[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 glown
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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, its 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 polar 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 wit 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 her 'ye damn!
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the chain remians, the gang 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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part of me I had to laugh at that
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how could you falter when you're the rock of gibralter
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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 tour 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 sell Kilos of coke, (so?) I'm guessin' I can sell CD's
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I'm not a buisness man I'm a buisness, 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 carreer
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the diamond is forever, I been mindin' 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 ash like a phoenix
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if you watin for the end, the dynasty signed
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and what seemed like forever is a mighty long time
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I'm young bitches [laughs]
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Goodnight!
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Diamonds From Sierra Leone (Remix)
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| Kanye West |
