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Artist: dj jazzy jeff & the fresh prince |
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Now I have a story that I'd like to tell |
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About this guy you all know he had me scared as hell |
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He comes to me at night after I crawl into bed |
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He's burnt up like a weenie and his name is fred |
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He wears the same hat and sweater every single day |
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And even if it's hot outside he wears it anyway |
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He's home when I'm awake but he shows up when I sleep |
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I can't believe that there's a nightmare on my street |
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It was a saturday evening if I remember it right |
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And we had just gotten back off tour last night |
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So the gang and I thought that it would be groovey |
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If we summoned up the posse and done rushed the movie |
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I got angie |
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Jeff got tina |
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Ready rock got some girl I'd never seen in my life |
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That was all right because the lady was chill |
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Then we dipped to the theater set to ill |
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We saw elm street and man it was def |
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And everything seemed all right when we left |
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But when I got home and laid down to sleep |
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That began the nightmare, but on my street |
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It was burning in my room like an oven |
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My bed soaked with sweat |
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And man I was bugging |
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I checked the clock and it stopped at 12:30 |
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It had melted it was so darn hot |
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And I was thirsty |
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I went downstairs to grab some juice or a coke |
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Flipped the tv off, and then I almost choked |
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When I heard this awful voice coming from behind |
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It said, "you got my favorite letter but now you must die" |
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Man, I ain't even wait to see who it was |
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Broke inside my drawers and screamed, "so long, 'cause" |
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Got halfway up the block |
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I calmed down and stopped screaming |
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Then thought, "oh, I get it, I must be dreaming" |
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I strolled back home with a grin on my grill |
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I think that since this is a dream I might as well get ill |
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I walked in the house, the big bad fresh prince |
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But freddy killed all that noise real quick |
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He grabbed me by my neck and said |
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"here's what we'll do |
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We gotta lotta work here, me and you |
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The souls of your friends you and I will claim |
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You've got the body and I've got the brain" |
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I said, "yo fred |
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I think you got me all wrong |
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I ain't partners with nobody with nails that long |
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Look, I'll be honest man, this team won't work |
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The girls won't be on you, fred, your face is all burnt" |
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I patted him on the shoulder, said "thanks for stopping by" |
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Then I opened up the door and said "take care guy" |
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He got mad, drew back his arm, and slashed my shirt |
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I laughed at first, then thought, "hold up, that hurt" |
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It wasn't a dream, man, this guy was for real |
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I said, "freddy, uh, pal, there's been an awful mistake here" |
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No further words and then I darted upstairs |
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Crashed through my door then jumped on my bed |
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Pulled the covers up over my head |
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And said, "oh please do something with fred" |
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He jumped on my bed, went through the covers with his claws |
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Tried to get me, but my alarm went off |
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And then silence |
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It was a whole new day |
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I thought, "huh, I wasn't scared of him anyway" |
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Until I noticed those rips in my sheets |
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And that was proof that there had been a nightmare on my street |
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Fp: oh man, I gotta call jeff, I gotta call jeff |
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Come on, come on |
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Come on jeff, answer |
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Come on, man |
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Jj: hello? |
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Fp: jeff, this is prince, man |
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Jeff, wake up, |
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Jeff, wake up |
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Jj: what do you want? |
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Fp: jeff, wake up, man, |
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Listen to me, jeff |
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Jj: it's three o'clock in the morning, what do you want? |
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Fp: jeff, jeff, would you listen to me? |
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Listen, whatever you do, don't fall asleep |
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Jj: man |
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Fp: jeff, listen to me, don't go to sleep, jeff |
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Jj: look, I'll talk to you tomorrow, I'm gong to bed |
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Ahhhhhh! ahhhhhh! (ha ha ha ha ha haaaa) |
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Fp: jeff! jeff! jeff! jeff! answer me, jeff! |
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I'm your d.j. now, princey! ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaa! |
