VERSE 1: Now I have a story that I'd like to tell About this guy, you all know me, had me scared as hell He comes to me at night after I crawl into bed He's burnt up like a weeny 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 home when I'm awake but he shows up when I'm asleep I can't believe that there's a nightmare on my street!
VERSE 2: It was a saturday evening if 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 bumrushed the movie I got Angie, Jeff got Tina Ready Rock got some girl I'd never seen in my life That was alright though 'cause the lady was chill Then we dipped to the thater set to ill We saw "Elm Street"and man, it was def! And everything seemed alright when we left But when I got home and laid down to sleep That began the nightmare out on my street!
VERSE 3: It was burnin' in my room like an oven My bed soaked with sweat and man, I was buggin' I checked the clock and it stopped at twelve-thirty It had melted it was so damn hot and I was thirsty I went downstairs then grabbed some juice or coke Flipped the TV on and then I almost jumped When I heard this awful voice comin' from behind It said,"You got my favorite letter but now you must die!" Man, I didn't even wait to see who it was Broke inside my drawers and screamed,"So long, cous'!" 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 think that 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 gotta a lotta work here, me and you The souls of your friends, you and I claim You've got the body and I've got the brain" I said,"Yo, Fred, I think you got me all wrong I ain't prtners 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 patted him on the shoulder and said, "Thanks for stoppin' by" Then I opened up the door and said,"Take care, guy!" He got mad, threw 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 something with Fred" He jumped on my bed, went through the covers with his claws Tried to get me but my alarm went off and then silence It wasn 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
OUTRO: Oh, man, I gotta call Jeff, I gotta call Jeff Come on, come on Come on, Jeff, answer me! 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 morning" "Jeff, Jeff, would you listen to me?" Whatever you do, don't fall asleep" "Man!" "Jeff, listen to me, don't go to sleep, Jeff" "No, no, I talk to you tomorrow, I'm goin' to bed" "Jeff! Jeff!" "Ahhhhh! Ahhhhh!" "Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha" "Jeff! Jeff! Jeff! Jeff!, Answer me, Jeff!" I'm your DJ now, Princy! Ha ha ha ha ha ha....
