Common - Diamonds Lyrics






[Intro - Big Sean:]
(Oh) Walk up in the thing, got my campaign poppin’
Champagne poppin’, bad thing poppin’
Headed to the door, and ain’t a damn thing knockin’ (no)
Walk up in the thing and everybody with me mobbin’
Campaign poppin’, champagne poppin’

[Verse 1 - Common:]
I wrote this on my born day, it was a warm day
Niggas gotta eat, we gon’ do it gourmet
I’m hearing fuckin’ voices, like when porn play
Stay, stay on your grind like foreplay
What more can I say? Diamonds are for the day
That means to shine, you find a way
Stayed on porches, backyards, and gainways
Learned strange ways between [?] and Langley
Champagne ambitions
I pour it out for my man who made his transition
Was about paper, pussy, Prada, ego
Born to fly, call me the bald eagle
Open shows at the Regal for Daddy Kane and Eazy-E though
Boys in the hood is hard like kilos of heroin
The hero that came from zero
My bars and my PR like Puerto Rico
This bra from the DR said I was frío
That’s Ice Cold like Dre, triple three yo
Pino noir style, better with time
I’m gambling with watches getting better with time
So I’mma ride this out for long as God allow me
They say “time is money”, forever is my salary
I shine tomorrow with what I do today
Yo, get this money, put the diamonds on display

[Hook - Big Sean:]
(Oh) Walk up in the thing and got my campaign poppin’
Champagne poppin’, bad thing poppin’
Headed to the door, and ain’t a damn thing knockin’ (no)
Walk up in the thing and everybody with me mobbin’
Campaign poppin’, champagne poppin’
Hit you with the street sweeper now you gotta get to moppin’ (no)

[Bridge - Big Sean:]
Ay, ay, ay , ay , ay, ay, ay, ay
Tryna get it every way, every day
Tryna get it every way, every day
Tryna get it every way, every day

[Verse 2 - Common:]
Bars in alignment, stars in alignment
[?] of consignment, God’s in the diamonds
Evolve from the science, power and refinement
Read between the lines, hard to define us
Niggas that’s behind us, throwing up signs to signify us
In the benz leaning like we biased
I seen lead fly by us, that shit scary
You can go cold and blow everything you have in a flash
The moment is to live it like your last
Moments that we have never living in the last
My time, man, precious like diamonds
Look through the glass, see what I magnify man
I’mma be shining ‘til I die man
I’mma rare diamond that’s hard to find man
Climbing to the mountain top, MLK day
To the streets I speak my piece like an A.K
47 to 87 to the hundreds
Jewels I could run it for the hunted and the blunted
Dreams reflect clarity, ain’t no disparity
Between peace and prosperity, so marry me diamond

[Verse 3 - Big Sean:]
Reminiscing when I had everything on layaway
I’m rolling with me and my partner like it was Training Day
Way before the ballin’ that was back off in the training days
I used to hit the barber chair and say “I need that fadeaway”
Had a crush on what’s her name, the feelings never fade away
Older brother gang bang, banging like an 808
Said you can’t take his chain away
Real play you can’t take his game away
Slang away, walk up in this thing like a real Rockefeller
But you can’t take my dame away, devil in a red dress
But she got that angel face
I could teach her how to get it day to day to day to day
The G code is my combination
Catch me off in the bank thumbing through all kinds of faces
Catch me in court, beating all kinds of cases
Weed, money, pussy, liquor, that’s my favorite combination
Diamonds





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  1. S.... M....

    Ohhh God heal the beat is so sick 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 and these nigga verses too.

  2. S.... H....

    The 690 dislikes are Nicky Minaj Fetty Wap Cardi b Iggy Azalea fans most likely. This is proper hip hop

  3. D.... O....

    On My Born Day 03-13-1991♓↔️♓03-13-1972🥁🥁🎼🎵🎶🎙🎤🎛🎛#79thCottageGrove #79thSouthShoreDr 2 Da #RedLine🔴🚈🚉

  4. H.... E....

    The beat is a masterpiece!

