Verse 1:

A Baby Boy Was Born Today
Now Will His Life Just Waste Away
Will He Learn to Read and Write
Will His Star Light Up the Night
Will He Be a Famous Writer
Will He Be a Great Prize Fighter
Will His Parents and His Teachers
Nurture Him and Let Him Grow
Will This Boy With Comely Features
Be a Star and Steal the Show

Chorus:

So Many Diamonds, So Many Diamonds, So Many Diamonds
Underneath the Ground – So Many
No One Ever Found – So Many
Underneath the Earth – So Many
Lying in the Dirt – So Many
So Many Diamonds, So Many Diamonds, So Many Diamonds
So Many Curtley Ambrose, Never Bowled a Ball
So Many Vivi Richards, Never Played at All
So Many Calypsonians, Never Sang a Note
So Many Politicians, Never Won a Vote
So Many Diamonds, So Many Diamonds, So Many Diamonds

Verse 2:

I See Many Who Are Old
Who Could’ve Been Worth Their Weight in Gold
They Never Learned to Read and Write
And Now That Goal is Out of Sight
I See Talents That Were Wasted
I See Honey Never Tasted
Yet Their Teachers and Their Parents
Let the Seeds of Greatness Die
When I See Such Wasted Talents
Heaven Knows I Want to Cry 

Chorus:

So Many Diamonds, So Many Diamonds, So Many Diamonds
Underneath the Ground – So Many
No One Ever Found – So Many
Underneath the Earth – So Many
Lying in the Dirt – So Many
So Many Diamonds, So Many Diamonds, So Many Diamonds
So Many Curtley Ambrose, Never Bowled a Ball
So Many Vivi Richards, Never Played at All
So Many Calypsonians, Never Sang a Note
So Many Politicians, Never Won a Vote
So Many Diamonds, So Many Diamonds, So Many Diamonds

Verse 3:

A Child is Born She is a Girl
Is She the One Who Will Change the World
Will Her Talents Just Grow Wild
Become Another Pregnant Child
Will She Be the Next Mahalia
Or Will She Be Another Failure
Will Her Parents and Her Teachers
Leave the Seed to Rot and Spoil
Or Heed the Wisdom of the Preachers
And Plant the Root in Fertile Soil

Chorus:

So Many Diamonds, So Many Diamonds, So Many Diamonds
Underneath the Ground – So Many
No One Ever Found – So Many
Underneath the Earth – So Many
Lying in the Dirt – So Many
So Many Diamonds, So Many Diamonds, So Many Diamonds
So Many Curtley Ambrose, Never Bowled a Ball
So Many Vivi Richards, Never Played at All
So Many Calypsonians, Never Sang a Note
So Many Politicians, Never Won a Vote
So Many Diamonds, So Many Diamonds, So Many Diamonds
So Many Youths Like Hussain
Never Left the Blocks
So Many Missed the Train
And Never Touched the Track
So Many Diamonds, So Many Diamonds, So Many Diamonds
So Many B. Obamas
Never Made a Speech
So Many Teenage Mamas
The Heights They Never Reach
So Many Diamonds, So Many Diamonds, So Many Diamonds
So Many Oprahs
Never Held a Mike
So Many Others
That Fame Didn’t Strike
So Many Diamonds, So Many Diamonds, So Many Diamonds
So Many Mikes and Lebrons
Never Touched the Court
How Many Other Ebons
Never Played the Sport
So Many Diamonds, So Many Diamonds, So Many Diamonds

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