Artist: Nelly Album: The Champ (S) * Song: The Champ Typed by: OHHLA Webmaster DJ Flash * also used promotionally for ESPN's bowl coverage [Nelly] Ever since I was a kid I've been dreamin 'bout this First day of practice I was thinkin 'bout this Picture on the news, yeah they see 'bout this Even in the paper they gon' read 'bout this Cause all of my life, trainin day and night I'm preparin to fight, for everyone that believed in me Crowds goin insane, yeah they screamin our name While we sprayin champagne, nothin nobody can say [Chorus] Cause today, is the day Is the day that I have always dreamed of And forever When you call me, you call me the champ of the world, I can raise my hands I can scream I'm the best in the world Whole world All my blood sweat and grind was all for this time [Nelly] Lap after lap and mile after mile Push up after push up everybody count it out Everybody up and now we back down All my pain and sweat was for this moment right now All from different places well we came with each other We came together as a team but we leavin as brothers Standing next to one another while we hold up our colors I'ma look into the camera tell my momma I love her [Chorus] - 3X