"Diamonds & Dollars" is an unreleased song by the now-defunct hip-hop trio Child Rebel Soldier that had been made with intent for their scrapped debut self-titled record, Child Rebel Soldier.[1] The song features vocals from two out of three of the members, Pharrell Williams and Kanye West and features production from the aforementioned Pharrell Williams.[2]
Production[]
The song features production from Pharrell Williams.[3] The song is played in the G key with a major mode and runs at a tempo of 87 BPM in 4/4 time.[4]
Background[]
It's unclear when exactly the song was made, though was likely originally made around 2008. The song had initially began as a solo Pharrell song, though was later repurposed into a song for his, West, and Lupe Fiasco's trio's debut album, Child Rebel Soldier under the moniker Child Rebel Soldier.
Kanye would record a fully finished verse for the song, though it's unclear if Lupe ever had recorded for it or if he had ever been intended to have recorded for the song. The song would be previewed on at the HOT97 Summer Jam Fest.[5] Given the verse had been fully finished, its speculated that the verse Kanye had performed originates from another unrelated song that would have been made during the sessions for West's album 808s & Heartbreak (2008).
The song had been presumably scrapped once the group had disbanded by 2013.[6]
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1: Pharrell Williams]
-biscuits in the oven
Come and see me
[Verse 2: Kanye West]
Ayy
Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy
Ayy, ayy, open up your bibles, let's listen to the reverent
I'm two numbers ones so together I'm eleven
She's a ten, I'm number one, together we eleven
Her girlfriend a seven, send her to seven-eleven
She a ten, she a seven, that make 'em seventeen
Let me see your ID, only seventeen?
Eesh, that could have fucked up everything
Nike already don't like me, always had a white tee
Dressed like I'm hypebeast, sign it through my white tee
Don't race against the American dream
Together we like the Kenyan marathon team
Three black rap acts that spit that crack
Never pushed that 'Lac, rather push somethin' German
Lookin' for a Swedish bitch that I could put my sperm in
Preach, my brother, gon' start the sermon
All I see is green, call me Erik Shermon
All I spit is thermal, long-sleeved flannel
When I touch the verse, don't touch the channel
Bought the rat a purse, she keep callin' it Chanel
Never hit a bitch anal, but I run shit annual
Now that's some dumb shit
I never hit a bitch anal, but I run shit, dumb bitch
And I mean that in the nicest sense of the word
Just act like I'm some type of nice sensitive nerd
That don't need female dogs
Cause I done dogged all females
Except for the ones that's only in it for the retail
She see what you got, she see what we sell
Get married so much, I swear them girls on resell
She watchin' the draft, she got your jersey all ready
She 'bout to pick out her crib in Jersey already
She 'bout to be pregnant by Thursday y'all ready?
Congratulations, baby boy, on your new baby boy
[Outro: Kanye West]
Diamonds and dollars
Diamonds and dollars
Di-diamonds and dollars
Diamonds and dollars
References[]
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_Rebel_Soldier
- ↑ https://pillowcase.su/f/fa67a0677ea4817a22ecaaca4c8a0416
- ↑ https://genius.com/Child-rebel-soldier-diamonds-and-dollars-lyrics/q/writer
- ↑ https://tunebat.com/Analyzer
- ↑ https://youtu.be/vHJ1s38evkE
- ↑ https://foxy1069.com/2024/10/lupe-fiasco-explains-why-child-rebel-soldier-supergroup-didnt-happen/