Joell Ortiz

Released: August 30, 2019

Songwriter: Joell Ortiz

Producer: The Heatmakerz

[Intro]
Woo
Said that to myself because I'm a champion

[Verse 1]
This my national anthem
Probably feel like opera music in the Phantom
Ain't got one of those, but the Benz nose is gigantic
Them LED sneeze, it's allergies as I breeze down Atlantic
I never get to flex, so let me talk my shit, damn it
Who ever said lyricist money ain't wavy need to can it, 'cause
I could see the waves in my pool from my hammock
Ice smokin' as I pour that Johnny Walker Blue slanted
My wife, she pop Rose like Jack did in Titanic
Blastin' music but the neighbors too far to understand it, so
We turn it high up, bonfire in my yard
While the homie shuffle cards, I live large, they live large
We rock stars, no guitars, Backwoods rollin' by all
Stuff the Granddad 'til it look my granddaddy cigar
Half a kilo on the chain, call me "Neck-scobar"
Golf ball diamonds in the Rollie, so far from subpar
Switch it out with the the Azad, on God, there's no facade
Beef? Don't even wrap your head around it like jihad
The Winchester knock the wind outta your chest from fifty yards
I don't half-step nothin', I go hard
I'm a champion

[Chorus]
Raise my arm, I'm a champion
Know my name, I'm a champion
Raise my arm, I'm a champion
Raise my arm

[Verse 2]
I felt like it was e'rybody versus me
Now let's toast, 'cause in eight days my anniversary
Celebrate the boy that climbed through adversity
Well-versed, versatile when it come to layin' verses, B
Went from emergin' to fillin' that emergency
Room with any rapper doin' work and feel they worth a speech
My bars like clay, they take shape and just murder beats
I'm at that Barclay in Row A with the perfect seats
You havin' trouble tryna stay afloat?
I just bought the crib on the lake
Yeah, me and you ain't in the same boat
Boy, this feel good, I never talk crazy
This put a smile in my face, niggas that all hate me
Huh, I'm too adored for you to root for?
Huh, or is it the two-door zoomin' up Route 4?
Yeah, rap figgas better than trap figgas
Especially when you rap better than all the trap niggas
I'm a champion

[Chorus]
Raise my arm, I'm a champion
Know my name, I'm a champion
Raise my arm, I'm a champion
Raise my arm

Joell Ortiz is a Brooklyn-based rapper of Puerto Rican descent, who was born on July 6, 1980.

His first big break came in March 2004, as a feature in The Source’s “unsigned hype column”; the second was winning the 2004 EA Sports Battle, which scored him a deal with Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def Records. This success was short-lived, as Dupri voided the contract to sign rapper Sonny, which produced beef between Joell and Jermaine.

Joell’s first major studio release was the 2007 The Bodega Chronicles

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