"Stars do not hide from darkness.

Roses do not hide from thorns.

Diamonds do not hide from pressure."

💎 ― Matshona Dhliwayo

Above: "Lucky Pressure" by Roni Size / Reprazent. (from the album In the Mode)

Feat. Onallee.

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Roni Size & Reprazent (stylised as Roni Size / Reprazent) are a British drum and bass group fronted by Roni Size.

Their debut album New Forms won the Mercury Music Prize in 1997. 

Their follow-up album In the Mode featured artists including Rahzel, Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine and Method Man. wikipedia.org

Full lyrics of "Lucky Pressure" on genius.com

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Onallee (also known as Tracey Bowen) is a British vocalist and songwriter best known for being part of Reprazent, a British drum and bass act formed by Roni Size.

In 2016, she produced an audio visual performance called Futurism 3.0 with D Product.

Media Appearances:

Better Living Through Circuitry (1999) - documentary about the United States rave scene.

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"A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures."

― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Before you hate pressure, remind yourself that is where diamonds are made.” ― Matshona Dhliwayo

"If you keep a rock from pressure, you keep it from becoming a diamond." ― Matshona Dhliwayo

"Diamonds are formed in pressure; that is why God allows you to go through difficult times." ― Matshona Dhliwayo

"No pressure, no diamonds. Little pressure, little diamonds. Great pressure, great diamonds." ― Matshona Dhliwayo

"You are fortunate if you got a chance to hit rock bottom in life. The diamond that you are can magnificently shine only under that tremendous pressure." ― Hiral Nagda

"A diamond is just a rock that refused to break under heat and pressure." ― Matshona Dhliwayo

“A rock that perseveres under heat and pressure soon becomes a diamond.” ― Matshona Dhliwayo

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