[Intro: Nas]They wanna shine on 'emShine on 'em X 7Yeah[Verse 1: Nas]They dug me out the soil in the Mines of the MotherlandNow I'm misplaced, one hand to another handIllegal smugglin', people strugglin'Wish they could just throw me back in the mud againYeah, guess that's how we got hereSlave Trade then the Diamond TradeEvery child's afraidWhen his Mother and Father get sprayedForced in the Army, young killer BrigadeGets a new name and then he give his nose glueTil' his mind can't take what he's gon' throughLookin' in that dirt for that ice so blueThen The Royal Family, the ice goes toAnd this thing has to change, feelin' half-ashamedAs I rap with my Platinum chainWhen you shop for a gift for meYou think about the misery?The same way we made Apartheid HistoryWe can do the same thing to the conflict iceBut everybody wanna shine, right?[HooK: Nas]Everybody wants Heaven but nobody wants deadEverybody wants Diamonds without the BloodshedEverybody wants Heaven but nobody wants deadEverybody wants Diamonds without the BloodshedThey wanna Shine on 'emShine on 'em X 7[Verse 2: Nas]My VVS glimmers on my chest200-thou-encrusted watch on my wristI wonder how people starve to deathWhen God bless the land that lacks the harvestThe stone's equality, but they homes are povertyAnd the whole world ignores the robberyBought my girl pretty rocks when she's mad at meTear-drop shaped, uh, perfect ClarityIt shocks, so many are killed annually'Cause of greed, lust, and pure VanityStop talkin' and do somethin' about itEvery Holiday Season, Jewelry stores crowdedKids snatched from their homes, Mutilated aliveHusbands separated from wives, keep a Jesus piece to be flyBut back in the day there was a time when they called us shine[HooK: Nas]Everybody wants Heaven but nobody wants deadEverybody wants Diamonds without the BloodshedEverybody wants Heaven but nobody wants deadEverybody wants Diamonds without the BloodshedThey wanna shine on 'emShine on 'em X 7

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