If I Ruled The World (Album Version)

If I ruled the world

I'd love all the girls

Black diamonds and pearls

If I ruled the world

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

If I Ruled The World - Kurtis Blow