Kanye has a flair for the dramatic, and the production on the "Diamonds From Sierra Leone" remix is no exception, but lyrically he shies away from preachiness and bombast to deliver some of the most intriguingly odd philosophical lines we can think of, in hip-hop or any other genre.
He doesn't fret much about the actual conflict in Africa that makes the titular diamonds controversial, but rather the moral dilemma that he faces as a rapper trying to stay true to his profession and people by accessorizing fabulously, as if to make up for what he and other African-Americans had been denied access to, while actual Africans are dying in diamond mines because of it.
His conclusion? He needs to wear bling, because it's in his soul to do so.
Oh yeah, and Jay-Z has a verse, too.
Holy VR Treadmill, Batman!
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