A Nightmare On My Street

Now I have a story that I'd like to tell

About this guy, you all know him, he has 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 asleep

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 done rushed the movies

I got Angie, Jeff got Tina

Ready Rock got some girl I'd never seen in my life

That was alright, '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 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, and 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 lotta 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 stoppin' 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, 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 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

Ah, 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, listen, Jeff, would you listen to me?

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 goin' to bed)

(Aah!)

Jeff, Jeff

Jeff

Jeff, Jeff

Jeff, answer me, Jeff

(I'm your DJ now, Princey)

(Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha)