Lisa Fischer - If I Ruled The World lyrics

[Verse 1] 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 running 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 living 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 #1 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 [Hook] 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 [Verse 2] People started flowing as they reached for my hand I said, "Thank you for bringing 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 dancing to the beat and entertaining: "La-Di-Da-Di" The music started ending, it was time for a speech The crowd started sitting 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 stopping 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 hours pa**ed 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 nothing in the world like being #1 king! [Hook] {AJ Scratch cuts up the track for a bit} [Verse 3] Now I rule the world and now, I'm on top And I'm rolling with folks that could never be stopped And I'm here to let you know this is where I belong And to you s**er 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 running the show And to all of you rappers in every country You better stop what you're doing and listen to me Cause we gotta stop war and use unity To fight crime and hunger and poverty Cause the African baby is dying overseas While you s**er mission politicians busting out Z's Huh, 20 million people all unemployed While the rich man try to play Pretty Boy Floyd While the working cla** 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 cla** 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 The King who took my place was 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