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I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson Lyrics By D J Jazzy Jeff The Fresh Prince

    prince and jeff imitate two old black men
    heyhey leroyleroy
    yeah
    did you hear about that boy mike tyson
    mikemike tyson he’s the boy
    that played football from montreal ain’t he
    no no you old coot he ahe a boxer man
    yeah
    let me tell ya i went to his fight a couple months ago
    i seen him hit this boy and he hit the boy so hard
    his head flew off into the eigtheenth row
    laughing they had to get his head out of the eighteenth row

    one prince jeff
    i was in jeff’s crib one night about eight
    and we were watchin’ a couple of mike tyson fight tapes
    jeff was like
    man you see how hard mike’s punchin’
    come on jeff the other guy was just lungin’
    left right left right another ko
    if that was me i’d a been okay though
    the very next day i gave russell a ring
    with jl and lyor we all called don king
    i said yeah don i got a problem
    tell ’em prince
    yeah what’s up what you sayin you tryin’ to solve ’em
    forget the small talk let’s get to the nitty gritty’
    me and mike two months trump atlantic city
    yo you got this you gonna bust dude up
    yeah you can be my trainer
    word up
    i’m rough like a freight train smooth like ice
    and yo jeff straight up i think i can beat mike tyson

    break
    man you can beat him you can beat him
    yo man word up
    you know i put on a couple pounds man we can do this man
    you can do it

    newspaper boy
    extra extra read all about it get this
    fresh prince challenges ‘iron mike’ tyson to a fight
    laughing he’s crazy

    old men
    ain’t that the boy who knocked the guy’s head in the fifteenth row
    hey leroy you read the paper
    that boy done lost his mind

    two fresh prince lawrence the barber
    there was press conference to see what trainin’ i was doing
    before then i had never heard reporters booing
    cameras flashing i was in the middle
    i didn’t wanna look dumb so i exaggerated a little
    i said uh i been trainin’ twenty hours a day
    liftin’ big old cars and big bales of hay
    that’s what you’re doing
    and i jog 0000 miles every morning
    thinkin’ about mike and my moment of glory
    tell ’em more
    i drink water 0 gallons a pop
    and i can throw a volkswagen a whole half block
    he can do it too
    and 4 million sit ups in a minute
    i ain’t lyin’ i did it

    the general public thought i was a fool
    i was gettin’ dissed but i guess that was cool
    well gettin’ dissed is never good
    but i was even gettin’ dissed in my old neighborhood
    i was at the corner at the top of my block
    there was a couple of people standing outside of the barber shop
    it was lawrence my barber and friend
    and he yelled out
    hey prince you can win
    i said ‘really’ and i stopped to chat
    you could beat him man if you hit him with a bat
    ha hayou gon’ get wrecked
    but can i have your shoes when he break your neck
    everybody was laughin’ out loud
    i thought at least my own grandma would be proud
    i went to her house and snuck in to surprise her
    i heard her on the phone
    a thousand bucks on tyson

    old men
    hey leroy i thought that boy was joking he really gon’ get in the ring
    man i don’t think that boy can beat that big football player
    man i keep tellin’ ya he ain’t no football player he a boxer
    hey leroy we gotta do something that boy gon’ kill himself

    three prince ring announcer
    it’s fight day and man am i hyped
    woah i can’t wait to see mike
    boy i’m hyped ready to do my thing
    trump castle casino bell rings
    in this corner weighing a mere 65 pounds
    the lightin’ rodent the fresh prince crowd boos
    and in this corner
    the heavyweight champion of the world
    ‘iron mike’ tyson crowd cheers

    i came out hustling slidin’ and grabbing
    slippin’ and dippin’ hustlin’ and jabbin’
    for a second i looked good out there yep
    but then mike brought to reality look out my worst nightmare
    one punch that’s all it took oooh
    he hit me in my ribs and my insides shook
    now how can i say this and be a little discreet
    let’s just say that my bowels released
    i called timeout and went back to my corner
    said to my coach ain’t no way i’m goin’
    the hell back out there man you can forget it
    my body’s like a punching bag and mike is gonna hit it
    they tried to make me go meet my doom
    but i sucker punched my coach and hauled to my dressin’ room
    the next day the headline in the town
    fresh prince breaks camp tyson wins first round
    some fool asked why i ran away
    i said a good run is better than a bad stand any day
    my career is over as far as fightin’
    but i don’t know what made me think i can beat mike tyson

    prince and jeff as old men
    hey leroy
    yeah
    did you see the fight did you see the fight
    thethethe football player
    no the boxer come on man
    i was at the fight last night
    i paid four hundred and seventy fo’ thousand dollars
    for my ticket right
    ah you weren’t at no fight
    i seen you around here last night
    and the boythe boy ran out the ring
    you always lying
    i ain’t lying
    you lie to your grandkids
    i seen it
    you been lyin’ ever since you was a little kid
    mike tyson punched the boy in his ribs and his leg fell off
    his leg fell off and it fell over
    you always lying
    and it knocked the hbo camerman’s camera fell out his hand
    i said god damn i couldn’t believe it leroy
    you shoulda been thereyou definetly shoulda been there
    i was right next to you playin’ checkers

    Artist: D J Jazzy Jeff The Fresh Prince

    Year: 1989

    Decade: 80s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 577