Nas - Blood Diamonds Lyrics
[Nas:]They wanna shine on itShine on it [repeated]YahThey dug me the soil of mines in the motherlandNow I've placed from one hand to another handIllegal smuggling, people struggling, Wish they can just throw me back in the mud againYeh, this is how we got hereSlave trade and the diamond tradeEvery childs afraid, when his mother or father gets sprayedForced in the army, young killer brigadeGets a new name, then he gets his nose gluedHis mind can't take what he's going throughLookin' in the dirt for that ice ol' blueThen the royal family the ice goes toThis thing has to change, feelin' half ashamedAs i rap with my platinium chainWhen you shop for a gift for meYou think about the miseryThe same way we made a part our historyWe could do the same to the complect iceBut everybody wanna shine right?Everybody wants heaven, but nobody wants deadEverybody wants diamonds without the bloodshedEverybody wants heaven, but nobody wants deadEverybody wants diamonds without the bloodshedThey wanna shine on em [repeated]UhMy bbs glimmers on my chestTwo hundred thousand crested watch on my wristI wonder how people starve to deathWhen God blessed the land that lacks the harvestTheir stones are quality, but their homes are povertyAnd the whole world ignores the robberyI bought my girl pretty rocks and she is mad at meTear drop shaped uh, perfect clarityIt shocks so many are killed annuallyCause of greed, lust, and pure vanityStop talkin' and do something about itEvery holiday season, jewelery stores crowdedKids snatched from their homes, mutilated aliveHusbands spreaded from wivesKeep a Jesus peace to be flyBut back in the day, there was a time they called us shineEverybody wants heaven, but nobody wants deadEverybody wants diamonds without the bloodshedEverybody wants heaven, but nobody wants deadEverybody wants diamonds without the bloodshedThey wanna shine on em [repeated]
