Budokai 1: "Challengers" fan lyrics

kenisu3000 · Post by **kenisu3000** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:32 am

So, since Kenji Yamamoto, who's known for his work on the DragonBall Z games, is now composing the score for DB Kai, I decided to finally give the game music a decent listen. The only games I had played, however, were the Legacy of Goku trilogy, the first Supersonic Warriors, DragonBall: Advanced Adventure, and the first Budokai game. That's it. And for the most part, I had been avoiding the others like the plague, for no real reason other than "I don't want to get sucked in."
Despite this, I did remember that Budokai had a couple tracks I really liked, particularily the Story Mode recap music, which reminded me of the "Cha-La Head-Cha-La" instrumental used in the TV series' recaps. But then I recalled another theme that had stood out for me. I did some digging on YouTube, and found out that it's called "Challengers", and I'm now thoroughly addicted.
Then I thought, wouldn't it be neat if this song had lyrics? So, partly because it's late at night and I tend to be unusually inspired at this hour (and partly because I'm simply frickin' crazy), I've come up with lyrics to fit the music. Embarrassingly, I admit, the cheesy threats in the song probably come from my years of being a fan of the Mighty RAW, who's most known for his work on Power Rangers. If you want advice from someone who knows, never, ever be a Power Rangers fan in high school.
The sad thing is, I'll never record a demonstration of how I picture this to be sung, because I can't sing to save my life. You'll have to use the video linked below and the timing references to figure it out yourself.

Reference video

"Challengers"
By Kenji Yamamoto
Fan lyrics by kenisu3000

0:25 - Shadows fall upon the crimson battlegrounds
0:30 - And despair and anguish abound
0:34 - And there you stand
0:36 - With bloodstained hands
0:40 - Disembodied vengeance surrounds you

0:44 - And if I can see it through
0:49 - You will find my claim to prove true!
0:54 - This duty I must fulfill to earn my placation
1:01 - Only one of us comes out alive!

1:04 - So come and bring it, challengers!
1:08 - Show me what you've got, you challengers, oh!
1:14 - With or without that which gives you cause to clash,
1:19 - Know that mine will conquer, challengers!
1:23 - Challengers!

1:28 - So go ahead and make my fury flare
1:32 - You'll EAT THE DIRT before you're aware!
1:36 - For once you see
1:39 - Reality,
1:42 - You'll know the cost of your fatal impairment

1:46 - And if I can see it through
1:52 - You will find my claim to prove true!
1:56 - This duty I must fulfill to earn my placation
2:04 - Only one of us comes out alive!

2:06 - So come and bring it, challengers!
2:11 - Show me what you've got, you challengers, oh!
2:16 - With or without that which gives you cause to clash,
2:21 - Know that mine will conquer, challengers!
2:25 - Challengers!

[Instrumental solo]

3:06 - Only one of us comes out alive!

3:08 - So come and bring it, challengers!
3:14 - Show me what you've got, you challengers, oh!
3:19 - With or without that which gives you cause to clash,
3:24 - Know that mine will conquer, challengers!
3:28 - Challengers!

SaiyamanMS · Post by **SaiyamanMS** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:25 am

Nice, I could totally recognise which song it was just from the flow of the lyrics before even clicking the link. XD

SSj_Rambo · Post by **SSj_Rambo** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:36 am

Awesome song! I'm pretty sure this was also used in at least one of the Budoukai Tenkaichi games, since those are the only games I've played and I definitely remember playing something to this song. Awesome job with these lyrics, they're actually really fun to sing along with!! Great work, man.

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Rory · Post by **Rory** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 4:12 pm

Just sang along! Really really nice lyrics there!

SonEric84 · Post by **SonEric84** » Fri May 01, 2009 12:45 pm

That's pretty cool, good job.

Shiyonasan · Post by **Shiyonasan** » Sat May 02, 2009 6:07 pm

Pretty nice lyrics to go along with that.

In fact, I don't know if any of you knew this, but this song actually sounds very similar to this song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2l8KtdQ7Ek

kenisu3000 · Post by **kenisu3000** » Mon May 04, 2009 2:17 pm

Aw, crap, you're right! We've got another one of those danged plagiarism cases here. I HATE IT when that happens!

Is it so wrong for me to like the DragonBall version better?

Shiyonasan · Post by **Shiyonasan** » Mon May 04, 2009 5:01 pm

kenisu3000 wrote:Aw, crap, you're right! We've got another one of those danged plagiarism cases here. I HATE IT when that happens!

Is it so wrong for me to like the DragonBall version better?

Of course not. After all, Hironobu Kageyama inserts his own lyrics to his own version of his plagiarized songs in Dragon Ball, right?

Kanzenshuu

Budokai 1: "Challengers" fan lyrics

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