[00:00.203]Diamonds are forever
[00:04.445]They won't leave in the night
[00:06.964]Have no fear that they might
[00:09.952]Desert me
[00:14.947]Diamonds are forever (forever, forever)
[00:16.947]Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe
[00:19.948]Diamonds are forever (forever, forever, forever)
[00:22.199]The Roc is still alive every time I rhyme.
[00:24.705]Forever ever? Forever ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever?......
[00:34.221]Close your eyes and imagine, feel the magic
[00:36.486]Vegas on acid,
[00:37.753]Seen through Yves St. Laurent glasses
[00:39.777]And I've realized that I've arrived, cuz
[00:42.293]It take more than a magazine to kill my Vibe does
[00:44.533]he write his own rhymes, so sort of
[00:46.522]I think 'em
[00:47.289]That mean I forgot better **** than u ever thought up
[00:49.523]Damn, is he really that caught up?
[00:51.523]I ask if you talkin' bout classics, do my name get brought up?
[00:54.275]I remember I couldn't afford a Ford Escort or even a four-track recorder
[00:59.418]so its only right that I let the top drop on a drop-top Porsche
[01:02.924]- its for yourself that's important
[01:04.680]If a stripper named Porscha and u get tips from many men
[01:06.924]Then your fat friend her nickname is Minivan
[01:09.667]Excuse me,
[01:10.674]That's just the Henny, man, I smoke, I drink, I'm supposed to stop I can't because
[01:14.186]Diamonds are forever (forever, forever)
[01:16.429]Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe
[01:19.183]Diamonds are forever (forever, forever, forever)
[01:21.422]The Roc is still alive every time I rhyme.
[01:23.913]Forever ever? Forever ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever?......
[01:32.931]I was sick about awards
[01:35.435]Couldn't nobody cure me
[01:36.416]Only playa that got robbed but kept all his jewelry
[01:38.915]Alicia Keys tried to talk some sense to them
[01:41.181]30 minutes later seems there's no convincing them
[01:43.419]What more can you ask for?
[01:44.674]The international assholes nah
[01:46.668]Who complains about what he is owed?
[01:48.927]And throw a tantrum like he is 3 years old
[01:50.928]You gotta love it though somebody still speaks from his soul
[01:53.687]And wouldn't change by the change, or the game, or the fame,
[01:56.172]When he came, in the game, he made his own lane
[01:58.845]Now all I need is y'all to pronounce my name
[02:01.110]Its Kanye - But some of my plaques - they still say Kane
[02:03.363]Got family in the D, Kin-folk from Motown
[02:06.110]Back in the Chi - them folks ain't from Motown
[02:08.863]Life movin' too fast I need to slow down
[02:11.110]Girl ain't give me no ass, ya need to go down
[02:13.613]Diamonds are forever (forever, forever)
[02:13.865]My father Ben said I need Jesus
[02:16.101]So he took me to church and let the water wash over my ceaser
[02:18.364]Diamonds are forever (forever, forever)
[02:18.607]The preacher said we need leaders
[02:20.616]Right then my body got still like a paraplegic
[02:23.104]You know who you can call you gotta best believe it
[02:25.855]The Roc stand tall and you would never believe it
[02:28.603]Take your diamonds and throw 'em up like you bulimic
[02:30.854]Yea the beat cold but the flow is anemic
[02:33.354]After debris settles and the dust get swept off
[02:35.854]Big K pick up where young Hov left off
[02:38.357]Right when magazines wrote Kanye West off
[02:40.617]I dropped my new **** sound like the best of
[02:43.108]A&R's lookin' like "pssh we messed up"
[02:45.621]Grammy night, damn right, we got dressed up
[02:48.109]Bottle after bottle till we got messed up
[02:50.609]In the studio, where really though, yea he next up
[02:53.110]People askin' me if I'm gon' give my chain back
[02:55.625]That'll be the same day I give the game back
[02:58.108]You know the next question dog "Yo, where Dame at?"
[03:00.363]This track the Indian dance to bring our reign back
[03:03.100]"What's up with you and Jay, man, are y'all ok man?"
[03:06.120]They pray for the death of our dynasty like Amen
[03:07.861]R-r-r-right here stands a-man
[03:10.353]With the power to make a diamond with his bare hands...
[03:13.103]Diamonds are forever (forever, forever)
[03:15.056]Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe
[03:17.795]Diamonds are forever (forever, forever, forever)
[03:19.798]The Roc is still alive every time I rhyme.
[03:22.548]Forever ever? Forever ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever?......
[03:32.798]Diamonds are forever (forever, forever)
[03:37.813]Diamonds are forever (forever, forever, forever)