If I Was President

Em G Am C 2x Election time is comin' Em G Am C 2x Em G If I was president, Am C Em G I'd get elected on Friday, assassinated on Saturday, Am C buried on Sunday. Em G If I was president... Am C If I was president Em G Am C An old man told me, instead of spending billions on the war, Em G Am C we can use some of that money, in the ghetto. Em G Am C I know some so poor, when it rains that's when they shower, Em G screaming "FIGHT THE POWER". Am C That's when the vulture devoured. Em G If I was president... Am C If I was president Em G But the radio won't play this. Am C They call this rebel music. Em G Am C How can you refuse it, children of Moses? Em G If I was president... Am C If I was president Em G Tell the children the truth, the truth! Am C Christopher Columbus didn't discover America. Em G Tell them the truth, the truth YEAH! Am C Tell them about Marcus Garvey. Em G Tell the children the truth YEAH! the truth! Am C Tell them about Martin Luther King. Em G Tell them the truth, G The Truth. Am C Tell them about JFK Em G If I was president, Am C Em G I'd get elected on Friday, assassinated on Saturday, Am C buried on Sunday. Em G If I was president... Am C Em If I was president