[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?