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)Its the gift & the curse[chorus: jay-z]R.o.c. yeah, number one click hereIf you represent us, throw them diamonds up yeahNow lets be clear, I aint goin no-whereNow that you know, holla at your boyHov.. (hov, hov, hov)(hov, hov, hov, hov)[overlapping first chorus]Yeah, roc-a-fella recordsYou know what diamond isWe aint goin nowhere, put your diamonds up[jay-z]Standin in my b-boy stanceFree, beans, memphis where you at nigga?(right here) snatch cam and its a rapThis here rap belong to us, nobody strong as us, its a factHold up Im just warmin up, gimme a second to get it backYoung chris, neek what? oschino and sparksNext summers yo summer, tear this mother*****er upYoung is eternal, my youngunsll burn youThe blueprint birthed, nigga I earthed you, you cant be seriousYoung cause Im thirty-two, dressed like Im twenty-twoFlow like a 18, do what I wanna doGoin on my 8th ring, got phil jacksons andFlow is black magic, Im at it againRose bowl with black karats, horse & carriage to spendLike mason betha, chasin this cheddar, to the endOf the road because the end Im told is nearer than we knowWhat can I say but live for today, hov![chorus][jay-z]Yeah, the blueprint 2 homey, follow the movesYou put on two tube socks, you couldnt walk in my shoesI was dealt a bad hand, ***** what else could I doBut keep somethin up my sleeve thatll help me throughBut can you believe, everywhere Im at, models come throughCat-fightin, cat-walkin, it happens oftenIts true how society dont want me to moveInto the penthouse building with spectacular viewsTheyre like uhh, hes a menace he could never be a tenantIm like ooh, whats a young nigga to do?I bring the brothers to the building give a feeling that I dontGive a ***** we just chillin watchin chandelier ceilings high as *****Old lady, dont blow my highspecially if you dont know my life, dont make me bringSharpton in it cause Im dark-skinneded orDude with the fro and the rainbow coalition, imaVictim of a single parent household, born in a mouseholeMousetrap, niggaz wanna knowHow so, how jay get up out that, here, yeahI snatched purses I per-se-vered, yeahI had work, fiends purchased, it was clearI was out there sellin hope for despair, but stop thereI swear, I only make good from my mouth to gods earsHad to get out the hoodAnd I cant justify genocideBut I was born in the city where the skinny niggaz dieBorn in the city where the skinny niggaz rideAnd as a skinny nigga I had beef with high size[chorus]
