| Artist: Kanye West featuring Jay-Z Song: Diamonds From Sierra Leone (Remix) Album: Late Registration Lyrics [Intro] Diamonds are forever They're all I need to please me They can't stimulate or tease me They won't leave in the night Have no fear that they might Desert me [Hook] "Diamonds are forever forever forever" Throw ya diamonds in the sky If you feel the vibe "Diamonds are forever forever forever" The ROC is still alive Everytime I rhyme "Forever and ever!" For ever ever? for ever ever? ever ever? Ever ever? ever ever? ever ever? ever ever? [Verse 1] Good Morning, this ain't Vietnam still People lose hands, legs, arms for real Little was known of Sierra Leone And how it connect to the diamonds we own When I speak of Diamonds in this song I ain't talkin bout the ones that be glown I'm talkin bout Rocafella, my home, my chain These ain't conflict diamonds,is they Jacob? don't lie to me mayne See, a part of me sayin' keep shinin', How? when I know of the blood diamonds Though it's thousands of miles away Sierra Leone connect to what we go through today Over here, its a drug trade, we die from drugs Over there, they die from what we buy from drugs The diamonds, the chains, the bracelets, the charmses I thought my Jesus Piece was so harmless 'til 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 ya whole life tryna get that ice On a polar rugby it look so nice How could somethin' so wrong make me feel so ... |