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