World-Blow-Up

World - Blow-Up 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 livin' I was gonna teach If I ruled the world I'd love all the girls, I love 'em, love 'em, baby Black diamonds and pearls 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 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, reporter, and voter too I had so many calls, I didn't know what to do You know out of 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 I'd love all the girls, I love 'em, love 'em, baby Black diamonds and pearls If I ruled the world 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, 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 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 coke on the pipe Well 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 ain't gonna last 'Cause I know, the solution, is the contribution Of woman and man to join the revolution That'll take your brain to a higher plane An' help you deal in a world 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 thn ruler of the world had ran out of luck And all the people at the time who said they were my friends They didn't know, when my job 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 You rule the world I'd love all the girls, I love 'em, love 'em, baby Black diamonds and pearls If I ruled the world I ruled the world, if I ruled the world I'd love all the girls, I love 'em, love 'em, baby Black diamonds and pearls If I ruled the world I ruled the world I'd love all the girls, you know, I love 'em, love 'em, baby Black diamonds and pearls If I ruled the world, baby I ruled the world I'd love all the girls, yes, you, you, you Black diamonds and pearls, black diamonds, black diamonds If I ruled the world If I ruled the world I'd love all the girls, I love 'em, love 'em, baby Black diamonds and pearls