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