A Nightmare On My Street

From the Album: Hes the DJ, Im the Rapper

Now I have a story that Id like to tell

About this guy you all know - he had me scared as hell

He comes to me at night after I crawl into bed

Hes burnt up like a weenie and his name is Fred

He wears the same hat and sweater every single day

And even if its hot outside - he wears it anyway

Hes home when Im awake but he shows up when Im sleep

I cant believe that theres 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 movie

I got Angie, Jeff got Tina

Ready Rock got some girl Id never seen in my life

That was all right though cause the lady was chill

Then we dipped to the theater set to ill

We saw Elm Street, and man, it was def!

And everything seemed all right when we left

But when I got home and laid down to sleep

That began the nightmare out on my street!

It was burning in my room like a oven

My bed soaked with sweat

And man I was bugging

I checked the clock and it stopped at twelve-thirty

It had melted it was so darn hot

And I was thirsty

I went downstairs to grab some juice in my coat

Flipped the TV off and then I almost choked

When I heard this awful voice coming from behind

It said, "You are my favorite rapper but now you must die!"

Man, I aint 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 screaming

Then thought, "Oh, I git it, I must be dreaming"

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

"Heres what well do

We gotta lotta work here, me and you

The souls of your friends you and I will claim

Youve got the body and Ive got the brain"

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

I aint partners with nobody with nails that long

Look, Ill be honest,man, this team wont work

The girls wont 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 wasnt a dream, man, this guy was for real

I said, "Freddy, uh, pal, theres 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 was a whole new day

I thought, "Huh, I wasnt 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

O 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

Its three oclock in the morning

Jeff, Jeff, would you listen to me?

Listen, whatever you do, dont fall asleep

Maaan

Jeff, list