Artist: Kanye West f/ Connie Mitchell Album: Graduation Song: Champion Typed by: OHHLA Webmaster DJ Flash [sampled vocals from "Kid Charlemagne"] Did you realize That you were a champion in their eyes [Kanye West] Yes I did! So I packed it up and brought it back to the crib Just a lil' somethin show you how we lived E'rybody want it but it ain't that serious Mm-hmm~! That's that shit So if you're gon' do it, do it just like this [sampled vocals from "Kid Charlemagne"] Did you realize That you were a champion in their eyes [Kanye West] 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 want it better for my kids And I ain't sayin we was from the projects But everytime I wanted layaway or a deposit My dad would say, when you see clothes close your eyelids We was sorta 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 hairbrained 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 And ayyy, ayyy, ayyy, ayyy... [sampled vocals from "Kid Charlemagne"] Did you realize That you were a champion in their eyes [Kanye West] I think he did When he packed it up and brought it back to the crib Just a lil' somethin show you how we lived E'rything I wanted man it seemed so serious Mm-hmm~! That's that shit So if you're gon' do it, do it just like this [sampled vocals from "Kid Charlemagne"] Did you realize That you were a champion in their eyes [Kanye West] When it feel like living's harder than dyin For me, giving 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 HA~?! 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 cleaned up my act like Prince'll do If not for the pledge, at least for the principal They got the CD then got to see me Drop gems, like I dropped out of P.E. They used to feel invisible Now they now they invincible Ayyy, ayyy, ayyy [sampled vocals from "Kid Charlemagne"] Did you realize That you were a champion in their eyes [Connie Mitchell] This is the story of a champion Runners on the mark and you pop the gun Stand up, stand up, here he comes Tell me what it takes to be #1 Tell me what it takes to be #1 This is the story of a champion Runners on the mark and you pop the gun Stand up, stand up, here he comes Tell me what it takes to be #1 Tell me what it takes to be #1 [sampled vocals from "Kid Charlemagne"] Did you realize That you were a champion in their eyes [Kanye West] Yes I did! So I packed it up and brought it back to the crib Just a lil' somethin show you how we lived E'rybody want it but it ain't that serious Mm-hmm~! That's that shit So if you're gon' do it, do it just like this Like this [sampled vocals from "Kid Charlemagne"] Did you realize That you were a champion in their eyes