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Ladies, and gentlemen and lowlifes
It is with outstanding pleasure
That we are here to present tonight
Slick Rick, the Ruler! And MC Ricky D
Doing their smash hit, 'Mona Lisa,'
You know, like the picture?
Anyway, I'd like to take this time out
To bow before his divine majesty
RickyOh your majesty
SlickHmm?
RickyCan I kiss your hand?
SlickMm-hmm
Ricky(kisses his hand loudly)
SlickEnough
RickyCome your highness they await you
Well, it was one of those days -- not much to do
I was chillin downtown, with my old school crew
I went into a store -- to buy a slice of pizza

And bumped into a girl, her name was Mona -- what?
Mona Lisa (what?) *singing* Mona Lisa, so men made you
YouknowhatI'msayin? So I said, 'Excuse me, dear
My gosh, you look nice
Put away your money
I'll buy that slice!'
She said, 'Thanks - I'd rather a slice of you
I'm just kidding, but that's awfully nice of you'
The compliment showed she had a mind in her
And when I smiled (PING!) I almost blinded her
She said, 'Great Scott! Are you a thief?
Seems like you have a mouth full of gold teeth'
Ha-ha, hah! Had to find that funny
So I said, 'No child, I work hard for the money
And calling me a thief? Please! Don't even try it (Right!)
Sit down eat your slice of pizza, and be quiet'
She almost got cut short -- you know, scissors
She tried to disrespect WHO?! The Grand Wizard
Me! 'Well what's your name, son?'
'MC Ricky D,' but not to be so harsh I said to Mona Li-hee
'I'm sorry and I know that's low class (uhh, yeah)
Please sit, and tell me a little about your past'
She said, 'Well I got courage, and I don't like porridge (uh-huh)
I've never been to college, but I've got crazy knowledge (uh-huh)
Over eighteen and my eyes are green (uh-huh)
I wear more gold than that man on A-Team (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Trim, slim, (yeah) and I'm also light skinned
Best believe Mona's a virgin'
A virgin?! Honey needed a slap
She tried to tell me she's a virgin -- with her yea wide gap
I said, 'It don't matter, see, I'm not picky (word)
Let me spell my name out for you, it's Ricky
R -- Ravishing
I -- Impress
C -- Courageousso careless
K -- for the Kangols which I've got
That I wear everyday and
Y -- why not?
To fight's not right that I recite and I'm
Quite polite like Walter Cronkite'
Well, just about then, Trevor my friend came in
He said, 'Hey Rick, don't you know playin with these snakes is a sin?!?'
He grabbed me by my shirt and pulled me right out the store
He said, 'I don't want to see you playin with these lowlifes no more
Now come along, we have a party to attend
With some real mature women and some more of her friends'
He hailed down a cab and he waited for a minute
And as the cab came, he thrusted me in it
And as we were leavin and drivin along
I could hear a melody as Mona sang a song
'If you see me walking down the street
And I start to cry each time we meet
Walk on by walk on by
Foolish pride
That's all that I have left, so, let me hide
The pain and the hurt that you gave me
When you said goodbye
You walked on by '

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The Blue Diamonds were a Dutch 1960s doo-wop duo, best known for their million-selling chart-topping single, Ramona. Indo (Dutch-Indonesian) brothers Ruud de Wolff (born 12 May 1941, died December 2000) and Riem de Wolff (born 15 April 1943) founded the group shortly after immigrating to The Netherlands in 1949. They were born in Batavia (now Jakarta), Indonesia.

Called the 'Dutch Everly Brothers', The Blue Diamonds covered many Everly Brothers songs, but became famous in 1960 with their version of "Ramona", a song originally written for the 1928 film, Ramona. The song was written for promotional appearances with Dolores del Río (star of the film) but not featured in the film itself. The Blue Diamonds up-tempo version of it reached the American Billboard Hot 100 at #72. It sold over 250,000 copies in the Netherlands (the first record to ever do so) and over one million copies in Germany by 1961.

Although their last hit was in 1971, they continued to perform together up until Ruud de Wolff died at the end of year 2000. Riem de Wolff continues to perform and release albums.

Soon after hitting the pop scene with "Ramona" the Blue Diamonds continue to spin off hit after hit, which include Til I Kiss You, Pretty Blue Eyes, Little Ship, Oh Carol and the English version of Kyu Sakamoto's SUKIYAKI. "Little Ship" can be considered a Blue Diamonds original. Written by American song writing team Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman in 1958, it was not recorded by any artiste until Ruud and Riem made it a hit in 1961.

Some critics accuse them of imitating the Everly Bros but their fans say they have a unique style of their own and their vocal harmony is among the best for male vocal duets. In fact, many listeners prefer the Blue Diamonds rendition of "Oh Carol" to Neil Sedaka's version. Besides their singing talents the two brothers are also accomplished guitarists. Younger brother Reim plays all the solo guitar riffs in theilr recordings while Ruud plays the rhythm guitar background accompaniment.

During the nostalgia craze of the early nineties, the Blue Diamonds toured Europe and Asia and played to packed stadiums.

Very sadly, elder brother Rudd passed away in year 2000 at the age of 59. Fans mourn this loss and memories of their music and live performances will remain forever.

Riem teamed up with his son Steffen to record an album featuring re-arranged versions of Blue Diamonds hits Little Ship and Sukiyaki. Among the songs was "Out of the Blue" written as a tribute to brother Ruud. The Blue Diamonds will always be remembered as a success story all Asians could be proud of.

The Blue Diamonds Official Website: www.bluediamonds.nl
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