I Went For Mine Video (MV)

[ VERSE 1 ]

My name is Diamond, yup, you've guessed it

Ran a thousand schemes, and I've never been arrested

I guess I'm lucky, cause I'm young and I'm a black man

And intelligent, so everything is relevant

Vision is clear, don't have to wear contacts

Got a good lawyer, no shorts in my contract

Beats are selected with the highest scrutiny

I play Mr. Christian and just take mutiny

Cause this is my destiny, a lotta brothers keep testin me

But you haven't heard the best from me

So remember one thing

Aiyo, it ain't no thing but a chicken wing

Yeah, so sit back, and listen to the chit-chat

Sweet as a kit-kat (Diamond, where'd you get that

Beat from?) Yo, Jazzy dug in the crate

Needs another loop, so we added a flute

Then it came together, and I grabbed a pen

Then I double-checked it (for what?) loose ends

The object of a song is to keep your head movin

Hope you find a good A&R man... (haa)

A lot of acts get signed

And when the album comes out everyone says

"Aw manm, take that record off, don't waste my time"

Due to that fact, I went for mine



I went for mine

Aiyo, I went for mine

I went for mine

So go for yours



[ VERSE 2 ]

I overcome hurdles like Edwin Moses

Everything is planned, but no one knows this

I never go broke, since I don't sweat that

I make moves like a man on X-Lax

D-i to the a-m to the o-n-d

Aiyo, you got no wins, gee

So back up and take a breather, cause either

You must be on acid or from Lake Placid

I hop to it like a kangaroo

I got jumped by a gang of two

But I showed them a thang or two

Cause I'm not no chump

Now I clock notes cause I make you move your rump

Nothing's for granted, grew up in the projects

Used to wear Taylors and chinese mock necks

Came a long way from back in the days

When Show went to Smith, and I went to Hayes

That was the past, and the future will be better

Pass the Moët and keep the Cream Armaretto

Peace to Greg Nice and my man Fat Joe

My man O.G. and the rest of the homies

The Zulu Nation for the foundation

>From when I was a kid watchin _Lost In Space_, and

I never forget, cause I'm totally committed

To make slammin joints, just to prove my point

In '92 you can't waste no time

(Word) go for yours, cause I went for mine



And you know that

And you don't stop

And you know that

Cause I won't drop

I went for mine

Aiyo, I went for mine

And to my sister Eugenia

You're in the house

I went for mine

So go for yours, kid

And to my man Showbiz and all that

Lord Finesse