Diamond D & Verse & Snooze (Producer)
Diamond D & Rockness Monsta & Buckshot & Steele
Diamond D & Pharoahe Monch
Diamond D & Snoop Dogg & Case
Diamond D & Erick Sermon & Havoc
Diamond D & eLZhi &
Diamond D & O.C. & Adela
Diamond D & Fat Joe & Fred the Godson & Raekwon
Diamond D & David Banner & Big Rec & Edson Sean
Diamond D & & Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz
Diamond D & Styles P & Xzibit & Ashton Martin
Diamond D
Diamond D & Raheem DeVaughn & Wes Felton
Diamond D & Doo Wop & Tony Touch & Termanology
Diamond D & Talib Kweli & & NIKO IS
Diamond D & Dillon Maurer & Twista & A-F-R-O
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[Verse 1: A-F-R-O]
FRO in a particular mind
The flow ridiculous, so inconspicuous, I do it with the pride
And them foes pretendin' they whole division is cold with killin’
But won't listen when I'm shooting with the rhyme
With the heaviest weapon and villain artillery stock
And I step in to settle the deal like a general with the metal
Either I’m ready to prove that even at my level that the fellow flowin' skills are incredibly sharp
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Meant to be the head, Don Corleone
Beat 'em dead, feed 'em lead, speak the best audio flow
You don't know how to party, well then you ought to go home
It gotta be a body the way that my cardio go
Dippin' and divin' and rhymin' and livin’ the life
The nigga that got a grip
Gimme a minute to rock it, and I’ma give it a little throttle quick
They not ready to believe it when I body the beat
The chopper, the beast, I gotta be the one that came to demolish it
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Walkin' hot streets, niggas hate they moderate
I’m on top of my peak and niggas take it for mockery
Rock shop I speak, and I slay these ladies
Pop lock to the beat like them 80's babies
I demonstrate it, I say I never hesitated when my shit dope
Regulated, elevated, sedated, I meditated
Nigga that never separated
Nigga that butter and nobody get 'im, a nigga that know the formula to spit quotes
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Get my nigga to understand it, runnin' man
Nigga Son of Sam, "Damn, where they spotted Fro?"
Niggas are upperhanded, doin’ enough of damage
Runnin' with the Rugged Man and we on top of the globe
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Call it nigga-ometry the way that I can lay it down, and I get to spit it dumb illa
It's a lyrical odyssey the way that I get to run it off the mouth like Mista Tung Twista
[Chorus: Dillon]
Nothin' but big bucks in my billfold
So you know I gotta keep a couple L's rolled
When the spot gets lit, step up to me for a hit
You can miss me with that, tell 'em hell no
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Back up off you're too close my guy I'm stoned you be doing the most you not sly
I was trying to kick it, but if I keep sipping liquor I'ma turn this mutha fuckin rap show to a-
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Big bucks in my billfold
So you know I gotta keep a couple L's rolled
When the spot gets lit, step up to me for a hit
You can miss me with that, tell 'em hell no
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Back up off you're too close my guy I'm stoned you be doing the most you not sly
I was trying to kick it, but if I keep sipping liquor I'ma turn this mutha fuckin rap show to a-
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[Verse 2: Twista]
Locomotion when I get up in the race
I was itchin' to get up in the place
So I can spit in your face
I was searching for a beat like Diamond D
I was downstairs diggin' in the crates
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An immaculate nigga from the east coast
I'm from the Midwest just creepin', so let's just peep it
Twista on the beat by the producer for the video for Best Kept Secret
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Even make a lion fear when I am near pioneers
It's somethin' when I appear on a track with the veteran
It be somethin' like medicine and the shit be so potent it be givin' 'em diarrhea
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Feel every bit of it comin' up outta you when I be poppin' it
Like a DJ, my vinyls'll be so intricate
You livin' the rhythm, when I'm spittin', the flow will be intimate
'Cause of how I rap, I be countin' my Benjamins
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Make you feel the Fist of Fury if it's the jury I gotta face
For violence when I bust, I be rhymin' in my cuffs
When the prosecutor ask me why, "'Cause I was fuckin' with a diamond in the rough"
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Lyrical tool'll be the ruler when I do ya
I make you disappear like the Bermuda
Especially if I blew the Buddha
Because of how I do when I do ya
And if you talkin' shit, I go and get the Ruger
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Never givin' empathy or sympathy
Energy when I be killin' my enemy
'Cause I never pretend to be
Somebody that be scared of war
When I make a metaphor out of a simile
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Check out the flow when I rap a little faster
Comin' hard and plus I'm gon' surf
It's what you get from a natural disaster and the hardest substance on Earth
Twista
[Chorus: Dillon]
Big bucks in my billfold
So you know I gotta keep a couple L's rolled
When the spot gets lit, step up to me for a hit
You can miss me with that, tell 'em hell no
Hold Up
Back up off you're too close my guy I'm stoned you be doing the most you not sly
I was trying to kick it, but if I keep sipping liquor I'ma turn this mutha fuckin rap show to a-
Hold Up
Hold Up was written by Dillon Maurer & Diamond D & A-F-R-O & Twista.
Hold Up was produced by Diamond D.
The OG Diamond D hit me up, and said he had a Twista verse to this track, but he needed another speed MC. I stayed with the track for two days to figure out where I was gonna go with it. Knocked my verse out on the second day, and sent it over to Diamond. I’m super proud to be apart of this joint.