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[Intro:] |
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Diamonds are forever |
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They're all I need to please me |
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They can't stimulate or tease me |
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They won't leave in the night |
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Have no fear that they might |
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Desert me |
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[Hook:] |
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"Diamonds are forever forever forever" |
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Throw ya diamonds in the sky |
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If you feel the vibe |
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"Diamonds are forever forever forever" |
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The ROC is still alive |
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Everytime I rhyme |
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"Forever and ever! " |
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For ever ever? for ever ever? ever ever? |
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Ever ever? ever ever? ever ever? ever ever? |
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[Verse 1:] |
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Good Morning, this ain't Vietnam still |
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People lose hands, legs, arms for real |
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Little was known of Sierra Leone |
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And how it connect to the diamonds we own |
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When I speak of Diamonds in this song |
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I ain't talkin bout the ones that be glowin |
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I'm talkin bout Rocafella, my home, my chain |
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These ain't conflict diamonds, is they Jacob? don't lie to me mayne |
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See, a part of me sayin' keep shinin', |
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How? when I know of the blood diamonds |
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Though it's thousands of miles away |
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Sierra Leone connect to what we go through today |
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Over here, it's a drug trade, we die from drugs |
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Over there, they die from what we buy from drugs |
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The diamonds, the chains, the bracelets, the charmses |
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I thought my Jesus Piece was so harmless |
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'Til I seen a picture of a shorty armless |
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And here's the conflict |
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It's in a black person's soul to rock that gold |
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Spend ya whole life tryna get that ice |
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On a polo rugby it look so nice |
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How could somethin' so wrong make me feel so right, right? |
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'Fore I beat myself up like Ike |
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You could still throw ya Rocafella diamond tonight, 'cause |
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[Hook] |
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[Verse 2:] |
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[Kanye From Original Song:] |
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People askin' me is I'm gon' give my chain back (uh) |
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That'll be the same day I give the game back (uh) |
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You know the next question dog 'yo, where Dame at? ' (uh) |
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This track the Indian dance to bring our reign back (whoo!) |
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'Wassup with you a Jay man, are ya'll okay man? ' |
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[Jay-Z:] |
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Yep! |
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I got it from here 'ye damn! |
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The chain remains, the game is in tact |
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The name is mine, I'll take blame for that |
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The pressure's on, but guess who ain't gon' crack? [laughs] |
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Pardon me I had to laugh at that |
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How could you falter when you're the rock of Gibraltar |
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I had to get of the boat so I could walk on water |
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This ain't no tall order, this is nothin to me |
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Difficult takes a day, impossible takes a week |
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I do this in my sleep, |
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I sold Kilos of coke, (so?) I'm guessin' I can sell CD's |
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I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man |
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Let me handle my buisness, damn! |
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Kanyeez you got me, Freeway and Foxy |
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YG', Teairra Mari, Petey watch me |
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Bleek could be one hit away his whole career |
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As long as I'm alive, he's a millionaire |
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And even if I die, he's in my will somewhere |
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So he can just kick back and chill somewhere, oh yeah |
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He don't even have to write rhymes |
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The Dynasty like my money last three lifetimes |
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Shirley Bassey was in the rear sayin exactly |
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What I was sayin practically me whole career |
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The diamond is forever, I been minin' this forever |
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Now the Louis Vuitton Don's timin' couldn't be better |
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People lined up to see the Titanic sinkin' |
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Instead we rose from the ashes like a phoenix |
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If you waitin' for the end of the dynasty sign |
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It'll seem like forever is a mighty long time |
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I'm young bitches [laughs] |
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Goodnight! |