She grew up in Brooklyn
She grew up in Harlem
She grew up in Bronx
She knows she was a queen
She lived in Queens
She don't really care
She don't really care
She want them diamonds in her ear
Diamonds in the air
She lived in Somalia
Her parents from Egypt
She was a queen in Cairo
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She don't really care
She don't really care
She want them diamonds in her ear
Diamonds in the air
She picking all the wrong ones
As she looking for the right one
In the wrong place
You remember her face
The prettiest face, the prettiest face
She looking for fulfillment
You would think she was looking for love
Searching for love
She just looking to be taken care of
You could find her in Harlem, or Brooklyn
You could find her in Brixton, or Kingston
She's a queen
Know what I mean
She think she want a baby
And she do it with the wrong one
'Cause she looking for something
But he don't really care
He don't really care
And life just isn't fair
She grew up in Brooklyn
She grew up in Harlem
She grew up in Bronx
She knows she was a queen
She lived in Queens
She don't really care
She don't really care
She want them diamonds in her ear
Diamonds in the air
She lived in Somalia (talk about it)
Her parents from Egypt
She was a queen in Cairo (she's a queen)
She don't really care
She don't really care
She want them diamonds in her ear
Diamonds in the air
♪
Brooklyn, yeah
You think she loves you, but she don't
You got to wake up, open your eyes
See the way it really is
Brooklyn, New York, the Bronx
(Harlem baby) New York
(Brooklyn baby) New York
(The city) You think she loves you
She take you for everything you got
You gotta remember that (The Big Apple)
New York City
Brooklyn, Harlem, the Bronx
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Gotta wake up, brother
Wake up, wake up, wake up
Open up your eyes
Realize the truth, watch your step
Brother, watch your step, brother
Move it to the left, move it to the right
Outta sight
Better go home
New York City, watch it
It's the truth, it's the damn truth
It's the live truth, the live truth, yeah
It's where the life, yeah
All along I've ignored what I've always known
That the chair I been sitting on is a throne
Perfection kneels at the seed of my soul
Tell the truth, it can't get no better
Swear to life, it can't get no better, oooh no
By the way, I been meaning to thank you
By the way, I been meaning to thank you all along
One love, one love, one love, one love
One love, one love, one love, one love
One love, one love, one love, one love
One love, one love, one love, one love
All along I was hoping understanding would be born
I was looking for knowledge to sing my song
But now I know that I am wisdom on my own
Tell the truth, it can't get no better
Swear to life, it can't get no better, oh no
By the way, I been meaning to thank you
By the way, I been meaning to thank you all along
One love, one love, one love, one love
One love, one love, one love, one love
One love, one love, one love, one love
One love, one love, one love, one love