  5. M.... S....

    Don’t ever forget this song.

  6. J.... S....

    Walk up in this thing like a real Rockafella, but you can't take my Dame away.

  7. R.... J....

    At the beginning of the song i was thinking 'oh no, not this modern day sounding clap trap they call hip-hop nowadays'. But Common began to kill it as usual! Tune grew on me

  8. R.... R....

    Why is everyone making fun of big sean???...I mean obviously Common is a better rapper than him but Sean still did a great job in this??....But ive seen him being made fun of in a lot of other songs so is this like a meme or something?

    R.... R....

    Vegeta Uchiha yes it is a meme to hate on sean rn esp cause of the metro tape which as a fan I can say was MIIIIIIID. if he comes back hard he’ll be straight though his fanbase ain’t fickle

  9. a.... c....

    Devil in a red dress but she got that angel face

  10. p.... ....

    Big Sean did his thing! And his thing is getting bodied by whichever MC he's on a track with.

  11. W.... B....

    Sean to hard only reason y I listen to this song

  12. j.... m....

    this song came out when i was not yet prepared to hear this kind of common.. still stuck in 2005/2007.. with "be" and "finding forever"... but i must say .. this is a dope song

  13. V.... A....

    Cool good awesome Cool vibe music spoke word flow

  14. C.... ....

    2018? Still banging

    C.... ....

    I'm back ,2019 and still banging ..see y'all next year.

  15. R.... V....

    all the big sean fans think big sean was great and some of them think common sucked.commons fans think he was great and some think big sean sucked.

  16. k.... h....

    This song needed Big Sean so bad

  17. T.... N....

    idk what y'all talkin bout but big sean part was 🔥🔥

  18. D.... D....

    Like D the cam work in the vid on effects Cøøł LONG X Since I gotta listen to C tho ;%| Cool plot!¡

  19. b.... ....

    This music video reminds of You Me At Six's - room to breathe video...🙄

  20. b.... a....

    This isn't the common we want.

    b.... a....

    Check out his new album black America again

  21. E.... S....

    Sean verse was serious!

  22. x.... f....

    Guess Drake won the war easily.

  23. M.... ....

    what are u doing common

  24. H.... A....

    It's so well written. Perhaps it's even better performed...

  25. H.... A....

    Started to love this song during and after the first play. #musiclovetrance

  26. L.... R....

    I fuck with Sean but Jesus this hook is fuckin horrible smh why would common let him do this lol

    L.... R....

    Legalize Ranch true but his verse is dope af tho

  27. S.... T....

    Big Sean ruined this song. edit him out and damn i'd love this song. He rhymes the same word over and over, trash. No innuendo no thought, just utter shit spewing from his mouth.

  28. �.... ....

    빅션욕하지마좆같은양키새기들아

    �.... ....

    learn english please.

  29. B.... n....

    Com kills it as always. not much of a fan of Big Sean but his verse was sick on this.

  30. J.... S....

    Big Sean is so overrated! Dude is wack

    J.... S....

    Nah, this isn't my fav Sean hook but he killed his verse

    J.... S....

    nigga you on crack I wish a nigga would piss big Sean off so he can end a career

    J.... S....

    man he go hard u sleep

    J.... S....

    +Quran Knighton ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass

    Yeah… career ending

    J.... S....

    +crbgamer listen to 1st quarter freestyle

  31. J.... G....

    Dope understandable callab.
    Kanye for president!
    Fuck trump!

  32. M.... p....

    They both killed it in my opinion.

  33. D.... H....

    big Sean is a piece of Shit.

  34. b.... ....

    thx MeechOnMars 💕💕💜

  35. �.... G....

    Dude idk i thought the hook was catchy. I also think big sean has his own flow, and its dope.

  36. G.... G....

    Just saw the episode of Hell on wheels where you he dies. He is a damn good actor

  37. J.... P....

    I lLllLllllLlllllove this song ever time my dad play it I love to dance to any sing it

  38. M.... C....

    Amazing beat

  39. M.... ....

    big sean ruined such a good song

  40. S.... V....

    Hook was garbage but verses body

    S.... V....

