Diamonds are forever 

They won't leave in the night 

Have no fear that they might 

Desert me 



* Diamonds are forever (forever, forever) 

Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe 

Diamonds are forever (forever, forever, forever) 

The Roc is still alive every time I rhyme. 

Forever ever? Forever ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever? 



Close your eyes and imagine, feel the magic 

Vegas on acid, 

Seen through Yves St. Laurent glasses 

And I've realized that I've arrived, cuz 

It take more than a magazine to kill my Vibe does 

These writers don't rhyme, so sort of 

I thank 'em 

That mean I forgot better shit than u ever thought up 

Damn, is he really that caught up? 

I ask if you talkin' bout glasses, do my name get brought up? 

I remember I couldn't afford a Ford Escort or even a ford - track a quarter 

so its only right that I let the top drop on a drop-top Porsche 

- its for yourself that's important 

If a stripper named Porscha and u get tips from many men 

Then your fat friend her nickname is minivan 

Excuse me, 

That's just the Henny, man, I smoke, I drink, I'm supposed to stop I cant because 



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I was sick about awards 

Couldn't nobody cure me 

Only playa that got robbed but kept all his jewelry 

Alicia Keys tried to talk some sense to them 

30 minutes later seems there's no convincing them 

What more can you ask for? 

The international raw style

Who complains about when he is old? 

And throw a tantrum like he is 3 years old 

You gotta love it though somebody still speaks from his soul 

And wouldn't change by the change, or the game, or the fame, 

When he came, in the game, he made his own name 

Now all I need is y'all to pronounce my name 

Its Kanye - But some of my plaques - they still say Kayne 

Got family and a deacon, folk from Motown 

Back in the Chi - them folks ain't from Motown 

Life movin? too fast I need to slow down 

Girl ain't give me no ass, ya need to go down 

[Diamonds are forever (forever, forever)] 

My father Ben said I need Jesus 

So he took me to church and let the water wash over my Cesar 

[Diamonds are forever (forever, forever)] 

The preacher said we need leaders 

Right then my body got still like a paraplegic 



You know who you can call you gotta best believe it 

The Roc stand tall and you would never believe it 

Take your diamonds and throw 'em up like you bulimic 

Yea the beat cold but the flow is anemic 

After debris settles and the dust get swept off 

Big K pick up where young Hov left off 

Right when magazines wrote Kanye West off 

I dropped my new shit sound like the best of 

A&R's lookin' like 'pssh we messed up? 

Grammy night, damn right, we got dressed up 

Bottle after bottle till we got messed up 

In the studio, where really though, yea he next up 

People askin' me if I'm gon? give my chain back 

That?ll be the 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 

What's up with you and Jay, man, are y'all ok man?? 

They pray for the death of our dynasty like Amen 

R-r-r-right here stands a-man 

With the power to make a diamond with his bare hands? 



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Diamonds are forever (forever, forever) 

Diamonds are forever (forever, forever, forever)