Champion

Album: Graduation (2007)
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  • 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
    Everybody want it but it ain't that serious
    Mhm, 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 wanted 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 ayy

    Did you realize
    Ayy, ayy, ayy
    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
    Everything I wanted, man, it seem so serious
    Mhm, 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, then 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
    Ayy, ayy, ayy
    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 you how we live
    Everybody want it but it ain't that serious
    Mhm, 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? Writer/s: Donald Jay Fagen, Walter Carl Becker
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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