    Hook is off the hook
    Oooooooooo

    S.... V....

    +Ryan Lichti Not possible.

  41. V.... d....

    Real hip hop :)

  42. S.... V....

    Big sean final verse was nice. Hook sucked though

  43. W.... ....

    Freaking sick :o!!!!!!

  44. s.... ....

    its not that i dont like big sean i just want wish he was good if he's going to be on all these songs.

  45. L.... C....

    The Big Sean is like the other singers. Common is true mc!

  46. P.... P....

    Best combination my two favorites

  47. A.... M....

    I can't lie, Big Sean's final verse was sick.

    A.... M....

    +A-NO Music it is the best.

    A.... M....

    Too me cool Awesome skills dope verse Music good poetry powered Music

  48. J.... S....

    whoever produced this joint is a true gem!!!! Them bars go hard too!!! hottest shit right here

    J.... S....

    @jerrie sambers No ID produced this

  49. M.... D....

    I'm hearing fucking voices, like when porn play... Y'all saying out here talking shit bout Common? Clearly everyone talking shit wanna hear simple read along lines that play on the radio. Common all day every day

  50. A.... M....

    lazy verse by common, lazy hook, big sean did aytt tho

  51. A.... R....

    a majority of these comments are knocking big Sean or common; y'all supposed to be hip hip heads but you just faking the funk. track is tight, fuck how popular, how old, or how an artist used to sound. leave that shit at the door and enjoy the track you turds. take it sleazy

  52. H.... S....

    Kinda good nowadays..

  53. M.... M....

    WEED MONEY LIQUOR PUSSY THAT'S MY FAVORITE COMBINATION GUNS
    DETROIT VS EVERYBODY

  54. F.... C....

    This is disgusting. Ijs. 

    F.... C....

    Ur disgusting

  55. t.... ....

    Big Sean sounds like a retarded 4 year old trying to recap his day on the playground. Can someone please make a remake of this track with just Common?

  56. L.... B....

    "My bars are my PR like Puerto Rico" - common

  57. S.... ....

    Dunno why people complaining, they both killed it. That's all that matter imo.

  58. S.... ....

    This song goes so hard in the whip!!!!!

  59. G.... A....

    Champaign Papy !

  60. S.... ....

    Yknow commons on his last limbs when sean is spitting better than him

    S.... ....

    Sean ruined the song..

    S.... ....

    @SOSLww ooooooooooooo..... nooooooooooooooooo

  61. M.... L....

    Sick. Time is money. Forever is my salary. Diamonds.

  62. H.... H....

    Common should've stayed in with his own hip-hop style. I can't stand this song and that the fact that it wasted his talent.

  63. K.... R....

    Common still keeping it poetic, the man jst ILL..

  64. b.... ....

    Mainstream hip hop at its finest (y) 

  65. B.... F....

    Trynna say Common can't hang with the new cats is just fuckin stupid .

  66. B.... B....

    new artist out the bronx, check me out.
    https://soundcloud.com/poeticsavior/sets/savior-my-mentality-is-my-realityfree-dl

  67. D.... A....

    Why did u have to leave GOOD Music ? Such great talent!🙌

  68. V.... C....

    DETROIT WHAT! At first I was like? But the song is catchy. Big Seans lyrics are simple and his metaphors are humorous. They might not be the most original but he delivers them with style. There is a reason a legendary producer like NO I.D. is supporting this guy. With this album you can tell that some of the beats Dion may have made with Big Sean in mind ended up going to Common. I feel Common wanted to try to reach out to a new audience. There is one song in particular where it almost seems like he is channeling Big Sean.

    I have been a Common fan since day one and while I may not particularly like this direction I can understand wanting to appeal to the younger generation. And it is difficult to do that without alienating some of your original fans. To me this song is a happy medium. I can imagine hearing it in a club. The message may be wasted on most but just maybe something will get through to a new fan and that new fan will want to explore Common's earlier releases and become a fan of old school hip hop. You never know.

