DJ Jazzy Jeff, The Fresh Prince - A Nightmare on My Street lyrics

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 sleep
I can't believe that there's a
Nightmare on my street!

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 bum rushed 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
You know nothing real fancy
About this homeboy named Freddy and
This girl named Nancy
But word when it was over I said, "Yo
That was def!"
And everything seemed alright when we left
But when I got home and laid down to sleep
That began the nightmare, but on my street!

It was burning in my room like an oven
My bed soaked with sweat, 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 went downstairs to grab some
Juice or a Coke
Flipped the TV off, 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 lot of 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!"
I pat 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

Oh man, I gotta call Jeff, I gotta call Jeff
Come on, come on come on Jeff, answer
Come on, man hello?
Jeff, this is Prince, man jeff, wake up
Jeff, wake up what do you want?
Jeff, wake up, man listen to me, Jeff
It's three o'clock in the mornin'
What do you want?
Jeff, Jeff, would you listen to me?
Listen, whatever you do, don't fall asleep
Man!
Jeff, listen to me, don't go to sleep, Jeff
Look, look, I'll talk to you tomorrow
I'm going to bed rRAHHHH!
Ahhhh! Jeff! Jeff!
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, haaaa! Ahhhh!
Jeff! RRAHHHH!
Jeff! Answer me, Jeff!
I'm your DJ now, Princey!
Ahh, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, haaaaa!