JAY-Z - Diamond Is Forever lyrics
[JAY-Z - Diamond Is Forever lyrics]
Can you hear me now? Good! (Blueprint 2 baby)
The best of times, it was the worst of times
(aoww) it's "The Gift & the Curse"
ROC yeah, number one clique here
If you represent us
Throw them diamonds up YEAH
Now let's be clear, I ain't goin' nowhere
Now that you know, holla at your boy
HOV' (Hov', Hov', Hov')
(Hov', Hov', Hov', Hov')
Yeah, Roc-A-Fella Records
You know what diamond is
We ain't goin' nowhere, put your diamonds up
Standin' in my b-boy stance
Free, Beans, Memphis where you at nigga?
(Right here) snatch Cam and it's a wrap
This here rap belong to us
Nobody strong as us, it's a fact
Hold up I'm just warmin' up
Gimme a second to get it back
Young Chris, Neef what? Oschino and Sparks
Next summer's yo' summer
Tear this motherfucker up
Young is eternal, my youngins'll burn you
"The Blueprint" birthed, nigga I earthed you
You can't be serious
Young 'cause I'm thirty-two
Dressed like I'm twenty-two
Flow like a 18, do what I wanna do
Goin on my 8th ring, got Phil Jackson's Zen
Flow is black magic, I'm at it again
Rose Gold with black karats
Horse & Carriage to spend like Mason Betha
Chasin' this cheddar to the end
Of the road because the end I'm
Told is nearer than we know
What can I say but live for today, HOV'!
ROC yeah, number one clique here
If you represent us
Throw them diamonds up YEAH
Now let's be clear, I ain't goin' nowhere
Now that you know, holla at your boy
HOV' (Hov', Hov', Hov')
(Hov', Hov', Hov', Hov')
Yeah, The Blueprint 2 homie, follow the moves
You put on two tube socks
You couldn't walk in my shoes
I was dealt a bad hand
Fuck what else could I do
But keep somethin' up my sleeve
That'll help me through
But can you believe, everywhere I'm at
Models come through
Cat-fightin', cat-walkin', it happens often
It's true how society don't want me to move
Into the penthouse building
With spectacular views they're like uhh
"He's a menace he could never be a tenant"
I'm like ooh, what's a young nigga to do?
I bring the brothers to the building
Give a feeling that I don't
Give a fuck we just chillin' watchin'
Chandelier ceilings high as fuck
Old lady, don't blow my high
'specially if you don't know my life
Don't make me bring
Sharpton in it 'cause I'm dark-skinned-ed or
Dude with the 'fro and the Rainbow Coalition
I'ma victim of a single parent household
Born in a mouse hole
Mousetrap, niggas wanna know
How so, how Jay get up out that, here, yeah
I snatched purses, I per-se-vered, yeah
I had work, fiends purchased, it was clear
I was out there sellin' hope for despair
But stop there i swear
I only make good from my mouth to God's ears
Had to get out the hood
And I can't justify genocide
But I was born in the city
Where the skinny niggas die
Born in the city where the skinny niggas ride
And as a skinny nigga I
Had beef with high size
ROC yeah, number one clique here
If you represent us
Throw them diamonds up YEAH
Now let's be clear, I ain't goin nowhere
Now that you know, holla at your boy
HOV' (Hov', Hov', Hov')
(Hov', Hov', Hov', Hov')
The best of times, it was the worst of times
(aoww) it's "The Gift & the Curse"
ROC yeah, number one clique here
If you represent us
Throw them diamonds up YEAH
Now let's be clear, I ain't goin' nowhere
Now that you know, holla at your boy
HOV' (Hov', Hov', Hov')
(Hov', Hov', Hov', Hov')
Yeah, Roc-A-Fella Records
You know what diamond is
We ain't goin' nowhere, put your diamonds up
Standin' in my b-boy stance
Free, Beans, Memphis where you at nigga?
(Right here) snatch Cam and it's a wrap
This here rap belong to us
Nobody strong as us, it's a fact
Hold up I'm just warmin' up
Gimme a second to get it back
Young Chris, Neef what? Oschino and Sparks
Next summer's yo' summer
Tear this motherfucker up
Young is eternal, my youngins'll burn you
"The Blueprint" birthed, nigga I earthed you
You can't be serious
Young 'cause I'm thirty-two
Dressed like I'm twenty-two
Flow like a 18, do what I wanna do
Goin on my 8th ring, got Phil Jackson's Zen
Flow is black magic, I'm at it again
Rose Gold with black karats
Horse & Carriage to spend like Mason Betha
Chasin' this cheddar to the end
Of the road because the end I'm
Told is nearer than we know
What can I say but live for today, HOV'!
ROC yeah, number one clique here
If you represent us
Throw them diamonds up YEAH
Now let's be clear, I ain't goin' nowhere
Now that you know, holla at your boy
HOV' (Hov', Hov', Hov')
(Hov', Hov', Hov', Hov')
Yeah, The Blueprint 2 homie, follow the moves
You put on two tube socks
You couldn't walk in my shoes
I was dealt a bad hand
Fuck what else could I do
But keep somethin' up my sleeve
That'll help me through
But can you believe, everywhere I'm at
Models come through
Cat-fightin', cat-walkin', it happens often
It's true how society don't want me to move
Into the penthouse building
With spectacular views they're like uhh
"He's a menace he could never be a tenant"
I'm like ooh, what's a young nigga to do?
I bring the brothers to the building
Give a feeling that I don't
Give a fuck we just chillin' watchin'
Chandelier ceilings high as fuck
Old lady, don't blow my high
'specially if you don't know my life
Don't make me bring
Sharpton in it 'cause I'm dark-skinned-ed or
Dude with the 'fro and the Rainbow Coalition
I'ma victim of a single parent household
Born in a mouse hole
Mousetrap, niggas wanna know
How so, how Jay get up out that, here, yeah
I snatched purses, I per-se-vered, yeah
I had work, fiends purchased, it was clear
I was out there sellin' hope for despair
But stop there i swear
I only make good from my mouth to God's ears
Had to get out the hood
And I can't justify genocide
But I was born in the city
Where the skinny niggas die
Born in the city where the skinny niggas ride
And as a skinny nigga I
Had beef with high size
ROC yeah, number one clique here
If you represent us
Throw them diamonds up YEAH
Now let's be clear, I ain't goin nowhere
Now that you know, holla at your boy
HOV' (Hov', Hov', Hov')
(Hov', Hov', Hov', Hov')