Diamonds And Guns
"Diamonds and Guns" is the debut single by American punk rock/hip hop band Transplants, released in 2002 as the lead single from their eponymous debut studio album. It was recorded on Tim's Basement in Los Angeles, California, produced by Tim Armstrong and Dave Carlock, and released via Hellcat Records. Its A-side track, "Diamonds And Guns", was written and performed by the Transplants (Robert "Skinhead Rob" Aston, Tim Armstrong, Travis Barker) and Jason "Son Doobie" Vasquez of Funkdoobiest. The single peaked at #19 on the US Alternative Songs (Billboard) and #27 on the UK Singles Chart. All four performers starred in the music video of "Diamonds And Guns".
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| B-side | "Tall Cans in the Air"
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| Released | 2002
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Lyrics
taken more shots than Karl Malone
Battle looms, your doom, injustice entombed
Who got the diamonds? Who gonna find them?
Who gonna mine them, when the time comes?
Diamonds and Guns, Diamonds and Guns.
[chorus:]
It`s a wicked world that we live in
It`s cruel and unforgiving
It`s a wicked world that we live in
It`s cruel and unforgiving
Knock, knock, knock, who`s that? It`s Momma, son
Lookin` for the b*tch who took the money and run
Now the daylight`s gone and there`s no more fun
And who`s the f**kin` b*tch who stole all the heroin?
Heroin, heroin, it`s all gone
Smoked it all up, and now you got none
And now you look around and that`s not the plan
This is not what you had in mind
I shot in heaven, now I cry
No one lives forever, in fact we all die
From those who bust shots to those who stuff cops
To those who serve rocks on all the hard blocks
Every last soul must pay the last toll
In the dice game of life, who gets the last roll?
Is it the one with the suit? The one with the sack?
The one who hides behind his f**kin` gun and his badge?
Negative outlook? Well that`s how I`m livin`
And like he said, it`s a wicked world we live in
It`s a wicked world we live in
I`m wiggin out, flippin` out, heart is what I`m rippin` out
I`m slippin` out, I`m dippin` out, killin`s what I`m livin` out
victim, let me pick `em out, spin and let me whip it out
Gat to your face with the f**kin` bullets stickin` out
Missin` out, disimboaul, blood`s what you`re p*ssin` out
84 I`m Crazy Horse, shootin` up, I`m illin` out
Rippin` out, I`m trippin` out, different now, I`m pimpin` out
any color at my belt and ouch while they`re clippin out
Criminal I`m hittin` out, in L.A. no gettin` out
2 1 3, pack your P, fly wicked style
Listen now, I`m sinnin` out, a 6-pack I`m sippin` out HA HA HA
[Chorus]
yo, representin O-town
2002 baby transplants
1, HA HA HA
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