[00:40.922] Diamonds are forever (forever, forever)
[00:42.955] Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe
[00:45.522] Diamonds are forever (forever, forever, forever)
[00:47.087] Everybody, everybody, the Roc is still alive every time I rhyme
[00:50.505] Now say this, forever ever? Forever ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever?
[00:55.042] Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever?
[00:59.404] Close your eyes and imagine, feel the magic
[01:02.349] Vegas on acid, seen through Yves St. Laurent glasses
[01:05.552] I've realized that I've arrived
[01:07.842] 'Cause it take more than a magazine to kill my Vibe
[01:10.105] Does he write his own rhymes? Well, sort of, I think 'em
[01:12.961] That mean I forgot better **** than you ever thought of
[01:15.363] Damn, is he really that caught up?
[01:17.166] I ask, if you talkin' 'bout classics, do my name get brought up?
[01:20.217] I remember I couldn't afford a Ford Escort
[01:22.996] Or even a four-track recorder
[01:25.364] So it's only right that I let the top drop on a drop-top Porsche
[01:28.412] Spoil yourself, that's important
[01:30.488] If your stripper name "Porsche" and you get tips from many men
[01:32.656] Then your fat friend, her nickname is "Minivan"
[01:35.580] Excuse me, that's just the Henny, man
[01:37.814] I smoke, I drink, I'm supposed to stop, I can't, because—
[01:40.137] Diamonds are forever (forever, forever)
[01:41.687] Uh, throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe
[01:45.103] Diamonds are forever (forever, forever, forever)
[01:45.637] Yeah, yeah, yeah, the Roc is still alive every time I rhyme
[01:49.486] Now say this, forever ever? Forever ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever?
[01:54.377] Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever?
[01:59.057] Uh, I was sick about awards, couldn't nobody cure me
[02:02.307] Only playa that got robbed but kept all his jewelry
[02:04.783] Alicia Keys tried to talk some sense in him
[02:07.002] Thirty minutes later, seein' there's no convincin' him
[02:09.183] What more could you ask for? The international asshole
[02:12.471] Who complain about what he is owed?
[02:14.628] Throw a tantrum like he is three years old
[02:16.955] You gotta love it though, I still speak from my soul
[02:19.391] Wouldn't change by the change or the game or the fame
[02:22.022] Came in the game, he made his own lane
[02:24.511] All I need is y'all to pronounce my name
[02:26.799] It's Kanye, but some of my plaques, they still say Kayne
[02:29.532] Got family in the D, Kin-folk from Motown
[02:32.148] Back in the Chi, them Folks ain't from Moe Town
[02:34.535] Life movin' too fast, you need to slow down
[02:36.954] Girl ain't give me no ass, you need to go down
[02:39.444] Father been said I need Jesus
[02:41.355] So he took me to church and let the water wash over my caesar
[02:44.313] The preacher said we need leaders
[02:46.163] Right then, my body got still like a paraplegic
[02:49.125] You know who you call; you got a message, then leave it
[02:51.912] The Roc stand tall and you would never believe it
[02:54.085] Take your diamonds, throw 'em up like you bulimic
[02:56.598] Yeah, the beat cold, but the flow is anemic
[02:59.057] After debris settles and the dust get swept off
[03:01.637] Big K pick up where young Hov left off
[03:04.139] Right when magazines wrote Kanye West off
[03:06.554] I dropped my new ****, it sound like the best of
[03:09.042] A&R's lookin' like, "Pssh, we messed up"
[03:11.521] Grammy night, damn right, we got dressed up
[03:13.977] Bottle after bottle 'til we got messed up
[03:16.462] Studio, with Really Doe, yeah, he next up
[03:19.005] People askin' me is I'm gon' give my chain back
[03:21.464] That'll be the same day I give the game back
[03:23.877] You know the next question, dog: "Yo, where Dame at?"
[03:26.321] This track the Indian dance to bring our reign back
[03:28.802] "What's up with you and Jay, man? Are y'all okay, man?"
[03:31.245] They pray for the death of our dynasty like "Amen"
[03:33.744] R-r-r-r-right here stands a man
[03:36.194] With the power to make a diamond with his bare hands
[03:38.736] Diamonds are forever (forever, forever)
[03:39.759] Uh, throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe
[03:43.608] Diamonds are forever (forever, forever, forever)
[03:44.554] Uh, the Roc is still alive every time I rhyme
[03:48.578] Forever ever? Forever ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever?
[03:52.970] Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever?
[03:57.569] Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever?