[ti:champion]
[ar:kanye west]
[00:00.00]Did you realize
[00:03.44]That you are a champion?
[00:04.50]Yeah right)
[00:05.87]
[00:06.74]Yes I did, so I packed it up and brought it back to the crib
[00:09.64]Just a lil somethin show you how we live
[00:11.74]
[00:12.26]E r body want it but it ain t that se ious
[00:13.65]Mmhmm, that s that sh*t
[00:16.79]So if you gon do it, do it just like this
[00:19.48](Did you realize
[00:20.15]That you are a champion?
[00:23.09]
[00:23.80]Yeah right)
[00:24.75]Verse 1:]
[00:25.09]You don t see just how wild the crowd is?
[00:26.80]You don t see just how fly my style is?
[00:29.00]I don t know why I need a stylist
[00:30.96]When I shop so much I can speak Italian
[00:33.04]
[00:33.73]I don t know I just wanted better for my kids
[00:36.09]And I ain t sayin we was from the projects
[00:37.54]But everytime I want it, layaway or a deposit
[00:40.63]My dad ll say when you see clothes close ya eyelids
[00:43.35]We was sorta like Will Smith and his son
[00:45.50]In the movie I ain t talkin bout the rich ones
[00:47.66] Cause every summer he ll get some
[00:49.99]Brand new hare-brained scheme to get rich from
[00:52.30]And I don t know what he did for dough
[00:54.45]But he d sent me back to school wit a new wardrobe and hey!
[00:57.08]Chorus 2: Kanye & (sample)]
[00:58.10](Did you realize
[00:59.38]That you are a champion?
[01:00.33]Yeah right)
[01:01.11]I think he did, when he packed it up and brought it back to the crib
[01:06.29]Just a lil somethin show you how we live
[01:08.30]
[01:08.84]E r thing I wanted man it seemed so se ious
[01:11.16]Mmhmm, that s that sh*t
[01:13.34]So if you gon do it, do it just like this
[01:15.92](Did you realize
[01:16.78]
[01:18.72]That you are a champion?
[01:20.41]Yeah right)
[01:21.18]Verse 2:]
[01:21.51]When it feel like livin s harder than dyin
[01:23.14]For me givin up s way harder than tryin
[01:25.28]Lauryn Hill say her heart was in Zion
[01:27.67]I wish her heart still was in rhymin
[01:29.62]
[01:30.28] Cause who the kids gon listen to? Huh?
[01:33.29]I guess me if it isn t you
[01:34.98]Last week I paid a visit to the institute
[01:37.27]They got the crop out keepin kids in the school
[01:39.62]I guess I ll clean up my act like Prince ll do
[01:41.77]If not for the pleasure, least for the principle
[01:44.18]They got the CD then got to see me drop gems
[01:46.57]Like I dropped out of P.E.
[01:48.18]
[01:49.96]They used to feel invisible
[01:51.15]
[01:52.19]Now they know they invincible
[01:53.95]Chorus 3: unknown singer & (sample)]
[01:54.99](Did you realize
[01:55.73]That you are a champion?
[01:58.03]Yeah right)
[01:58.82]This is the story of a champion
[02:00.62]Rounders in the mob and they pop the guns
[02:02.72]Stand up stand up! Here he comes
[02:05.04]Tell me what it takes to be number one?
[02:06.54]Tell me what it takes to be number one?
[02:09.74]This is the story of a champion
[02:11.66]
[02:12.21]Rounders in the mob and they pop the guns
[02:14.58]Stand up stand up! Here he comes
[02:16.72]Tell me what it takes to be number one?
[02:19.32]Tell me what it takes to be number one?