[Refrain]
~#**************#~
Did you realize
~#**************#~
That you were a champion in their eyes?
~#**************#~
[Chorus: Kanye West]
~#**************#~
Yes, I did
~#**************#~
So I packed it up and brought it back to the crib
~#**************#~
Just a lil something, show ya how we live
~#**************#~
Everybody want it but it aint that serious
~#**************#~
Mhm, thats that shit
~#**************#~
So if you gon do it, do it just like this
~#**************#~
[Refrain]
~#**************#~
Did you realize
~#**************#~
That you were a champion in their eyes?
~#**************#~
[Verse 1: Kanye West]
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You dont see just how wild the crowd is?
~#**************#~
You dont see just how fly my style is?
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I dont see why I need a stylist
~#**************#~
When I shop so much I can speak Italian
~#**************#~
I dont know, I just want it better for my kids
~#**************#~
And I aint sayin we was from the projects
~#**************#~
But every time I wanted layaway or a deposit
~#**************#~
My dadd say, “When you see clothes, close your eyelids”
~#**************#~
We was sort of like Will Smith and his son
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In the movie, I aint talkin bout the rich ones
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‘Cause every summer hed get some
~#**************#~
Brand new hare-brained scheme to get rich from
~#**************#~
And I dont know what he did for dough
~#**************#~
But hed send me back to school wit a new wardrobe, but ayy
~#**************#~
[Refrain: Kanye West]
~#**************#~
Did you realize
~#**************#~
Ayy, ayy, ayy
~#**************#~
That you were a champion in their eyes?
~#**************#~
[Chorus: Kanye West]
~#**************#~
I think he did
~#**************#~
When he packed it up and brought it back to the crib
~#**************#~
Just a lil somethin, show ya how we live
~#**************#~
Everything I wanted, man, it seem so serious
~#**************#~
Mhm, thats that shit
~#**************#~
So if you gon do it, do it just like this
~#**************#~
[Refrain]
~#**************#~
Did you realize
~#**************#~
That you were a champion in their eyes?
~#**************#~
[Verse 2: Kanye West]
~#**************#~
When it feel like livings harder than dyin
~#**************#~
For me, givin ups 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 isnt you
~#**************#~
Last week, I paid a visit to the institute
~#**************#~
They got the dropout keepin kids in the school
~#**************#~
I guess Ill cleaned up my act like Princell do
~#**************#~
If not for the pleasure, least for the principle
~#**************#~
They got the CD, they got to see me
~#**************#~
Drop gems like I dropped out of PE
~#**************#~
They used to feel invisible
~#**************#~
Now, they know they invincible
~#**************#~
[Refrain: Kanye West]
~#**************#~
Did you realize
~#**************#~
Ayy, ayy, ayy
~#**************#~
That you were a champion in their eyes?
~#**************#~
[Bridge: Connie Mitchell]
~#**************#~
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
~#**************#~
[Refrain]
~#**************#~
Did you realize
~#**************#~
That you were a champion in their eyes?
~#**************#~
[Chorus: Kanye West]
~#**************#~
Yes, I did
~#**************#~
So I packed it up and brought it back to the crib
~#**************#~
Just a lil somethin, show ya how we live
~#**************#~
Everybody want it but it aint that serious
~#**************#~
Mhm, thats that shit
~#**************#~
So if you gon do it, do it just like this
~#**************#~
Like this
~#**************#~
[Refrain]
~#**************#~
Did you realize
~#**************#~
That you were a champion in their eyes?
~#**************#~
[Produced by Kanye West and Brian Miller]
