Here Comes the Champ

Lyrics

[Intro: Yasiin Bey & Anwar] M-Def Ayo, ayo Dan The Automator Ayo, ayo [Chorus: Yasiin Bey & Anwar] Uh-oh, Uh-oh They gonna stand Uh-oh, Uh-oh Set it off, settlin' Uh-oh, Uh-oh They gonna stand Uh-oh, Uh-oh (clap) Set it off [Verse 1: Yasiin Bey] Yo, Special delivery, boogie man, the specialist Wind 'em down like the shot clock stop shop Drop the rock on your rock box Deep freeze all your hot shots (cool) Nothin' to prove, just somethin' I do, son Me have the evidence, just set it off and settlin' Don't even put it on the scale to weigh Off the chart, too heavy for the scale to stay Homie put it in the air, watch it sail away Spill pressure through the tribe, make it rain n' rain Still roll when I made the lane, and I made you wait So alright, okay-di-kay More real, more live than what the papers say It's all love, and it ain't a game So it's safe to say You know who I am Uh-oh Here come the champ [Chorus: Yasiin Bey & Anwar] Uh-oh, Uh-oh They gonna stand Uh-oh, Uh-oh Set it off, settlin' Uh-oh, Uh-oh They gonna stand Uh-oh, Uh-oh (clap) Set it off [Verse 2: Anwar] From the park to the parquet, it's game time Stroke the long J, drive the base line Gots to get low, watch the waistline Reach out [?], crossover, you beat Same thing with the rhyme Cross over on the beat Ride the bassline, this that jam Make it get low, move your waistline The champs are here Hurry through the grapevine It ain't a act, it's a natural fact Super M-DEF puts speech on the track Tell the DJ to play that back (set it off) We're them boys gonna play like that (set it off) Before the game was a game, before the shot clocks Before the limelight, when it was hip-hop Out in the park, the champ had 'em shook With verses of magic, they ended with a hook like [Chorus: Yasiin Bey & Anwar] Uh-oh, Uh-oh They gonna stand Uh-oh, Uh-oh Set it off, settlin' Uh-oh, Uh-oh They gonna stand Uh-oh, Uh-oh (clap) Set it off [Verse 3: Yasiin Bey] Yo, past the glory, past the cheers Past the plane and I brush into jeers Above the haters, under the radar Beneath the underdog, over the top dog The rebel yellin' quiet tenacity The lonely playground, stadium capacity Sunlit jeans to the real life fantasy The fever pitch, the media insanity The unexpected, the grime, the monotony The better it gets, the better that it gotta be Sacrifice and condition The reality, we on a mission Just don't stop, you get it Can you dig it? I know you can Uh-oh Here come the champ [Chorus: Yasiin Bey & Anwar] Uh-oh, Uh-oh They gonna stand Uh-oh, Uh-oh Set it off, settlin' Uh-oh, Uh-oh They gonna stand Uh-oh, Uh-oh (clap) Set it off [Bridge: Yasiin Bey & Anwar] Set it off, set it off, set it off (what) Set it off, settlin', settlin' Peace (Anwar) Yes M-Def (M-Def) So fresh Na-na, na-na M-Def Dan the Automator Special originator Creator with the flava For the whole world to savor Major, major (Oh!) Uh-oh, Uh-oh They gonna stand They gonna stand We are the champs Uh-oh, Uh-oh My soul is a champion sound [Outro: Yasiin Bey] M-Def Data Automator So Fresh F'real