Diamonds in the Rain

What the problem is

They be dissing but at least they gon acknowledge this

Coming up I had nothing here so I followed these

Dreams that these people said was nothing hoe

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 sh*t

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 a**

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 sh*t is harpoon

Heart moves slowly like yo b**ch 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 f**kin' up my mood

Dawg these lames in my mention talkin' sh*t like b**ch we get it

You ain't got a life and wanna show it b**ch we get it

Get up off the twitter sh*t you on my **** 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 b**ch I'm workin it

They be saying Silas what you doin b**ch 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

Motherf**kers bump this sh*t like it was verbal intercourse

And of course I wrote this sh*t 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 my crib while my homies roll a J

Dream of days like these

Lacing up some Nikes

Tryna help my psychie

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