歌：Nas, Lauryn Hill

作詞：NASIR JONES, JEAN CLAUDE OLIVIER, SAMUEL BARNES, KURT WALKER

作曲：NASIR JONES, JEAN CLAUDE OLIVIER, SAMUEL BARNES, KURT WALKER

発売：2023-02-01 15:56:09

imagine smokin' weed in the streets
without cops harassin'
imagine going to court with no trial
lifestyle cruisin' blue behind my waters
no welfare supporters
more conscious of the way we raise our daughters
days are shorter
nights are colder
feelin' like life is over
these snakes strike like a cobra
the world's hot
my son got not knocked
evidently it's elementary
they all want us gone eventually
troopin' out of state for a plate of
knowledge
if coke was cooked without the garbage
we'd all have the top dollars
imagine everybody flashin' fashion designer clothes
lacin' your click up with diamond rols
your peoples holdin' doe no parole
no rubbers
going draw
imagine law with no undercovers
just a thought for the mind
i take a glimpse into time
watch the blimp read the world is mine

CHORUS:
if i ruled the world (imagine that)
i'd free all my sons
i'd love 'em love in baby
black diamonds and pearls (could it be if you could be mine we both
shine)
if i ruled the world (still living for the day in these last days of time)
it'll be paradise life relaxin'
black, latino and anglo-saxon
armani exchange deranged cash lost time of shabazz
fee at last brand new whips to crash
then we laugh in the illapath
da villa houses for the crew how we do
trees for breakfast
dime sexes and
benz stretches
so many years of depression make
me vision
the better livin' type of place to raise our kids in
open they eyes to there lies
history's told foul
but i'm as wise as the old owl plus the gold child
seeing things like i was controlling
click rolling
tricking six digits on kicks and
still holding
trips to paris
i civilized every savage
giving me one shot i turn trif life to lavish
political prisoner set free stress free no work release
purple m3's and jet skies
feel the wind breeze in the west indies
i'll let coretta scott king mayor the cities
and reverse fiends to willies
it sounds foul
but every girl i meet will go downtown
i'll open every cell in attica
and send them to africa

CHORUS:
you love to hear the story
how the thugs live and worry
duck down in car seats
heat is mandatory
runnin' from jake getting chased
hunger for paps
these are the breaks
many mistakes
go down out of state
wait i had to let it marinate
we carry weight
trying to get laced
flipped the ace
stack the safe
millionaire plan to keep the gat with the cocked hamma
makin' moves in ATL, back in forth
scrambler
cause you can have all the chips
be poor or rich
don't nobody want a nigga having shit
if i ruled the world and everything in it
sky's the limit
i pushed the q45 infinite
it wouldn't be no such thing as jealousy
of b felony
strictly living longevity to the destiny
thought i'd never see but reality struck
better find out before your time's
what the fuck

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