[ti:diamonds from sierra leone] [ar:kanye west] [00:02.236]Diamonds are forever [00:05.116]They won't leave in the night [00:08.134]Have no fear that they might [00:10.526]Desert me [00:15.175]Chorus] [00:15.441]Diamonds are forever （forever,forever） [00:18.185]Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe [00:20.15]Diamonds are forever （forever,forever,forever） [00:22.607]The Roc is still alive every time I rhyme. [00:25.689]Forever ever?Forever ever?Ever,ever?Ever,ever?Ever,ever?Ever,ever?...... [00:34.555]Close your eyes and imagine,feel the magic [00:37.209]Vegas on acid, [00:38.548]Seen through Yves St.Laurent glasses [00:40.139]And I've realized that I've arrived,cuz [00:42.888]It take more than a magazine to kill my Vibe does [00:45.433]he write his own rhymes,so sort of [00:47.04]I think 'em [00:47.793]That mean I forgot better shit than u ever thought up [00:50.298]Damn,is he really that caught up? [00:52.58]I ask if you talkin'bout classics,do my name get brought up? [00:54.561]I remember I couldn't afford a Ford Escort or even a four-track recorder [00:59.888]so its only right that I let the top drop on a drop-top Porsche [01:04.65]-its for yourself that's important [01:05.221]If a stripper named Porscha and u get tips from many men [01:07.878]Then your fat friend her nickname is Minivan [01:09.763]Excuse me, [01:11.288]That's just the Henny,man,I smoke,I drink,I'm supposed to stop I can't because [01:14.463]Chorus] [01:15.263]Diamonds are forever （forever,forever） [01:17.513]Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe [01:19.883]Diamonds are forever （forever,forever,forever） [01:22.273]The Roc is still alive every time I rhyme. [01:24.578]Forever ever?Forever ever?Ever,ever?Ever,ever?Ever,ever?Ever,ever?...... [01:34.133]I was sick about awards [01:35.237]Couldn't nobody cure me [01:36.198]Only playa that got robbed but kept all his jewelry [01:39.568]Alicia Keys tried to talk some sense to them [01:41.678]30minutes later seems there's no convincing them [01:43.953]What more can you ask for? [01:45.543]The international assholes nah [01:47.206]Who complains about what he is owed? [01:49.168]And throw a tantrum like he is 3years old [01:51.701]You gotta love it though somebody still speaks from his soul [01:54.200]And wouldn't change by the change,or the game,or the fame, [01:57.218]When he came,in the game,he made his own lane [01:59.360]Now all I need is y'all to pronounce my name [02:01.673]Its Kanye -But some of my plaques -they still say Kane [02:03.887]Got family in the D,Kin-folk from Motown [02:06.892]Back in the Chi -them folks ain't from Motown [02:09.382]Life movin'too fast I need to slow down [02:11.717]Girl ain't give me no ass,ya need to go down [02:14.212]Diamonds are forever （forever,forever） [02:15.209]My father Ben said I need Jesus [02:16.452]So he took me to church and let the water wash over my ceaser [02:18.863]Diamonds are forever （forever,forever） [02:19.549]The preacher said we need leaders [02:20.789]Right then my body got still like a paraplegic [02:23.891]You know who you can call you gotta best believe it [02:26.501]The Roc stand tall and you would never believe it [02:28.992]Take your diamonds and throw 'em up like you bulimic [02:31.218]Yea the beat cold but the flow is anemic [02:34.95]After debris settles and the dust get swept off [02:36.555]Big K pick up where young Hov left off [02:39.133]Right when magazines wrote Kanye West off [02:41.533]I dropped my new shit sound like the best of [02:43.992]A&R's lookin'like "pssh we messed up" [02:46.288]Grammy night,damn right,we got dressed up [02:48.743]Bottle after bottle till we got messed up [02:51.276]In the studio,where really though,yea he next up [02:53.742]People askin'me if I'm gon'give my chain back [02:56.253]That'll be the same day I give the game back [02:58.767]You know the next question dog "Yo,where Dame at?" [03:01.182]This track the Indian dance to bring our reign back [03:03.747]"What's up with you and Jay,man,are y'all ok man?" [03:05.293]They pray for the death of our dynasty like Amen [03:08.823]R-r-r-right here stands a-man [03:10.553]With the power to make a diamond with his bare hands... [03:12.710]Diamonds are forever （forever,forever） [03:15.879]Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe [03:18.539]Diamonds are forever （forever,forever,forever） [03:20.699]The Roc is still alive every time I rhyme. [03:23.383]Forever ever?Forever ever?Ever,ever?Ever,ever?Ever,ever?Ever,ever?...... [03:31.912]Diamonds are forever （forever,forever） [03:37.795]Diamonds are forever （forever,forever,forever）