The Washington Projects Follow

that chick is dangerous, whoo
you can look but oh no you cant touch
all i want is for you to move out of my way so i can do my thing and thats whats up.
i aint talkin bout no drop down , get my ego on
no i aint droppin nothin before its time
no the only thing that bout to drop in this spot is this rhyme
cuz i aint your average dime.

so why you standing there huh
looking at me like oh chick do somthing
just staring at me like oh girl move somthing
are you kidding my dude
even if i wanted to move i wouldent be movin on over to you

so kick of your blue suede shoes,
sit down ciz im teaching you a thing or 2 bout how a real lady do what do di do
oh, oh

a diamond is so hard to find but what im saying is true
theres diamonds in the rough dude and our speaking to one of the few c'mon

corus:
diamonds you know us cuz we shinin, we comin through remindin you, we aint just dimes we diamonds so say it again x2

turn it up

some ladies walk around tryin to get there gold diggen on,
now if you think thats what i talkin bout when i say a diamon then your dead wrong.

a precious gem, not just one of them
guards her heart, so your games cant get in.

some of yall need get clean
look a little dingy if ya know what i mean

just ask miss r to the a-c- h to the i-e- to the c-a -k to the e-s can i flow you bet.
huh and you can go ahead and call me the raptress

if you wanna be seen as a diamond ill tell you what you should do

get to know your creater,
and get time with the p 31 crew

corus x2

so say
turn it up

diamonds r-e-s-p-e-c-t
and we be shinin find out what it means to me

cuz we are diamonds r-e-s-p-e-c-t we be shinin cuz we are diamonds

turn it up x2

corus x2

turn it up x 7
put the fire out x4
double dutch now x4
do the tamahawk x3

turn it up

mary mack, mack
all dressed in black, black
with silver buttons, buttons
all down her back, back
she asked her mama, mama
for 50 cent, cent