Nas - If The HSG Ruled lyrics

[Julius] Ayo, if I ruled the world, on the first day, sh** I'd give a speech and my first statement I'd say I won't rest til we find a kit that cures AIDS first I'd call it a first aid kit Every hurt patient would be top priority Laws would be based on what's not right morally Ever race would get to know each other Black and white would roll together in a circle like a soccer ball Kick it with each other, no set trippin' on your brother No cops involved or Rob Duvall arrestin' n***as over colors Sounds like utopia, you say this world is fine? Sounds like you told me a lie I wanna rule like Jeffrey Atkins, so blacks can have more than 1 liter like a gallon I could just imagine, but yo Nas, if you ruled the world what would happen I'm just askin' [Nas] The way to be, paradise like relaxing black, Latino and Anglo-Saxon Armani exchange the reins Cash, Lost Tribe of Shabazz, free at last Brand new whips to crash then we laugh in the iller path The Villa house is for the crew, how we do Trees for breakfast, dime s**es and Benz stretches So many years of depression make me vision The better living, type of place to raise kids in Open they eyes to the 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 rollin Tricking 6 digits on kicks and still holdin Trips to Paris, I civilized every savage Gimme one shot I turn trife life to lavish Political prisoner set free, stress free No work release purple M3's and jet skis Feel the wind breeze in West Indies I make Coretta Scott-King mayor the cities and reverse fiends to Willies It sounds foul but every girl I meet'd go downtown I'd open every cell in Attica send em to Africa [Kenny] I hope for fairy tales and Phantoms but end up on back of bus Wild child, I'm from where the heaters go pow pow I'd retrieve weapons from streets, no one would get a Glock Save our city, no more hurt screams and feelings We wouldn't have a government who covers sh** We would just all make a covenant and fight what we up against School systems would teach more actual facts Most of us lead lives that don't relate to half of that crap I'd ban certain foods, health problems k** us consistently It's elementary, they want us all gone eventually I'd change the requirements for running for president Won't hide cures of diseases to get money for medicine Evil'll stop, I make it easier for us to reach a piece of the pie, it'll be illegal to lie And people would give a f** when other countries show hunger If I ruled the world then money would no longer [Outro: Lauryn Hill (Nas)] If I ruled the world (Imagine that) I'd free all my sons, I love em love em baby Black diamonds and pearls (Could it be, if you could Be mine, we'd both shine) If I ruled the world (Still living for today, in These last days and times)