I Went For Mine

[Produced by Jazzy Jay & Diamond] [Verse 1] My name is Diamond, yep you 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 contracts Beats are selected with the highest scrutiny I played Mr Christian in Just Take Mutiny Cause this is my destiny, a lot of brothers keep testing me But you haven't heard the best from me So remember one thing A-yo it ain't no thing but a chicken wing 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 moving Hope you find a good A&R man A lot of acts get signed And when the album comes out everyone says (Ah man take that record off, don't waste my time) Due to that fact I went for mine [Hook] I went for mine (Repeat x3) So go for yours (Repeat x2) [Verse 2] I overcome hurdles like Edwin Moses Everything was planned but no-one knows this I'll never go broke since I don't sweat that I make moves like a man on Ex Lax D-I to the A-M to the O-N-D A-yo you got no wins, G 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 thing 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 Tale Lords and Chinese mocknecks 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 Moet and keep the Creme Armanette Peace to Greg Nice and my man Fat Joe My man O.G. and the rest of the homeys The Zulu Nation for the foundation From when I was a kid watching Lost In Space and I'll never forget cause I'm totally committed To make slamming joints just to prove my point In 92 you can't waste no time Go for yours cause I went for mine [Hook]