EASTBEAT - for peace and non-violence

Diamonds

Ladies and gentlemen:

Let nobody buy diamonds.

In every diamond there is a drop of blood.

Diamonds are sold to buy weapons,

and to finance civil wars in Africa.

Diamond mines erode the soil

and force tribes and people after thousands of years

to leave their lands and go elswhere.

Let nobody buy diamonds:

On every diamond there is a mother's teardrop,

there are orphans' tears.

Diamonds are polished in India

bychildren who work like slaves

for a miserable salary.

In every diamond there is a child's teardrop.

The bigger the diamond, the greater the bloodshed,

the more mothers' tears.

In every diamond's shine

there is a child's tear.

Let nobody buy diamonds,

the beauty of those stones is mortal,

and that death can only be seen by the eyes of the soul.

In every film star's diamond

there is a drop of blood.

The only precious stones

which still shine after they are dead

are the stars in the sky,

the stars.

Diamantes - Let nobody buy diamonds