Lyrics

Yeah, you can be the  
You can be the  
You can be the King Kong banging on your  

You can   the world
You can beat the  
You can talk to God, go   on his door

You can throw your   up
You can beat the   (yeah)
You can   a mountain
You can   rocks
You can be a master
Don't wait for  
Dedicate yourself and you gon'   yourself

Standing in the hall of fame (yeah)
And the world's gonna know your name (yeah)
'Cause you burn with the   flame (yeah)
And the world's gonna know your name (yeah)
And you'll be on the walls of the hall of fame

You can go the  
You can run the  
You can walk   through hell with a smile

You can be the  
You can get the  
Breaking all the  
they thought never could be  

Yeah, do it for your  
Do it for your  
How are you ever gonna know
if you never even   ?

Do it for your country
Do it for your name
'Cause there's gonna be a day...

When you're standing in the hall of fame
And the world's gonna know your name
'Cause you burn with the brightest flame
And the world's gonna know your name
And you'll be on the walls of the hall of fame

Be a champion, be a champion,
be a champion, be a champion
On the walls of the hall of fame

Be students
Be teachers
Be  
Be  
(Yeah)

Be believers
Be leaders
Be astronauts
Be champions
Be truth  

Be students
Be teachers
Be politicians
Be preachers

Be believers
Be leaders
Be astronauts
Be champions

Standing in the hall of fame
And the world's gonna know your name
'Cause you burn with the brightest flame
And the world's gonna know your name
And you'll be on the walls of the hall of fame

(Be a champion)
You could be the greatest
You can be the best
(Be a champion)
You can be the King Kong banging on your chest

(Be a champion)
You could beat the world
You could beat the war
(Be a champion)
You could talk to God, go banging on his door

(Be a champion)
You can throw your hands up
(Be a champion)
You can beat the clock (yeah)
You can move a mountain
(Be a champion)
You can break rocks

(Be a champion)
You can be a master
Don't wait for luck
(Be a champion)
Dedicate yourself and you gonna find yourself

Standing in the hall of fame
Legend

Meaning

"It's a really inspirational song about not following money, not following the things that 'music' would be believe is important – like red carpets and this that and the other. It's about following your heart."

Vocabulary

pride

A sense of one's own proper dignity or value; self-respect

Go the distance

To manage to continue until the end of a competition
Who can go the distance? We'll find out in the long run

Bang sth

Hit, knock [sth]
At night, they would keep on banging their batons against a metal door,