a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 #

g. twilight - diamonds from sierra leone (kanye west cover) lyrics

[intro: sierra leonean x g. twilight]
we nah workin’ in the diamond rivahs (the diamond rivers)
from sun rise to sunset (sun up to sun down)
under the eye of thee soldiers (they watchin’ yo every move)
every day we fear for our lives (you scared every day, huh?!)
some of we are enslaved by the rebels (r.u.f.? n.p.f.l.?)
forced to k!ll our on fam fo’ diamonds (yo own family?)
we are the children of the blood diamonds (sh+t!)
the blood diamonds (gotd+mn!)
the blood diamonds

[pre+hook: shirley bassey sample]
diamonds are forever
they arе all i need to please me
thеy can stimulate and tease me
they won’t leave in the night
i’ve no fear that they might desert me

[hook: g. twilight x shirley bassey sample]
diamonds are forever
forever, forever (diamonds from africa, diamonds from africa, diamonds from africa)
diamonds are forever
forever, forever (diamonds from africa, diamonds from africa, diamonds from africa)
forever (forever ever? forever ever? forever ever?)
and ever
[verse 1]
spent fifty bands on my right wrist and it ain’t even a rollie
spent another fifty on my left, a whole lot of guacamole
red, blue, green stones, foodie pebbles in the bezel
de beers® diamonds jewelers sponsored the r.u.f. rebels
sportin’ diamonds from africa, trynna plug with nigerian traffickers
but nigerians don’t deal wit’ akata
thinkin’ i’m the sh+t with so many dead guys in my duffel
if mark cutifani saw me, he’d look at me and chuckle
over here, we over+s+xualized drug lords
over there, it’s oligarchs and warlords
over here, it’s the drug trade, we die from drugs
over there, they die from what we buy from drugs
but look who sponsors it all
drug trade, diamond trade, who sponsors it all
and they reap the biggest profit from it all
financin’ our involvement in our own downfall

[hook: g. twilight x shirley bassey sample]
diamonds are forever
forever, forever (diamonds from africa, diamonds from africa, diamonds from africa)
diamonds are forever
forever, forever (diamonds from africa, diamonds from africa, diamonds from africa)
forever (forever ever? forever ever? forever ever?)
and ever
[verse 2]
i got love for the americo+liberians in the sierra leone creoles
from the transatlantic and back but y’all still my people
science behind the game, this the economic part
been happenin’ for centuries, this sh+t ain’t just start
european invaders have always been a threat
built infrastructures off african sweat
wit’ bibles and rifles, they came into our village
wit’ malicious intent of rape and pillage
enslaved black people on american soil
colonized our brothas on african soil
explored the continents for its people, oil, diamonds and gold
the scramble for africa enriched cecil rhodes
de beers® had total control over the diamond marketplace
monopoly, monopsony, biggest piece of the cake
eight thousand square miles of diamond mines
but seventy percent of its people live below the poverty line

[hook: g. twilight x shirley bassey sample]
diamonds are forever
forever, forever (diamonds from africa, diamonds from africa, diamonds from africa)
diamonds are forever
forever, forever (diamonds from africa, diamonds from africa, diamonds from africa)
forever (forever ever? forever ever? forever ever?)
and ever
[verse 3]
illiteracy and infectious disease for sierra leone citizens
but the diamonds exported annually worth eighty million
created the kimberly process so y’all can exploit them properly
industrialized, while they livin’ in poverty
these ain’t conflict diamonds?
let me see the criteria
bring the bl++dy bling from sierra leone and buy ’em in liberia
bought the diamond over there for twenty dollars
sold it to me in detroit for twenty thousand dollars
seven thousand leones to equal one us dollar
nine thousand leones to equal a euro dollar
all the resources, but their currency not worth anything?
while the westernized world steals everything
lookin’ at bling and i feel ashamed
starin’ at this evil through my cartier frames
a diamond is forever and so is black suffering
and your inability to see it is what’s so puzzling

- g twilight lyrics

Random Lyrics

HOT LYRICS