Kanye West - Diamonds From Sierra Leone

(upbeat music) - We work in the diamond rivers (speaking in foreign language), from sunrise to sunset under the watchful eyes of soldiers. Every day we fear for our lives. (speaking in foreign language) Some of us were enslaved by rebels and forced to kill our, own families for diamonds. We are the children of the blood diamonds. Blood diamonds. Blood diamonds. (upbeat music) ♪ Diamonds are forever ♪ ♪ They won't leave in the night ♪ ♪ I've no fear that. they might, desert me ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ Diamonds are forever ♪ ♪ Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe ♪ ♪ Diamonds are forever ♪ ♪ The Roc is still alive, every time I rhyme ♪ ♪ Forever ever? Forever, ever? Ever, 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 St. Laurent glasses ♪ ♪ And I've realized that I've arrived, ♪ ♪ 'Cause it take more than a. magazine to kill my vibe dawg ♪ ♪ He write his own rhymes,, so sort of, I think, um ♪ ♪ That mean I forgot better shit 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 a stripper named Porscha. 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 ♪ ♪ Throw your diamonds in the. sky if you feel the vibe ♪ ♪ Diamonds are 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 seems there's no convincing them ♪ ♪ What more could you ask for? ♪ ♪ The international asshole ♪ ♪ Who complain about what he is owed? ♪ ♪ And throw a tantrum like he is three 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 plastic 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. ass, ya need to go down ♪ ♪ My father Ben said I need Jesus ♪ ♪ So he took me to church ♪ ♪ And let the water wash over my Ceaser ♪ ♪ 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 ♪ ♪ Yeah 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 shit,, it 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 'til we got messed up ♪ ♪ In the studio, where really though, 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 ♪ ♪ R-r-r-right here stands a-man ♪ ♪ With the power to make a. diamond with his bare hands ♪ ♪ Diamonds are forever ♪ ♪ Throw your diamonds in the, sky if you feel the vibe ♪ ♪ Diamonds are forever ♪ ♪ The Roc is still alive. every time I rhyme ♪ ♪ Forever ever? Forever, ever? Ever, ever? ♪ ♪ Ever, ever? Ever, ever?, Ever, ever? Ever, ever? ♪ ♪ Ever, ever? Ever, ever? Ever, ever? ♪ ♪ Diamonds are forever, forever, forever ♪ ♪ Diamonds are forever. forever, forever, forever ♪ (upbeat music).