Diamonds Is Forever

You hear me now?

Good

The best of times, it was the worst of times

It's The Gift & the Curse

R-O-C, yeah, number one clique here

If you represent us, throw them diamonds up, yeah

Now let's be clear, I ain't goin' nowhere

Now that you know, holla at your boy

Hov', Hov', Hov', Hov'

Hov', Hov', Hov', Hov'

Standin' in my b-boy stance

Free, Beans, Memphis, where you at, ****? (Right here)

Snatch Cam and it's a wrap

This here rap belong to us

Nobody strong as us, it's a fact

Hold up, I'm just warmin' up

Gimme a second to get it back

Young Chris, Neef Buck, Oschino, and Sparks

Next summer's your summer

Tear this motherfucker up

Young is eternal, my youngins'll burn you

The Blueprint birthed you

****, I earthed you, you can't be serious

Young 'cause I'm 32, dressed like I'm 22

Flow like a 18, do what I wanna do

Goin' on my eighth ring, got Phil Jackson's zen

Flow is black magic, I'm at it again

Rose gold with black karats

Horse and carriage to spend, like Mason Betha

Chasin' this cheddar to the end of the road

Because the end, I'm told, is nearer than we know

What can I say but live for today? Hov'

R-O-C, yeah, number one clique here

If you represent us, throw them diamonds up, yeah

Now let's be clear, I ain't goin' nowhere

Now that you know, holla at your boy

Hov', Hov', Hov', Hov'

Hov', Hov', Hov', Hov'

Yeah, The Blueprint 2, homie, follow the moves

You put on two tube socks

You couldn't walk in my shoes

I was dealt a bad hand

Fuck, what else could I do?

But keep something up my sleeve that'll help me through

But can you believe everywhere I'm at, models come through?

Cat fightin', cat walkin', it happens often

It's true how society don't want me to move

Into the penthouse building with spectacular views

They're like, uh, he's a menace, he could never be a tenant

I'm like, ooh, what's a young **** to do?

I bring the brothers to the building

Give a feeling that I don't give a fuck

We just chillin', watchin' chandelier ceilings high as fuck

Old lady, don't blow my high

'Specially if you don't know my life

Don't make me bring Sharpton in it

'Cause I'm dark-skinned or

Dude with the fro in the Rainbow Coalition

I'm a victim of a single parent household

Born in a mouse hole, mousetrap

**** wanna know how so

How J get up out that, here, yeah

I snatched purses, I persevered, yeah

I had work, fiends purchased, it was clear

I was out there sellin' hope for despair, but stop there

I swear, I only make good, from my mouth to God's ears

Had to get out the hood

And I can't justify genocide

But I was born in the city, where the skinny **** die

Born in the city, where the skinny **** ride

And as a skinny ****, I had beef with hot sauce

R-O-C, yeah, number one clique here

If you represent us, throw them diamonds up, yeah

Now let's be clear, I ain't goin' nowhere

Now that you know, holla at your boy

Hov', Hov', Hov', Hov'

Hov', Hov', Hov', Hov'