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 you how we live

E'r'body want it but it ain't that serious uh huh

That's that s**t

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

Did you realize that you are 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 wanted better for my kids

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

But everytime I want a layaway or a deposit

My dad'll say when you see clothes close ya eyelids

We was sorta like Will Smith and his son

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

'Cause every summer he'll get some

Brand new hare brained scheme to get rich from

And I don't know what he did for dough

But he'd sent me back to school wit' a new wardrobe and hey eh eh eh

Did you realize

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 you how we live

E'r'thing I wanted man it seemed so serious

Uh huh

That's that s**t

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 livin's harder than dyin'

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

Lauryn Hill say 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 drop out keepin' kids in the school

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

If not for the pleasure least for the principle

They got the CD then got to see me drop gems

Like I dropped out of P E

They used to feel invisible

Now they know they invincible

Did you realize that you were a champion in their eyes

This is the story of a champion

Rounders in the mob and they pop the 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

Rounders in the mob and they pop the 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 you how we live

E'r'body want it but it ain't that serious

That's that s**t

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

Did you realize that you were a champion in their eyes