[00:01.58]Did you realize that you were a champion in their eyes?
[00:06.85]Yes I did, so I packed it up and brought it back to the crib
[00:10.16]Just a lil' somethin' show you how we live
[00:12.55]E'r'body want it but it ain't that serious - uh huh...
[00:15.99]That's that shit
[00:17.32]So if you gon' do it, do it just like this
[00:19.98]Did you realize that you are a champion in their eyes?
[00:24.84]You don't see just how wild the crowd is?
[00:26.70]You don't see just how fly my style is?
[00:29.39]I don't see why I need a stylist
[00:31.59]When I shop so much I can speak Italian
[00:34.09]I don't know I just wanted better for my kids
[00:36.44]And I ain't sayin' we was from the projects
[00:38.53]But everytime I want a layaway or a deposit
[00:41.01]My dad'll say "when you see clothes close ya eyelids"
[00:43.50]We was sorta like Will Smith and his son
[00:45.75]In the movie I ain't talkin' 'bout the rich ones
[00:48.14]'Cause every summer he'll get some
[00:50.85]Brand new hare-brained scheme to get rich from
[00:52.85]And I don't know what he did for dough
[00:54.81]But he'd sent me back to school wit' a new wardrobe and hey! eh, eh, eh
[00:57.77](Did you realize
[01:00.04]That you were a champion in their eyes
[01:03.39]I think he did, when he packed it up and brought it back to the crib
[01:06.62]Just a lil' somethin' show you how we live
[01:08.94]E'r'thing I wanted man it seemed so serious. uh huh...
[01:12.53]That's that shit
[01:13.72]So if you gon' do it, do it just like this
[01:16.38](Did you realize that you were a champion in their eyes?
[01:21.27]When it feel like livin's harder than dyin'
[01:23.48]For me givin' up's way harder than tryin'
[01:25.82]Lauryn Hill say her heart was in Zion
[01:28.07]I wish her heart still was in rhymin'
[01:30.48]'Cause who the kids gon' listen to? Huh?
[01:33.44]I guess me if it isn't you
[01:35.18]Last week I paid a visit to the institute
[01:37.61]They got the drop out keepin' kids in the school
[01:39.83]I guess I'll clean up my act like Prince'll do
[01:42.21]If not for the pleasure, least for the principle
[01:44.46]They got the CD then got to see me drop gems
[01:47.27]Like I dropped out of P.E.
[01:49.43]They used to feel invisible
[01:51.68]Now they know they invincible
[01:54.19]Did you realize that you were a champion in their eyes
[01:58.68]This is the story of a champion
[02:00.72]Rounders in the mob and they pop the guns
[02:03.02]Stand up stand up! Here he comes
[02:05.37]Tell me what it takes to be number one?
[02:07.84]Tell me what it takes to be number one?
[02:10.00]This is the story of a champion
[02:12.37]Rounders in the mob and they pop the guns
[02:14.72]Stand up stand up! Here he comes
[02:17.01]Tell me what it takes to be number one?
[02:19.42]Tell me what it takes to be number one?
[02:21.92](Did you realize that you were a champion in their eyes
[02:28.07]Yes I did, so I packed it up and brought it back to the crib
[02:31.48]Just a lil' somethin' show you how we live
[02:33.72]E'r'body want it but it ain't that serious
[02:37.23]That's that shit
[02:38.53]So if you gon' do it, do it just like this
[02:41.15]Did you realize that you were a champion in their eyes