[Intro: Shirley Bassey]
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Diamonds are forever
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They are all I need to please me
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They can stimulate and tease me
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They wont leave in the night
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Ive no fear that they might desert me
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[Chorus: Kanye West & Shirley Bassey]
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Diamonds are forever
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Forever, forever (Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe)
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Diamonds are forever
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Forever, forever (The Roc is still alive every time I rhyme)
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(Forever) Forever ever? Forever ever?
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Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever?
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(And ever) Ever, ever? Ever, ever?
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[Verse 1: Kanye West]
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Good mornin, this aint 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 aint talkin bout the ones that be glowin, Im talkin bout Roc-a-Fella, my home
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My chain, these aint conflict diamonds
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Is they, Jacob? Dont lie to me, mane
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See, a part of me sayin keep shinin
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How when I know what a blood diamond is?
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Though its 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 heres the conflict
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Its in a black person soul to rock that gold
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Spend your whole life tryna get that ice
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On a Polo rugby, it look so nice
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How can somethin so wrong make me feel so right?
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Right? ‘Fore I beat myself up like Ike
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You can still throw your Roc-a-Fella diamond tonight, because
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[Chorus: Kanye West & Shirley Bassey]
~#**************#~
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 every time I rhyme)
~#**************#~
(Forever) Forever ever? Forever ever?
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Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever?
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(And ever) Ever, ever? Ever, ever?
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[Verse 2: Kanye West & JAY-Z]
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Uh
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People askin me is Im gon give my chain back (Uh)
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Thatll be the same day I give the game back (Uh)
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You know the next question, dawg, “Yo, where Dame at?” (Uh)
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This track the Indian dance that bring our rain back (Woo)
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“Whats up with you and Jay, man? Are yall okay, man?”
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[Verse 3: JAY-Z]
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Yup
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I got it from here, ‘Ye, damn
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The chain remains, the gang is intact (Uh-huh)
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The name is mine, Ill take blame for that
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The pressures on, but guess who aint gon crack?
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Haha, pardon me, I had to laugh at that
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How could you falter when youre the Rock of Gibraltar?
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I had to get off the boat so I could walk on water
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This aint no tall 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, I sold kilos of coke (So?)
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Im guessin I can sell CDs
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Im not a businessman, Im a business, man
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Let me handle my business, damn
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Kanyeez you got me, Freeway then Foxy
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YGs, Teairra Mari, Peedi watch me
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Bleek could be one hit away his whole career
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As long as Im alive, hes a millionaire
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And even if I die, hes in my will somewhere
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So he could just kick back and chill somewhere, oh, yeah
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He wont even have to write rhymes
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The Dynasty like my money: last three lifetimes
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Shirley Basseys in the rear, sayin exactly
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What I been sayin practically my whole career
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The diamond is forever, Ive been minin this forever
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Now the Louis Vuitton Dons timin couldnt be better
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People lined up to see the Titanic sinkin
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Instead, we rose up from the ash like a phoenix
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If youre waitin for the end of the Dynasty sign
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It would seem like forever is a mighty long time (Ha)
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[Outro: Jay-Z]
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Im Young, bitches!
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Hahahahaha
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Good night!
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[Produced by Kanye West, Devo Springsteen and Jon Brion]
