A Nightmare on My Street (Single Version)

* has extra lyrics not on "He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper"

[Fresh Prince]

Now I have a story that I'd like to tell

About this guy you all know him, he had me scared as hell!

He comes to me at night after I crawl into bed

He's burnt up like a weenie and his name is Fred!

He wears the same hat and sweater every single day

And even if it's hot, outside he wears it anyway!

He's gone when I'm awake but he shows up when I'm asleep

I can't believe that there's a nightmare - on my street!

[Fresh Prince]

It was a Saturday evening if I remember it right

And we had just gotten back off tour last night

So the gang and I thought that it would be groovy

If we summoned up the posse and dumb rush the movies

I got Angie, Jeff got Tina

Ready Rock got some girl I'd never seen in my life

That was all right though 'cause the lady was chill

Then we dipped to the theater set to ill

Buggin! Cold havin' a ball

And somethin' 'bout Elm Street was the movie we saw

The way it started was decent, ya know, nothing real fancy

Bout this guy named Fred and this girl named Nancy

But word, when it was over, I said, "Yo! That was def!"

And everything seemed all right when we left

But when I got home and laid down to sleep

That began the nightmare - on my street!

[Fresh Prince]

It was burning in my room like an oven

My bed soaked with sweat, and man, I was buggin'

I checked the clock and it stopped at 12:30

It had melted, it was so darn hot, and I was thirsty

I wanted something cool, to quench my thirst

I thought to myself, "Yo, this heat is the worst!"

But when I got downstairs, I noticed something was wrong

I was home all alone but the TV was on!

I thought nothin' of it as I grabbed the remote

I pushed the power button, and then I almost choked

When I heard this awful voice comin' from behind

It said, "You turned off David Letterman, now you must die!"

Man, I ain't even wait to see who it was

Broke outside in my drawers and screamed, "So long, cuz!"

Got halfway up the block I calmed down and stopped screamin'

Then thought, "Oh, I get it, I must be dreamin"

I strolled back home with a grin on my grill

I figured since this is a dream I might as well get ill

I walked in the house, the Big Bad Fresh Prince

But Freddy killed all that noise real quick

He grabbed me by my neck and said, "Here's what we'll do

We got a lotta work here, me and you

The souls of your friends you and I will claim

You've got the body, and I've got the brain."

I said, "Yo Fred, I think you've got me all wrong

I ain't partners with NOBODY with nails that long!

Look, I'll be honest man, this team won't work

The girls won't be on you, Fred your face is all burnt!"

Fred got mad and his head started steamin'

But I thought, what the hell, I'm only dreamin'

I said, "Please leave Fred, so I can get some sleep;

Or gimme a call, and maybe we'll hang out next week."

I patted him on the shoulder said, "Thanks for stopping by."

Then I opened up the door and said, "Take care guy!"

He got mad, drew back his arm, and slashed my shirt

I laughed at first, then thought, "Hold up, that hurt!"

It wasn't a dream, man, this guy was for real

I said, "Freddy, uh, pal, there's been an awful mistake here."

No further words and then I darted upstairs

Crashed through my door then jumped on my bed

Pulled the covers up over my head

And said, "Oh please do somethin' with Fred!"

He jumped on my bed, ripped through the covers with his claws

Tried to get me, but my alarm went off

And then silence! It was a whole new day

I thought, "Huh, I wasn't scared of him anyway."

Until I noticed those rips in my sheets

And that was proof that there had been a nightmare on my street

FP: Oh man, I gotta call Jeff, I gotta call Jeff

Come on, come on

Come on Jeff, answer

Come on, man

JJ: Hello?

FP: Jeff, this is Prince, man

Jeff, wake up

Jeff, wake up

JJ: What do you want?

FP: Jeff, wake up, man

Listen to me, Jeff

JJ: It's three o'clock in the mornin', what do you want?

FP: Jeff, Jeff, would you listen to me?

Listen, whatever you do, don't fall asleep

JJ: Man!

FP: Jeff, listen to me, don't go to sleep, Jeff

JJ: Look, look, I'll talk to you tomorrow, I'm going to bed

{FC} RRAHHHH!

JJ: Ahhhhhh!

FP: Jeff! Jeff!

{FC} Ha ha ha ha ha haaaa!

JJ: Ahhhhhh!

FP: Jeff!

{FC} RRAHHHH!

JJ: Jeff! Answer me, Jeff!

{FC} I'm your D.J. now, Princey!

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaa!