Pains And Strife - Diamond

featuring Pete Rock  Phife Dawg 

[Phife] 
Now in this hip hop world I happen to live in  heads be bitching 
It's a wonder that when the punks walk  they don't be switching 
Someone always got something to say  and I be itching 
To verbally bust their whole fucking frame  I ain't kidding 
Nothing wack over here  moneygrip  I'm always hitting 
And being that my name is Phife Dawg  I just be shitting 
All over the track by Diamond, fuck a rumor 
If you try to bite this style you might catch a brain tumor 
Nowadays it's eather the Heather or cheddar, fuck the babbling 
Put your money where your mouth is or there'll be no battling 
Don't play yourself and get dissed by Malik, it's too embarassing 
Take it straight to your face like Vin Rock, fuck the Samaritans 
I'm out to get the cheddar, no deals, I ain't having it 
Never to work again in my life, fuck Blake Harrington 
East Coast representation, as well as West 
Rub daddy speak, better listen, diggey knows best 

[Diamond] 
I'm swerving on MC's with these degrees 
The only cheese you've seen is from promotional fees, please 
I don't congregate with small timers 
I leave you scratching your head like Alzheimer's 
In a corner with four-timers smoking pretty women 
With this city rhythm I get witty with them 
Big D a.k.a. Ben Grin, I send men defending 
You run home and then send 
Your whole team back, scoped out I lean back 
Focused on greenbacks, niggas want to see me in green slacks 
Upstate doing a bid 
But I got plans reclined at the Sands 
With my team, in the name of cream 
Sipping on Jim Beam, still scoped your scheme 
It seems to me, it's obvious, it seems to be jealousy 
Fuck it if it means the beat