【每日一曲】Kanye West - Diamonds From Sierra Leone

(00:00~00:14)
Diamonds are forever
They won't leave in the night
I've no fear that they might desert me
(00:14~00:35)
(Diamonds are forever, forever, forever)
Throw ya 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)
For ever, ever? For ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever?
(And ever)
Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever?


(00:33~01:14)
Close your eyes and imagine, feel the magic
Vegas on acid, seen through Yves St. Laurent glasses
(Hold one, one up)
And I've realized that I've arrived
(Hold one, one up)
Cause 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 shit than you ever thought of
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Damn, is he really that caught up?
(Hold one, one up)
I ask if you talked about 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 your stripper name "Porscha" and you get tips from many men
Then your fat friend, her nickname is "Minivan"
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Excuse me, that's just the Henny, man
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I smoke, I drink, I'm supposed to stop, I can't because
(01:14~01:34)
(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)
Forever ever? Forever ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever?
(And ever)
Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever?


(01:34~02:13)
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 in him
30 minutes later sein' there's no convincin' him

What more could you ask for? The international asshole
Who complain about what he is owed?
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And throw a tantrum like he is 3 years old
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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 Moe Town
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Life movin' too fast I need to slow down
(Hold one, one up)
Girl ain't give me no ass, ya need to go down
(02:13~02:33)
(Diamonds are forever, forever, forever)
My father been said I need Jesus
So he took me to church and let the water wash over my Caesar
(Diamonds are forever, forever, forever, forever)
The preacher said we need leaders
Right then my body got still like a paraplegic

(Forever)
You know who you call, you got a message, then leave it
The Roc stand tall and you would never believe it
(And ever)
Take your diamonds and throw 'em up like you bulimic
Yeah, the beat cold but the flow is anemic


(02:33~03:12)
After debris settles and the dust get swept off
Big K pick up where young Hov left off
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Right when magazines wrote Kanye West off
(Hold one, one up)
I dropped my new shit, it sound like the best of

A&R's lookin' like, "Pssh, we messed up"
Grammy night, damn right, we got dressed up
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Bottle after bottle till we got messed up
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In the studio, with Really Doe, yeah, he next up

People askin' me if I'm 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 OK man?"
They pray for the death of our dynasty like "Amen"
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R-r-r-r-right here stands a man
(Hold one, one up)
With the power to make a diamond with his bare hands
(03:12~03:32)
(Diamonds are forever, forever, forever)
Throw ya 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)
For ever, ever? For ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever?
(And ever)
Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever?
Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever?
(03:32~03:58)
Diamonds are forever, forever, forever
Diamonds are forever, forever, forever, forever
Forever and ever

▲原曲「Diamonds Are Forever」，據作曲家表示，
他當時居然是建議歌手想像一下男性生殖器官來唱出這首歌的感覺…