Diamonds are forever

They won't leave in the night


Have no fear that they might


Desert me




Diamonds are forever


(Forever, forever)

Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe


Diamonds are forever


(Forever, forever, forever)

The Roc is still alive every time I rhyme


Forever ever, forever ever


Ever ever, ever ever, ever ever, ever ever, ever ever




Close your eyes and imagine, feel the magic


Vegas on acid

Seen through Yves Saint Laurent glasses


And I've realized that I've arrived 'cuz




It take more than a magazine to kill my Vibe does


He write his own rhymes, well sort of


I think 'em

That mean I forgot better %#@! than you ever thought of





Damn, is he really that caught up?

I ask if you talkin' 'bout classics, do my name get brought up?


I remember I couldn't afford a Ford Escort


Or even a four-track recorder

So it's only right that I let the top drop on a drop-top Porsche





It's for yourself that's important

If yo're stripper name Porsche


And you get tips from many men


Then your fat friend her nickname is Minivan




Excuse me


That's just the Henny, man

I smoke, I drink, I'm supposed to stop


I can't because




Diamonds are forever

(Forever, forever)

Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe


Diamonds are forever

(Forever, forever, forever)


The Roc is still alive every time I rhyme.

Forever ever, forever ever

Ever ever, ever ever, ever ever, ever ever, ever ever




I was sick about awards, couldn't nobody cure me

Only playa that got robbed but kept all his jewelry


Alicia Keys tried to talk some sense to them

30 minutes later seeing there's no convincing them




What more can you ask for?

The international $$#holes nah

Who complains about what he is owed?

And throw a tantrum like he is 3 years old




You gotta love it though somebody still speaks from his soul

And wouldn't change by the change or the game or the fame


When he came in the game, he made his own lane

Now all I need is y'all to pronounce my name



It's Kanye but some of my plaques, they still say Kane


Got family in the D, Kin-folk from Motown

Back in the Chi, them folks ain't from Motown

Life movin' too fast I need to slow down


Girl ain't give me no $$#, ya need to go down



Diamonds are forever

(Forever, forever)

My father Ben said, "I need Jesus"

So he took me to church and let the water wash over my caeser



Diamonds are forever

(Forever, forever)

The preacher said, "We need leaders"

Right then my body got still like a paraplegic



You know who you can call you gotta best believe it

The Roc stand tall and you would never believe it

Take your diamonds and throw 'em up like you bulimic

Yea the beat cold but the flow is anemic



After debris settles and the dust get swept off

Big K pick up where young Hov left off

Right when magazines wrote Kanye West off

I dropped my new %#@! sound like the best of



A&R's lookin' like, "Pssh we messed up"

Grammy night, damn right, we got dressed up

Bottle after bottle till we got messed up

In the studio where really though, yeah he next up



People askin' is I gon' give my chain back

That'll be the same day I give the game back

You know the next question dog, "Yo, where Dame at?"

This track the Indian dance to bring our reign back



"What's up with you and Jay man, are y'all okay man?"

They pray for the death of our dynasty like Amen

Right here stands a-man

With the power to make a diamond with his bare hands



Diamonds are forever

(Forever, forever)

Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe

Diamonds are forever

(Forever, forever, forever)

The Roc is still alive every time I rhyme

Forever ever, forever ever

Ever ever, ever ever, ever ever, ever ever, ever ever



Diamonds are forever

(Forever, forever)

Diamonds are forever

(Forever, forever, forever)