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[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 SongtexteIs 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! Aus Songtexte Mania