Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Nicki Minaj
Vocals
Drake
Vocals
Nas
Vocals
Young Jeezy
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Nikhil Seetharam
Songwriter
Jay Jenkins
Songwriter
Onika Maraj
Songwriter
Nasir Jones
Songwriter
Tyler Williams
Songwriter
Aubrey Drake Graham
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
T-Minus
Producer
Nikhil Seetharam
Co-Producer
Ariel Chobaz
Mixing Engineer
Jon Sher
Assistant Recording Engineer
Noel Cadastre
Assistant Recording Engineer
Brian Gardner
Mastering Engineer
Noah Shebib
Recording Engineer
Stewart White
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
[Intro]
Mmm
[Verse 1]
This a celebration, this is levitation
Look at how you winning now, this to dedication
This is meditation, higher education
This the official competitor elimination
I-I-I-I was taking trips with Web to move weight
Came back to Queens to hit up a new state
Bitches don't know the half, like they flunk they math
Bitches ain't half cut up crack up in the stash
50 Cent Italian, icy flow
This that "Run and get a dollar for the ice cream cone"
'Cause they killed my little cousin Nicholas
But my memories only happy images
This is for the hood, this is for the kids
This is for the single mothers, **** doing bids
This one is for Tee-Tee, Tweety, Viola, Sharika
Candace, Thembi, Lauren, Aisha
Aisha
[Chorus]
It's a celebration for the ghetto
Oh-oh
It's times like these
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
They know who we are by now
They know who we are
Champion, the champions
Champion, champion
[Verse 2]
Yeah, okay, we made it to America
I remember when I used to stay with Erica
Labor transferred 20 million to Comerica
It's fucking terrible, it's got me acting out of character
Young T.O. ****, either riding range
Or Ferrari top down, screaming, "Money ain't a thang"
Tell me when I change, girl, but only when I change
'Cause I live this shit for real, **** know me in the game, they know
They know
Making hits in three-acre cribs
Cooking up, tryna eat, ****, steak and ribs
I made a couple stars outta basic chicks
Nowadays blow the candles out, don't even make a wish
Having good times, making good money
Lot of bad bitches, but they good to me
I make them do the splits for a rap
Wish you **** good luck tryna get where I'm at, straight like that
[Chorus]
It's a celebration for the ghetto
Oh-oh
It's times like these
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
They know who we are by now
They know who we are
Champion, the champions
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Champion, champion
Yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 3]
Straight balling in this bitch, Jeremy Lin, Melo
Tell me one thing you won't do, settle
Give me one word for each chain, yellow
Pocket full of money, black cars, ghetto
Critics say I ain't in the game, AI
This is how you deal with the fame, stay high
Stay putting on for the town, may I?
What you call a crib in the sky? Play high
Half a mil in three weeks, y'all did it like champs
Mama taught me pride, yeah, she did it with the stamps
Wait a minute, everybody pause for the photo
Somebody tell these local-hating **** I'm global
Tell me what I gotta do to get this champagne going
What I gotta do to get this coconut flowing?
Don't let me hear Sean Carter, I'm the tallest of the ace
Let me hit up Sean Combs, hundred cases to my place, let's celebrate
[Chorus]
It's a celebration for the ghetto
Oh-oh
It's times like these
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
They know who we are by now
They know who we are
What up, Nicki?
Champion, the champions
It's Nasty, yeah, yeah
Champion, champion
[Verse 4]
Yeah, I saw my first two million dollars, I was twenty-three
I'm barely a man, yet I had some killers under me
This ain't rated PG, this rated PJ
'Cause that's where a **** from, murder on replay
My twenty-fourth b-day, I'm sailing to Bermedy, you can see me on a yacht
Blasting Pac, little knot, I ain't greedy
I'm back to thugging, bitches, back to making them kiss other bitches
My man sister like me, I don't fuck my brother sister
I just aspire your desire to be different
My ten-year-old plan just one year to finish
My list looks like this, first thing discover
The difference in pussy, white, black, Latin and other
Here's a man who clearly isn't basic
Waiting list, just to hear me or witness the greatness
Loud laughter while writing my next chapter
Fast-cash life, happily ever after
Champions
[Chorus]
It's a celebration for the ghetto
Oh-oh
It's times like these
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
They know who we are by now
They know who we are
Champion, the champions
Champion, champion
Written by: Drake, Jeezy, Nas, Nicki Minaj, Nikhil Seetharam, T-Minus