[Intro: Shirley Bassey sample]
Diamonds are forever
They are all I need to please me
They can`t stimulate or tease me
They won`t leave in the night
Have no fear that they might desert me
[Hook: Kanye West] + (sample)
(Diamonds are forever, forever, forever)
Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe
(Diamonds are forever, forever, forever)
The Roc is still alive everytime I rhyme
(Forever...)
Forever ever? Forever ever?
Ever ever? Ever ever?
Ever ever? Ever ever? Ever ever?
[Verse 1: Kanye West]
Good morning, this ain`t Vietnam still
People lose hands, legs, arms, fo` real
Little was known on Sierra Leone
And how it connect to the diamonds we own
When I spit the diamonds in this song
I ain`t talkin` `bout the ones that be glowin`
I`m talkin` `bout Roc-a-Fella, my home
My chain, this ain`t conflict diamonds
Is they Jacob? Don`t lie to me, man
See, a part of me sayin`, Keep shinin`
How? When I know what a blood diamond `s
Though it`s thousands of miles away
Sierra Leone connect to what we go through today
Over here it`s a drug trade, we die from drugs
Over there they die from what we buy from drugs
The diamonds, the chains, the bracelets, the charmses
I thought my Jesus piece was so harmless
`Til I seen a picture of a shorty armless
And here`s the conflict
It`s in a black person soul to rock that gold
Spend your while life tryin` to get that ice
On a Polo rugby it look so nice
How can something so wrong make me feel so right?
Right? `fore I beat myself up like Ike
You can still throw your Roc-a-Fella diamond tonight
Because
[Hook]
[Verse 2: Kanye West]
People askin` me is am I gon` give my chain back
That`ll be the same day I give the game back
You know the next question dog, Yo where Dame at?
This track the Indian dance that bring our reign/rain back
What`s up with you and Jay, man?
Are y`all okay man?
[Jay-Z]
Yup, I got it from here `Ye, damn
The chain remains, the game is intact
The name is mine, I`ll take blame for that
The pressure`s on but guess who ain`t gon` crack
Haha, pardon me, I had to laugh at that
How could you falter when you`re the Rock of Gibraltar?
I had to get off the boat so I could walk on water
This ain`t no tall order, this is nothin` to me
Difficult takes a day, impossible takes a week
I do this in my sleep
I sold kilos of coke, I`m guessin` I can sell CDs
I`m not a businessman
I`m a business, man
Let me handle my business, damn
Kanyeez you got me, Freeway then Foxy
YG`s, Tiar`, `merie, Peedi watch me
Bleek could be one hit away his whole career
As long as I`m alive he`s a millionaire
And even if I die he`s in my will somewhere
So he could just kick back and chill somewhere
Oh yeah, he don`t even hafta write rhymes
The Dynasty like my money, last three lifetimes
Shirley Bassey`s in the red sayin` exactly
What I been sayin` practically my whole career
A diamond is forever, I been minin` this forever
Now the Louis Vuitton Don`s timin` couldn`t be better
People lined up to see the Titanic sinkin`
Instead we rose up from the ash like a phoenix
If you waitin` for the end, the Dynasty sign
And what seem like forever is a mighty long time
[Outro: Jay-Z] + (sample)
(Forever...)
Uh, Young, bitches
Haha
Goodnight!
