Champion Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Chorus 1]
[Am]Did [G]you realize[Dm][G]
[F]That you were a cha[Em]mpion in the[Am]ir eye[F]s?
[Em][Dm]

[Verse 1]
Yes, I did
[Am]So I pac[F]ked it up [Em]and brought[Dm] it
back to the [Am]crib
[F]Just a [Em]lil' somethin',
[Dm]show ya how we [Am]live
[F]Everybod[Em]y want it bu[Dm]t it ain't that serious[Am]
[F][Em][Dm]
That's that shit
[Am]So if yo[F]u gon'[Em] do it, do i[Dm]t just like this[Am]
[G]Did you realize

[Chorus 2]
[Dm][G]
[F]That you were a cha[Em]mpion in the[Am]ir eye[F]s?
You [Em]don't see [Dm]just

[Verse 2]
how wild the crowd [Am]is?
[F]You don[Em]'t see jus[Dm]t how fly my style is?[Am]
[F]I don[Em]'t see why[Dm] I need a stylist[Am]
When [F]I s[Em]hop so m[Dm]uch I can speak Ital[Am]ian
[F]I don[Em]'t know, I jus[Dm]t want it
better for my [Am]kids[F]
[Em]And I ain't [Dm]sayin' we was from the pro[Am]jects
But [F]every time [Em]I wanted
[Dm]layaway or a depo[Am]sit
My [F]dad'd say, [Em]"When you [Dm]see clothes,
close your eye[Am]lids"
[F]We was[Em] sort of lik[Dm]e Will Smith and his son[Am]
[F]In the[Em] movie, I ai[Dm]n't talkin'
'bout the rich [Am]ones
[F]'Ca[Em]use every [Dm]summer he'd get some[Am]
[F]Brand new [Em]hare- [Dm]brained scheme
to get rich [Am]from
[F]And I don[Em]'t know wha[Dm]t he did for dough
[Am]But he'd s[F]end me back [Em]to school
[Dm]wit' a new war[Am]drobe, but ayy
[G]Did you realize

[Chorus 3]
[Dm][G]
[F]That you were a cha[Em]mpion in the[Am]ir eye[F]s?
[Em][Dm]

[Verse 3]
I think he did
[Am]When he pa[F]cked it up[Em] and brough[Dm]t it
back to the [Am]crib
[F]Just a [Em]lil' somethin',
[Dm]show ya how we [Am]live
[F]Everything [Em]I wanted,
[Dm]man it seem so serio[Am]us
[F][Em][Dm]
That's that shit
[Am]So if yo[F]u gon'[Em] do it, do i[Dm]t just like this[Am]
[G]Did you realize

[Chorus 4]
[Dm][G]
[F]That you were a cha[Em]mpion in the[Am]ir eye[F]s?
When [Em]it feel l[Dm]ike living's

[Verse 4]
harder
than [Am]dyin'
[F]For me [Em]givin' up's[Dm] way harder
than try[Am]in'
[F]Lauryn[Em] Hill said[Dm] her heart was in Zion[Am]
[F]I wish h[Em]er heart [Dm]still was in rhymin'[Am][F]
[Em]'Cause who t[Dm]he kids gon' listen to?[Am]
[F]Huh[Em]? I gue[Dm]ss me if it isn't you[Am]
[F]Las[Em]t week I pai[Dm]d a visit to the institut[Am]e
[F]They got the[Em] dropout[Dm]
keepin' kids in the [Am]school
[F]I guess I'l[Em]l cleaned up [Dm]my act
like Prince'll [Am]do
[F]If not[Em] for the ple[Dm]asure,
least for the princi[Am]ple
[F]They got the[Em] CD, t[Dm]hey got to see me
[Am]Drop [F]gems [Em]like I dropp[Dm]ed out of PE
[Am][F]
[Em]They used [Dm]to feel invisible[Am][F][Em]
[Dm]Now they know they inv[Am]incible
[G]Did you realize

[Chorus 5]
[Dm][G]
[F]That you were a cha[Em]mpion in the[Am]ir...
[F]This is [Em]the story [Dm]of a

[Bridge 1]
champion
[Am]Runn[F]ers on their[Em] mark and [Dm]they
pop their guns
[Am]Stand [F]up, [Em]stand [Dm]up, here he comes
[Am]Tell[F] me what it ta[Em]kes to be [Dm]number one
[Am]Tell[F] me what it ta[Em]kes to be [Dm]number one
[Am]This[F] is the [Em]story of a [Dm]champion
[Am]Runn[F]ers on their[Em] mark and [Dm]they
pop their guns
[Am]Stand [F]up, [Em]stand [Dm]up, here he comes
[Am]Tell[F] me what it ta[Em]kes to be [Dm]number one
[Am]Tell[F] me what it ta[Em]kes to be
number [Am]one
[G]Did you realize

[Chorus 6]
[Dm][G]
[F]That you were a cha[Em]mpion in the[Am]ir eye[F]s?
[Em][Dm]

[Verse 5]
Yes, I did
[Am]So I pac[F]ked it up [Em]and brought[Dm] it
back to the [Am]crib
[F]Just a [Em]lil' somethin',
[Dm]show ya how we [Am]live
[F]Everybod[Em]y want it
[Dm]but it ain't that seri[Am]ous
[F][Em][Dm]
That's that shit
[Am]So if yo[F]u gon'[Em] do it, do i[Dm]t just like this[Am]
[G]Did you realize

[Chorus 7]
[Dm][G]
[F]That you were a cha[Em]mpion in the[Am]ir eye[F]s?
[Em][Dm]