Diamonds From Sierra Leone (Remix - Radio) - Kanye West/JAY-Z.mp3

[00:00.00] [Intro:]
[00:00.42]Diamonds are forever
[00:02.58]They're all I need to please me
[00:03.09]They can't stimulate or tease me
[00:04.38]They won't leave in the night
[00:07.23]Have no fear that they might
[00:09.96]Desert me
[00:12.72][Hook:]
[00:15.18]"Diamonds are forever forever forever "
[00:17.34]Throw ya diamonds in the sky
[00:18.66]If you feel the vibe
[00:20.07]"Diamonds are forever forever forever"
[00:22.20]The ROC is still alive
[00:23.61]Everytime I rhyme
[00:24.78]"Forever and ever! "
[00:25.53]For ever ever? for ever ever? ever ever?
[00:28.47]Ever ever? ever ever? ever ever? ever ever?
[00:33.33][Verse 1:]
[00:34.59]Good Morning, this ain't Vietnam still
[00:37.38]People lose hands, legs, arms for real
[00:40.05]Little was known of Sierra Leone
[00:42.24]And how it connect to the diamonds we own
[00:44.58]When I speak of Diamonds in this song
[00:46.44]I ain't talkin bout the ones that be glowin
[00:48.12]I'm talkin bout Rocafella, my home, my chain
[00:50.76]These ain't conflict diamonds, is they Jacob? don't lie to me mayne
[00:54.90]See, a part of me sayin' keep s*inin',
[00:57.00]How? when I know of the blood diamonds
[00:59.91]Though it's thousands of miles away
[01:01.65]Sierra Leone connect to what we go through today
[01:04.32]Over here, it's a drug trade, we die from drugs
[01:06.72]Over there, they die from what we buy from drugs
[01:09.24]The diamonds, the chains, the bracelets, the charmses
[01:12.81]I thought my Jesus Piece was so harmless
[01:15.27]'Til I seen a picture of a shorty armless
[01:17.43]And here's the conflict
[01:19.02]It's in a black person's soul to rock that gold
[01:21.84]Spend ya whole life tryna get that ice
[01:24.36]On a polo rugby it look so nice
[01:26.49]How could somethin' so wrong make me feel so right, right?
[01:29.67]'Fore I beat myself up like Ike
[01:31.47]You could still throw ya Rocafella diamond tonight, 'cause
[01:34.56][Hook ]
[01:37.44][Verse 2:]
[01:38.46][ Kanye From Original Song:]
[01:54.03]People askin' me is I'm gon' give my chain back (uh)
[01:56.55]That'll be the same day I give the game back (uh)
[01:58.95]You know the next question dog 'yo, where Dame at? ' (uh)
[02:01.35]This track the Indian dance to bring our reign back (whoo!)
[02:03.87]'Wassup with you a Jay man, are ya'll okay man? '
[02:06.09][Jay-Z:]
[02:06.36]Yep!
[02:06.90]I got it from here 'ye damn!
[02:09.03]The chain remains, the game is in tact
[02:11.52]The name is mine, I'll take blame for that
[02:13.98]The pressure's on, but guess who ain't gon' crack? [laughs]
[02:16.62]Pardon me I had to laugh at that
[02:18.39]How could you falter when you're the rock of Gibraltar
[02:20.94]I had to get of the boat so I could walk on water
[02:23.58]This ain't no tall order, this is nothin to me
[02:25.80]Difficult takes a day, impossible takes a week
[02:28.50]I do this in my sleep,
[02:29.85]I sold Kilos of coke, (so?) I'm guessin' I can sell CD's
[02:33.30]I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man
[02:36.33]Let me handle my buisness, damn!
[02:38.49]Kanyeez you got me, Freeway and Foxy
[02:41.55]YG', Teairra Mari, Petey watch me
[02:43.38]Bleek could be one hit away his whole career
[02:45.84]As long as I'm alive, he's a millionaire
[02:48.36]And even if I die, he's in my will somewhere
[02:50.73]So he can just kick back and chill somewhere, oh yeah
[02:54.03]He don't even have to write rhymes
[02:55.53]The Dynasty like my money last three lifetimes
[02:58.56]S*irley Bassey was in the rear sayin exactly
[03:00.66]What I was sayin practically me whole career
[03:03.09]The diamond is forever, I been minin' this forever
[03:05.43]Now the Louis Vuitton Don's timin' couldn't be better
[03:08.19]People lined up to see the Titanic sinkin'
[03:10.62]Instead we rose from the ashes like a phoenix
[03:12.93]If you waitin' for the end of the dynasty sign
[03:15.24]It'll seem like forever is a mighty long time
[03:18.39]I'm young ****ers [laughs]
[03:27.63]Goodnight!