Common - Diamonds Lyrics
[Intro: Big Sean](Oh) Walk up in the thing, got my campaign poppin'Champagne poppin', bad thing poppin'Headed to the door, and ain't a damn thing knockin' (no)Walk up in the thing and everybody with me mobbin'Campaign poppin', champagne poppin'[Verse 1: Common]I wrote this on my born day, it was a warm dayNiggas gotta eat, we gon' do it gourmetI'm hearing *****in' voices, like when porn playStay, stay on your grind like foreplayWhat more can I say? Diamonds are for the dayThat means to shine, you find a wayStayed on porches, backyards, and gainwaysLearned strange ways between Cole and LangleyChampagne ambitionsI pour it out for my man who made his transitionWas about paper, *****, Prada, egoBorn to fly, call me the bald eagleOpen shows at the Regal for Daddy Kane and Eazy-E thoughBoys in the hood is hard like kilos of heroinThe hero that came from zeroMy bars and my PR like Puerto RicoThis bra from the DR said I was fríoThat's Ice Cold like Dre, triple three yoPino noir style, better with timeI'm gambling with watches getting better with timeSo I'mma ride this out for long as God allow meThey say "time is money", forever is my salaryI shine tomorrow with what I do todayYo, get this money, put the diamonds on display[Hook: Big Sean](Oh) Walk up in the thing and got my campaign poppin'Champagne poppin', bad thing poppin'Headed to the door, and ain't a damn thing knockin' (no)Walk up in the thing and everybody with me mobbin'Campaign poppin', champagne poppin'Hit you with the street sweeper now you gotta get to moppin' (no)[Bridge: Big Sean]Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ayTryna get it every way, every dayTryna get it every way, every dayTryna get it every way, every day[Verse 2: Common]Bars in alignment, stars in alignmentRaw off consignment, God's in the diamondsEvolve from the science, power and refinementRead between the lines, hard to define usNiggas that's behind us, throwing up signs to signify usIn the Benz leaning like we biasedI seen lead fly by us, that shit scaryYou can go cold and blow everything you have in a flashThe moment is to live it like your lastMoments that we have never living in the lastMy time, man, precious like diamondsLook through the glass, see what I magnify manI'mma be shining 'til I die manI'm a rare diamond that's hard to find manClimbing to the mountain top, MLK dayTo the streets I speak my piece like an A.K47 to 87 to the hundredsJewels I could run it for the hunted and the bluntedDreams reflect clarity, ain't no disparityBetween peace and prosperity, so marry me diamond[Verse 3: Big Sean]Reminiscing when I had everything on layawayI'm rolling with me and my partner like it was Training DayWay before the ballin' that was back off in the training daysI used to hit the barber chair and say "I need that fadeaway"Had a crush on what's her name, the feelings never fade awayOlder brother gang bang, banging like an 808Said you can't take his chain awayReal play you can't take his game awaySlang away, walk up in this thing like a real RockefellerBut you can't take my dame away, devil in a red dressBut she got that angel faceI could teach her how to get it day to day to day to dayThe G code is my combinationCatch me off in the bank thumbing through all kinds of facesCatch me in court, beating all kinds of casesWeed, money, *****, liquor, that's my favorite compilationDiamonds
