Diamonds in the Rain

What the problem is

They be dissing, but at least they gon' acknowledge this

Coming up I had nothing and so I followed this

Dreams that these people said was nothing, ho

Dreamed of living life like the Huxtables

Earlier this year I was close to the cliff

Now I rap on beats, homie, for my living and shit

They say that dreams come true in ya life

Tell me what you living for, if not you gonna die

Moving with these loser cats, hoping I could save my ass

You could hear these drums knockin' hard in a dark room

Know that I be animating rhymes like cartoons

Sticking to my goals like that shit is harpoon

Heart moves slowly like yo' bitch know me

'Member we ain't have no dollars or no ends, homie

We was living in the basement tryna get it

Counting change for food and it's fuckin' up my mood

Dawg, these lames in my mentions talkin' shit like, bitch, we get it

You ain't got a life and wanna show it, bitch, we get it

Get up off the Twitter shit, you on my dick like I just hit it

They talking bout hand outs, I'm talking 'bout workin' it

What you know about long nights? You ain't workin' it

What you know about winter time cold workin' it?

I don't got time to complain, bitch, I'm workin' it

They be saying, "Silas what you doin'?" bitch, I'm workin' it

I'm just tryna do my best

Take 'em back to days they sayin' you be dead

Now I'm making change, diamonds in the rain

Things been lookin' strange, things can never change no, no

I'm just tryna do my best

Take 'em back to days they sayin' you be dead

Now I'm making change, diamonds in the rain

Things been lookin' strange, things can never change no, no

I'm mos Def just the greatest in my generation

This is years of studying, what if we in the matrix?

Got these questions on my mind but the difference now

I been wondering just when you gonna figure out

That my dream is something really just to marvel at

I been doing this since Timberlands and starter caps

Baggy white tees, hoped that shorty's liked me

We was posted in the 'Burg smoking Newport shorts

Motherfuckers bump that shit like it was verbal intercourse

And of course I wrote that shit wit no remorse

Pray that all my family straight on these rainy days

Seeing diamonds in the rain form like these bars a brainstorm

5 years ago they never gave me no play

Now I'm posted in the crib while my homies roll a J

I used to dream of days like these, lacing up some Nikes

Tryna help my psyche

Ain't nobody out there do it like me

I'm just tryna do my best

Take 'em back to days they sayin' you be dead

Now I'm making change, diamonds in the rain

Things been lookin' strange, things can never change no, no

I'm just tryna do my best

Take 'em back to days they sayin' you be dead

Now I'm making change, diamonds in the rain

Things been lookin' strange, things can never change no, no