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Lyrics

[verse]

Picture every schoolyard with a garden in the yard

Picture every family never struggling too hard

Picture every kid got a book and a dream

Picture every neighborhood running clean and serene

I'd build a thousand libraries where the corner stores stand

Put a piano in every house across the land

Every mother resting easy, every father coming home

Every child got a future they could call their own

I'd tear the walls down that keep the cities split

Let the music travel free, let the truth commit

Picture a world where the struggle turns to art

Picture a world running right from the very start

[chorus]

If I ruled the world, imagine that

Every open door, every welcome mat

If I ruled the world, we'd rise as one

Every dark horizon lit up by the sun

If I ruled the world, imagine that

Peace on every corner, love where the hate is at

[verse]

I'd give the elders honor, give the young ones room to grow

Plant a thousand gardens where the empty lots used to show

Every artist paid for the beauty that they bring

Every voice that's silenced given room to sing

I'd turn the prisons into schools, the guns into tools

Teach the children early that kindness is the rule

Every border softened, every wall torn down

Every scattered family finally coming back around

This ain't just a fantasy, this a blueprint I can see

Started in my block, then it spreads out to the sea

If I ruled the world, I'd rule it with my heart

Give the power to the people, let the healing start

[chorus]

If I ruled the world, imagine that

Every open door, every welcome mat

If I ruled the world, we'd rise as one

Every dark horizon lit up by the sun

If I ruled the world, imagine that

Peace on every corner, love where the hate is at

[bridge]

Close your eyes and see it clear

A better world within our reach, so near

We don't need a crown to make it true

Start it in your heart, then imagine that too

[chorus]

If I ruled the world, imagine that

Every open door, every welcome mat

If I ruled the world, we'd rise as one

Every dark horizon lit up by the sun

If I ruled the world, imagine that

Peace on every corner, love where the hate is at

Model notes (creation log)

## Metadata
**Caption:** hip-hop, sample-driven, orchestral sample, triumphant, uptempo, 92 BPM, male vocal
**BPM:** 88
**Duration:** 170.0s
**Key:** A major
**Time Signature:** 4

## Lyrics
[verse]
Picture every schoolyard with a garden in the yard
Picture every family never struggling too hard
Picture every kid got a book and a dream
Picture every neighborhood running clean and serene
I'd build a thousand libraries where the corner stores stand
Put a piano in every house across the land
Every mother resting easy, every father coming home
Every child got a future they could call their own
I'd tear the walls down that keep the cities split
Let the music travel free, let the truth commit
Picture a world where the struggle turns to art
Picture a world running right from the very start

[chorus]
If I ruled the world, imagine that
Every open door, every welcome mat
If I ruled the world, we'd rise as one
Every dark horizon lit up by the sun
If I ruled the world, imagine that
Peace on every corner, love where the hate is at

[verse]
I'd give the elders honor, give the young ones room to grow
Plant a thousand gardens where the empty lots used to show
Every artist paid for the beauty that they bring
Every voice that's silenced given room to sing
I'd turn the prisons into schools, the guns into tools
Teach the children early that kindness is the rule
Every border softened, every wall torn down
Every scattered family finally coming back around
This ain't just a fantasy, this a blueprint I can see
Started in my block, then it spreads out to the sea
If I ruled the world, I'd rule it with my heart
Give the power to the people, let the healing start

[chorus]
If I ruled the world, imagine that
Every open door, every welcome mat
If I ruled the world, we'd rise as one
Every dark horizon lit up by the sun
If I ruled the world, imagine that
Peace on every corner, love where the hate is at

[bridge]
Close your eyes and see it clear
A better world within our reach, so near
We don't need a crown to make it true
Start it in your heart, then imagine that too

[chorus]
If I ruled the world, imagine that
Every open door, every welcome mat
If I ruled the world, we'd rise as one
Every dark horizon lit up by the sun
If I ruled the world, imagine that
Peace on every corner, love where the hate is at