Diamonds from Sierra Leone Lyrics & Video

(Diamonds are forever, they are all I need to please me,
They can stimulate and tease me,
They won't leave in the night,
Have no fear that they might desert me.)

[Kanye] Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe,
The Roc is still alive every time I rhyme,
Forever ever? Forever ever?
Ever ever? Ever ever? Ever ever? Ever ever? Ever ever?

Good morning, this ain't Vietnam,
still people lose legs, hands, arms for real,
Little was known of Sierra Leone
and how it connected to the diamonds we own.

When I speak 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,
These ain't conflict diamonds,
Is they, Jacob? Don't lie to me, man

See, a part of me's sayin 'Keep shining',
How, when I know that they're blood diamonds?
Though it's thousands of miles away,
Sierra Leone connects to what we go through today.
Over here - it's the drug trade, we die from drugs
Over there - they die from what we buy from drugs
The diamonds, the chains, the bracelets, the charms,
I thought my Jesus piece is so harmless
till I seen a picture of a shorty armless and here's the conflict
It's in a black person's soul to rock that gold,
spend your whole life trying to get that ice,
On a polar rugby it looks so nice,
How could something so wrong make me feel so right, right?
'Fore I beat myself up like Ike,
You could still throw ya Roc-A-Fella diamond tonight, cause

(Diamonds are forever, they are all I need to please me,
They can stimulate and tease me,
They won't leave in the night,
Have no fear that they might desert me.)

Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe,
The Roc is still alive every time I rhyme,
Forever ever? Forever ever?
Ever ever? Ever ever? Ever ever? Ever ever? Ever ever?

People askin' me, Is I gonna 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 to bring our reign back,
'Whats up with you an' Jay man, are y'all okay man?'

[Jay] Yup!
I got it from here, 'ye. Damn!
The chain remains, the gang is intact,
The name is mine, I'll take the blame for that,
The pressure's on, but guess who ain't gon crack (Laughing)
Part of me 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 tour 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 guessing I can sell CDs.
I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man.
Lemme handle my business, damn.
Kanyes, you got me, Freeway to Foxy,
YG', Teairra Mari, Petey 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 can just kick back and chill somewhere.
He don't even have to write rhymes,
The dynasty - like my money - last three lifetimes
Shirley Bassey was in the rear,
sayin exactly what I was saying practically my whole career,
The diamond is forever, I been mindin this forever,
Now the Louis Vuitton Don's timin' couldn't be better
People lined up to see the Titanic sinkin'
Instead we rose from the ash like a phoenix
If you watin for the end, the dynasty signed
And what seemed like forever is a mighty long time

I'm Young, bitches. (laughter)

Goodnight!

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KANYE WEST Diamonds From Sierra Leone: music video (video from YouTube)