<P> The record sold nearly two million copies on its release in spring 1974, reaching #1 on the U.S. R&B charts and #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart . With a sound and content influenced by Curtis Mayfield (and often erroneously attributed to him), its simple and encouraging lyrics hit home, to the extent that it became featured on gospel radio stations . </P> <P> The edited version, which is the first part of the song, became a hit . The other half of the song is a longer instrumental with the repeated chords and rhythm before the final chorus comes in . The song is seven minutes long and radio stations preferred the sung portions over the instrumental portions . </P> <P> The song is noted for its repeated line: "Diamond in the back, / Sun roof top, / Diggi'n the scene, with a gangsta lean". </P> <P> DeVaughn's second album Figures Can't Calculate (TEC, 1980) included a remake . </P>

Diamond in the back sunroof top diggin the scene with the gangsta lean