Released: September 21, 2016
Songwriter: Alicia Keys Swizz Beatz Roy Ayers Nas James Heath Musicman Ty William Allen Charles Stepney Ali Shaheed Muhammad Q-Tip Walter Booker Edwin Birdsong
Producer: Alicia Keys Swizz Beatz Mark Batson Musicman Ty
[Chorus]
She grew up in Brooklyn
She grew up in Harlem
She grew up in Bronx
She know she was a queen
She lived in Queens
Oh yeah, oh yeah
But she don't really care
She don't really care
She want them diamonds in the air
Diamonds in the air
Oh yeah, oh yeah
[Verse 1]
She lived in Somalia
Her parents from Egypt
She was a queen in Cairo
(Oh yeah, oh yeah)
[Chorus]
But she don't really care
She don't really care
She want them diamonds in the air
Diamonds in the air
Oh yeah, oh yeah
[Verse 2]
She picking all the wrong ones
And she's looking for the right one in the wrong place
You remember her face? The prettiest face, prettiest face
(Oh yeah, oh yeah)
She looking for fulfillment
You would think she was looking for love, searching for love
She just looking to be taken care of
(Oh yeah, oh yeah)
You can find her in Harlem or Brooklyn
You can find her Brixton or Kingston
She's a queen, know what I mean?
(Oh yeah, oh yeah)
She think she want a baby and she do it with the wrong one
Cause she's looking for something but he don't really care
He don't really care
And life just isn't fair
[Chorus]
She grew up in Brooklyn (Uh-huh)
She grew up in Harlem (Harlem)
She grew up in Bronx
She know she was a queen (A queen)
She lived in Queens (Uh-huh)
Oh yeah, oh yeah
She don't really care (Uh-huh)
She don't really care (Uh-huh)
(She want them diamonds in the air)
Diamonds in the air, yeah
(Oh yeah, oh yeah)
[Bridge]
She lived in Somalia, talk about it
(Her parents from Egypt) Egypt
(She was a queen in Cairo)
She's a queen, yeah
(Oh yeah, oh yeah)
But she don't really care (Uh-huh)
She don't really care (Uh-huh)
(She throw them diamonds in the air)
Diamonds in the air
(Oh yeah, oh yeah)
[Interlude]
"Brooklyn, yeah
You think she loved him? But she don't"
(Oh yeah, oh yeah)
"You got to wake up, open your eyes
See the way it really is"
(Oh yeah, oh yeah)
"Brooklyn, New York, The Bronx
Harlem, New York
Brooklyn, New York
You think she loved you?
She'll take you for everything you've got
You gotta remember that
New York City, Brooklyn, The Bronx
Yeah, ooh, yeah
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up
Open up your eyes
Realize the truth
Move it to the left, move it to the right, out of sight
In the corner of New York City
Watch it"
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[Intro]
It’s the truth
It’s the dead truth
The live truth
It’s the live truth!
Yeah, it's better life, yeah
[Verse 1]
All along I’ve ignored what I’ve always known
That the chair I’ve been sitting on is a throne
Affection kneels at the seat of my soul
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell the truth it can’t get no better
Swear to life it can’t get no better, oh no
By the way, I’ve been meaning to thank ya
By the way, I’ve been meaning to thank ya all along
[Chorus]
(One love)
One love, one love, one love, one love
One love, one love, one love, one love
(One love)
One love, one love, one love, one love
One love, one love, one love, one love
[Verse 2]
All along I was hoping understanding would be born
I was looking for knowledge to sing my song
But now I know that I am wisdom on my own
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell the truth it can’t get no better
Swear to life it can’t get no better, oh no
By the way, I’ve been meaning to thank ya
By the way, I’ve been meaning to thank ya all along
[Chorus]
(One love)
One love, one love, one love, one love
(One love)
One love, one love, one love, one love
(One love)
One love, one love, one love, one love
(One love)
One love, one love, one love, one love
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- More Than We Know
- You Glow (Interlude)
- Girl Can’t Be Herself
- Cocoa Butter (Cross & Pic Interlude)
- Work on It
- Illusion of Bliss
- Elevate (Interlude)
- Kill Your Mama
- Elaine Brown (Interlude)
- Pawn It All
- The Beginning (Interlude)
- Holy War
- Blended Family (What You Do For Love)
- The Gospel
- She Don’t Really Care_1 Luv
- Hallelujah
- Where Do We Begin Now
- HERE (2016)
- If I Ain’t Got You
- Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down
- No One
- Girl on Fire
- It’s On Again
- Girl on Fire (Inferno Version)
- Unthinkable (Remix)
- Fallin’
- You Don’t Know My Name
- Un-Thinkable (I’m Ready)
- Underdog
- In Common
- Show Me Love
- Diary
- Blended Family (What You Do For Love)
- Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart
- So Done
- Fire We Make
- Brand New Me
- Show Me Love (Remix)
- Like You’ll Never See Me Again
- Gramercy Park
- Superwoman
- Holy War