Tell me what it takes to be number one?
Just a lil' somethin' show you how we live
Everybody want it but it ain't that serious
And hey
Did you realize that you are a champion in their eyes?
Just a lil' somethin' show you how we live
I guess I'll clean up my act like Prince'd do
That's that shit, so if you gon' do it, do it just like this
Did you realize that you are a champion in their eyes?
This is the story of a champion
Stand up, stand up, here he comes
This is the story of a champion
For me givin' up's way harder than tryin'
Everything I wanted, man, it seemed so serious
They got the CD then got to see me drop gems
But every time I wanted layaway or a deposit
Tell me what it takes to be number one?
And I ain't sayin' we was from the Projects
Yes, I did, so I packed it up and brought it back to the crib
In the movie, I ain't talkin' 'bout the rich ones
They used to feel invisible, now they know they invincible
You don't see just how fly my style is?
Like I dropped out of P.E.
They got the crop out keepin' kids in the school
'Cause every summer he'll get some
But he'd sent me back to school wit' a new wardrobe
Did you realize that you are a champion in their eyes?
You don't see just how wild the crowd is?
And I don't know what he did for dough
That's that shit, so if you gon' do it, do it just like this, like this
Stand up, stand up, here he comes
We was sorta like Will Smith and his son
I wish her heart still was in rhymin'
I guess me if it isn't you
Tell me what it takes to be number one?
When it feel like livin's harder than dyin'
That's that shit, so if you gon' do it, do it just like this
When I shop so much I can speak Italian
Everybody want it but it ain't that serious
If not for the pleasure, least for the principle
Did you realize that you are a champion in their eyes?
Lauryn Hill say her heart was in Zion
My dad'll say, "When you see clothes, close your eyelids"
'Cause who the kids gon' listen to? Huh?
Rounders in the mob and they pop the guns
Last week I paid a visit to the institute
Tell me what it takes to be number one?
Yes, I did, so I packed it up and brought it back to the crib
Rounders in the mob and they pop the guns
I don't see why I need a stylist
I don't know I just wanted better for my kids
Did you realize that you are a champion in their eyes?
Just a lil' somethin' show you how we live
I think he did, when he packed it up and brought it back to the crib
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