    V.... C....

    This is a great comment. 

    V.... C....

    +Violence City I'm far from being a fan from day one. I'm more like a 99.9 days after fan. I stil can't help but being disappointed.

  69. m.... s....

    common killed this yall need to relax sean did his thing

  70. E.... V....

    if you.dont enjoy.this.you.dont kno what.g.o.o.d music is

  71. S.... ....

    Listening to Common on this track was so uninspiring, that I had to remind myself why I once liked Common by listening to Common - Resurrection

  72. A.... S....

    This hook is alright compared to what we hear everyday on the radio. I'm sick and tired of people like young thug. You hate on big sean for using that once on a legends track. At least he don't do it on every track he's on

  73. d.... ....

    People who listen to Common, tend to avoid iced out fake-rappers. Common stick to what your're good at, that'a making classic hip hop, that's what your fans want. FYI

  74. M.... ....

    Sounds like a generic club song

  75. L.... B....

    I don't know about anybody else, but I'm sure glad to see an old time legend like Common going to the upcoming Grammy awards. It's amazing that after over 20 years he's still amazing and gets the recognition he deserves.

  76. H.... L....

    Big Sean might be on this song, but Common flow is still hot. He'll never sound out dated people just forgot what good music is

  77. J.... F....

    yeah common isn't with the generation, a great rapper in the right song at the right time (years ago)

  78. A.... e....

    Weed pussy money liquor

  79. B.... W....

    Fuck wut yall talking bout… this shit fire. They both kilt it

  80. K.... M....

    bye big sean...

  81. J.... L....

    Shutout To All The Hatter In The House . 😒😒😒

  82. C.... P....

    big sean sound like he got some shit stunck in his throat

  83. B.... B....

    BLOCKAAA BLOCK YOUTUBE

  84. A.... ....

    Thomas c'est mr lit?

  85. S.... S....

    i think the song is hot

  86. M.... ....

    I didn't know people had such a hatred for big sean. Ya'll sitting here talking trash like this man is absolute trash. That trash talk needs to be saved for the garbage that they play on the radio now. All these songs that sound like they need to be on instagram and clubs getting popular and ya'll are hating on a real artist? Great job to common and big sean

    M.... ....

    The hook is nothing but garbage and Big Sean's rap doesn't fit this song. Listen to the first or 2 verses then listen to Big Sean's. Common has much better delivery.

    M.... ....

    @MultiLelde people dont like big sean cuz he cant rap. he genuinly sounds and looks like a random brown dude from down the block with a cheezy fade and jordans on cuz he cant think for himself . but anyways im rambling i guess its just opinions.

  87. Y.... ....

    That's dope!

  88. Z.... S....

    Did yall know common never writes his lyrics down.

  89. T.... M....

    Big Sean just turns me off totally. am sorry but nooooooo no no noooooooo. 

  90. A.... I....

    Honesrly its big seans flow that fits the song big sean isnt really knowm for lyrics its his flow which is respectable

  91. J.... ....

    Common is a legend you idiot say the squirrel

  92. L.... N....

    Dope track! Keep shinin'. #Diamonds  

  93. F.... M....

    This is a sad story.. From - Can I Borrow a Dollar?.. to this? F**** them bloodstained diamonds* Common what... Common GREED? Uggg.. just another $ELL OUT to add to the list !

  94. B.... ....

    Big Sean is very much under-rated. He is definitely top 10 category

  95. l.... ....

    The video is kind of cool its a mash up of Detroit and Chicago's Skyline. City's both in Rust belt feeling a decline. Granted Chicago's dealing with a higher violence and Detroit is dealing with its infrastructure falling apart.

  96. Y.... M....

    tryna get it erry way erry day day day 

  97. J.... W....

    Jerome D never fails

  98. L.... I....

    Com's flow OG don't Tripp y'all respect it 👍

  99. P.... ....

    I am french i really like big sean verse he's hot  i don't understand why most of people don't like