If I Ruled The World Lyrics - Singles - Kurtis Blow

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