Like a Champion is a song performed by Selena Gomez which is featured as the fourth track on the singer's debut studio album Stars Dance.
"Like a Champion" is a dancehall song, with influences of funk, reggae, and soca music, and features Gomez singing the song in a Bajan accent.
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Critical reception[]
The song has received heavy comparisons to the works of Rihanna, with critics noting the song's breezy and carefree vocal delivery.
Live performances[]
- On November 28 during the Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Halftime Show. Gomez performed the song as the first portion of a medley featuring "Come & Get It" and "Slow Down". The song was added to the set list of Gomez's iHeartRadio Jingle Ball performances, along with four other songs. Gomez performed the songs using a hand-held microphone in a red "floor-length, lacy gown". The track is the third song to be performed on the Stars Dance Tour. Selena performed the song dressed in white stretchy pants, a white crop top vest, and a long, sleeveless white coat. Before the song begins Selena welcomes everyone to the show and asks the audience for help singing the song.
Lyrics[]
Walk like a champion
Talk like a champion
Rum pa pa pum pum
Rum pa pa pum pum
Walk like a champion
Talk like a champion
Rum pa pa pum pum
Rum, rum pa pa pum pum
Tonight we come alive
Stand up cause you got that pride
Dancin' and the sweat don't dry
One shot, so baby hit it right
No doubt cause we're young and free
Walk like you run the city
Write your name in the sky
Live it up, cause baby it's your time
It's in the way you hold yourself,
You gotta know you're somethin' else,
And show 'em that you never felt so sexy sexy sexy
[x2:]
Walk like a champion
Talk like a champion
Rum pa pa pum pum
Rum pa pa pum pum
Walk like a champion
Talk like a champion
Rum pa pa pum pum
Rum, rum pa pa pum pum
We got nothin' to lose, we got nothin' to prove
Shine like diamonds in the sky
Live it up cause baby it's your time
It's in the way you hold yourself,
You gotta know you're something else,
And show 'em that you never felt so sexy sexy sexy
[x2:]
Walk like a champion
Talk like a champion
Rum pa pa pum pum
Rum pa pa pum pum
Walk like a champion
Talk like a champion
Rum pa pa pum pum
Rum, rum pa pa pum pum
Biddy bum, biddy bum, biddy bay,
Biddy biddy bum, biddy bum, biddy day,
Biddy bum, biddy bum biddy day,
Walk like a champion, Talk like a champion,
Stand up let 'em know that ya shine bright
Throw down let' em know that yagot fight
(Walk like a champion, walk-walk-walk like a champion)
Stand up let 'em know that you shine bright
Throw down let em know that ya got fight
And show 'em that ya never felt so sexy, sexy, sexy
[x2:]
Walk like a champion
Talk like a champion
Rum pa pa pum pum
Rum pa pa pum pum
Walk like a champion
Talk like a champion
Rum pa pa pum pum
Rum, rum pa pa pum pum
Biddy bum, biddy bum, biddy bay,
Biddy biddy bum, biddy bum, biddy day,
Biddy bum, biddy bum biddy day,
Walk like a champion, talk like a champion