Song | Champion |
Artist | Kanye West |
Album | Graduation |
[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? |
[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 harebrained 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? |