Champion

Did you realize

That you were a champion in their eyes?

Yes, I did

So I packed it up and brought it back to the crib

Just a lil' somethin', show ya how we live

Everybody want it but it ain't that serious

Mmhmm, that's that shit

So if you gon' do it, do it just like this

Did you realize

That you were a champion in their eyes?

You don't see just how wild the crowd is?

You don't see just how fly my style is?

I don't see why I need a stylist

When I shop so much, I can speak Italian

I don't know, I just want it better for my kids

And I ain't sayin' we was from the projects

But every time I wanted layaway or a deposit

My dad'd say, "When you see clothes, close your eyelids"

We was sort of like Will Smith and his son

In the movie, I ain't talkin' 'bout the rich ones

'Cause every summer he'd get some

Brand new hare-brained scheme to get rich from

And I don't know what he did for dough

But he'd send me back to school with a new wardrobe, but aye

Did you realize

Aye, aye, aye

That you were a champion in their eyes?

I think he did

When he packed it up and brought it back to the crib

Just a lil' somethin', show ya how we live

Everything I wanted, man, it seem so serious

Mmhmm, that's that shit

So if you gon' do it, do it just like this

Did you realize

That you were a champion in their eyes?

When it feel like living's harder than dyin'

For me, givin' up's way harder than tryin'

Lauryn Hill said her heart was in Zion

I wish her heart still was in rhymin'

'Cause who the kids gon' listen to? Huh?

I guess me if it isn't you

Last week, I paid a visit to the institute

They got the dropout keepin' kids in the school

I guess I'll cleaned up my act like Prince'll do

If not for the pleasure, least for the principle

They got the CD, they got to see me

Drop gems like I dropped out of PE

They used to feel invisible

Now they know they invincible

Did you realize

Aye, aye, aye

That you were a champion in their eyes?

This is the story of a champion

Runners on their mark and they pop their guns

Stand up, stand up, here he comes

Tell me what it takes to be number one

Tell me what it takes to be number one

This is the story of a champion

Runners on their mark and they pop their guns

Stand up, stand up, here he comes

Tell me what it takes to be number one

Tell me what it takes to be number one

Did you realize

That you were a champion in their eyes?

Yes, I did

So I packed it up and brought it back to the crib

Just a lil' somethin', show ya how we live

Everybody want it but it ain't that serious

Mmhmm, that's that shit

So if you gon' do it, do it just like this

Like this

Did you realize

That you were a champion in their eyes?