votes too  I had so many calls, I didn't know what to do  You know out that office I continued to work  I signed so many papers, my fingers started to hurt  Then I shook off the pain, say this ain't no thing  Cause there's nothin in the world like bein number one KING!    If I ruled the world..  Huh huh huh huh, huh-huh huh-huh  I'd love all the girls.. I love em love em baby!!  Black diamonds and pearls.. ooh yeahh yeahh  If I ruled the world.. whoawowaahhhyeahhhhhhhh  .. if I ruled the world    {AJ Scratch cuts up the track for a bit    Now I rule the world and now, I'm on top  And I'm rollin with folks that could never be stopped  And I'm here to let you know this is where I belong  And to you sucker MC's that sing my song  And it's a song that's STRONG about right and wrong  And I'm rock it to you baby baby all night long  And it's a song about love, and happiness  In a world of peace, and you know that's fresh  Now I'm the KING, and I want you to know  That I'm the Master Blaster Rapper who's runnin the show  And to all of you rappers in every country  You better stop what you're doin, and listen to me  Cause we gotta stop war, and use unity  To fight crime and hunger and poverty  Cause the African baby is dyin overseas  While you sucker mission politicians bustin out Z's  Huh, twenty million people all unemployed  While the rich man try to play Pretty Boy Floyd  While the working class just struggles hard  Try to make ends meet against all odds  While the poor man can't even deal with life  You know he tried to escape, and smoked the coke on the pipe  And it's time for a CHANGE, to a better way  Cause the sun has GOTTA shine through the cloudy day  So LISTEN UP world, while I teach this class  And take heed to the message or we ain't gonna last  Cause I know, the solution, is the contribution  Of woman and man to just join the revolution  That'll take your brain to a higher plane  And help you deal in a world that's gone insane  With the problems that I know we can stop  From the ruler of the world and the man on top  But the years went by, and time was up  And the ruler of the world had ran out of luck  And all the people at the time who said they were my friends  Didn't know me when my job had come to an end  They came up to my face, as happy as can be  He was running his mouth like, Muhammad Ali  So I shook his hand calmly as I headed to the door  On my way to the ghetto to treat once more    If I ruled the world..  A-huh-huh-huh, a-huh-huh-huh  I'd love all the girls.. I love em love em baby!!  Black diamonds and pearls.. ooh yeahh yeahh  If I ruled the world.. yeahhhhhhhh  If I ruled the world.. if I ruled the world  I'd love all the girls.. I'd love em love em baby!!  Black diamonds and pearls.. ooh yeahh yeahh, oh yeah yeah  If I ruled the world.. whoahahayeahhhhhhhh  If I ruled the world.. yeahyeahyeahyeahyeahyeahyeah  Yea yea yea, yea yea yea  I'd love all the girls.. you know I'd love em love em baby!!  Black diamonds and pearls.. ooh yeahh yeahh, oh yeah yeah  If I ruled the world.. yeayeah yeayeah baby babyyyyyyy  If I ruled the world.. if I ruled the world..  I'd love all the girls.. yes you, you, you and you  Black diamons and pearls.. where those diamonds, where those pearls?  If I ruled the world..  Huh-huh, huh-huh, a-heh-heh-huh-huh  If I ruled the world..  Heh-heh, heh-heh  I'd love all the girls.. I'd love em love em baby..