The Hiatus (Remix)

Diamond ft. CRU - “The Hiatus Remix”
[Emcee(s): Diamond, Chadio, and Yogi]
[Producer(s): Diamond]
[Sample 1 (Multiple Elements): David Axelrod - “The School Boy” (1:30)]
[Sample 2 (Drums): Giant - “Queen of Downs” (1:37)]

[Intro: Diamond and (Sample)]
Aight (“Remix”). Uh, yeah (“Remix”)

[Verse 1: Diamond]
Yo, I make
People congregate like a moth to a light
Roll at least twenty deep like I’m off to a fight
Fronting on fake emcees busy caught in the hype, I sleep
All day long, let ‘em off in the night
Recline with dimes who chill and blow me and breeze
While your broke ass is home, eating bologna and cheese
Feeling like an idiot, but it’s only the trees. Beating
Your girl in the head? Please loan me the keys
While I be at the Poconos, stroking hoes, I had
To wing on shorty and left his ass with a broken nose
Jelly ‘cause I pull cinnamon buns, I dig ‘em out
On the first night—(Right? Hit ‘em and run)—but not
Without my rain coat. I continue to stack
Legal tender while other emcees remain broke
You lame jokes came close ‘cause you hate us
No longer on a hiatus

[Hook: Diamond and Samples with Scratches by Diamond]
[Diamond]
La-la-laa-la-la
La-la-laa-la-la
La-la-laa-la-la-la
[Samples with Scratches by Diamond]
“There’s a new hombre in town” - Sample from Diamond D on Diamond D
& The Psychotic Neurotics - “Check One, Two”
“It’s Diamond D” - Sample from Diamond D on Diamond D
& The Psychotic Neurotics - “Check One, Two”
“Ladies!”
[Diamond]
La-la-laa-la-la
La-la-laa-la-la
La-la-laa-la-la-la
[Samples with Scratches by Diamond]
“There’s a new hombre in town” - Sample from Diamond D on Diamond D
& The Psychotic Neurotics - “Check One, Two”
“It’s Diamond D” - Sample from Diamond D on Diamond D
& The Psychotic Neurotics - “Check One, Two”

[Verse 2: Chadio (of CRU)]
Chadio
What y’all know about the home of the hop to the hip?
What y’all know about the home of the Glock and the clip?
BX, where I see TECs and G checks
Where fighting and squeezing’s a natural reflex. CRU
Baby. Forget about if, ands, or maybes
Fighting emcees who like to bite, catch rabies
Busting at all who try to bring the downfall
See, life ain’t all about rhymes and round ball
It’s deeper than that, so I’m keeping the gat
For the devious ones who wanna sneak an attack
Come back like that cooked-up crack and glass pot
Hot like niggas sitting up in the hash spot
Blowing spots like Molotov cocktail
Steel microphones or lead Glock shells
Bronx-born, Bronx-bred, and Bronx-raised, leave you
Bronx-torn, Bronx-dead in a Bronx grave
It’s all about my daughter. I wanna be able to say
I bought her a champagne, five in the corner
So long live CRU and the Diamond in the rough
Section, we keep protection, never bluff

[Hook: Diamond and Samples with Scratches by Diamond]
[Diamond]
La-la-laa-la-la
La-la-laa-la-la
La-la-laa-la-la-la
[Samples with Scratches by Diamond]
“There’s a new hombre in town” - Sample from Diamond D on Diamond D
& The Psychotic Neurotics - “Check One, Two”
“It’s Diamond D” - Sample from Diamond D on Diamond D
& The Psychotic Neurotics - “Check One, Two”
“Ladies!”
[Diamond]
La-la-laa-la-la
La-la-laa-la-la
La-la-laa-la-la-la
[Samples with Scratches by Diamond]
“There’s a new hombre in town” - Sample from Diamond D on Diamond D
& The Psychotic Neurotics - “Check One, Two”
“It’s Diamond D” - Sample from Diamond D on Diamond D
& The Psychotic Neurotics - “Check One, Two”

[Verse 3: Yogi (of CRU)]
I’m infinite as an SP loop, I’m feeling my self
Bronx nigga shine when a Bronx nigga rhyme
Watch this Bronx nigga climb not up but over niggas
With my Lex Land and Range-Rover niggas. I keep it real
Simple now for all y’all slow niggas. You can
Not see me, Chad, or Diamond D
See, Yogi got that like baby got back, like Joey got crack
Lacing tracks to make it love more than dap (Yeah)
See, I don’t wanna catch a pitch that’s wild, but I wanna
Catch a bitch that’s wild and show that bitch my style
Meanwhile, it’s all about “The Hiatus Remix” that Diamond
Laid us. I love the attention when players hate us
BX body X-rays when I catch you, giving your body
Xenophobia, BX bringing extra
Love of what? Like we be Diggin’ In The Crates for tracks
We’ll be Diggin’ In The Crates for gats
Now that’s a hit. A lot of real shit I spit
As real as this tape I’m rhyming on. I quit
I’ll have you know my sin, I’ll have you wearing Red Sox
Like Boston—that’s my Trickle-Down Theory. Ha!

[Hook: Diamond and Samples with Scratches by Diamond]
[Diamond]
La-la-laa-la-la
La-la-laa-la-la
La-la-laa-la-la-la
[Samples with Scratches by Diamond]
“There’s a new hombre in town” - Sample from Diamond D on Diamond D
& The Psychotic Neurotics - “Check One, Two”
“It’s Diamond D” - Sample from Diamond D on Diamond D
& The Psychotic Neurotics - “Check One, Two”
“Ladies!”
[Diamond]
La-la-laa-la-la
La-la-laa-la-la
La-la-laa-la-la-la
[Samples with Scratches by Diamond]
“There’s a new hombre in town” - Sample from Diamond D on Diamond D
& The Psychotic Neurotics - “Check One, Two”
“It’s Diamond D” - Sample from Diamond D on Diamond D
& The Psychotic Neurotics - “Check One, Two”