[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 right, right?
´fore i beat myself up like ike
you could still throw ya rocafella diamond tonight, ´cause

[hook]

[verse 2]
[kanye from original song]
people askin´ me is i´m gon´ give my chain back (uh)
that´ll be the same day i give the game back (uh)
you know the next question dog ´yo, where dame at?´(uh)
this track the indian dance to bring our reign back (whoo!)
´wassup wit you a jay man, are ya´ll okay man?´

[jay-z]
yep!
i got it from her ´ye damn!
the chain remians, the gang is in tact
the name is mine, i´ll take blame for that
the pressure´s on, but guess who ain´t gon´ crack? [laughs]
pardon me i had to laugh at that
how could you falter when you´re the rock of gibralter
i had to get of 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, (so?) i´m guessin´ i can sell cd´s
i´m not a buisness man i´m a buisness, man
let me handle my buisness, damn!
kanyeez you got me, freeway and 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, oh yeah
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 sayin practically me whole carreer
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 waitin´ for the end, the dynasty signed
and what seemed like forever is a mighty long time
i´m young bitches [laughs]
goodnight!