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NOW, THIS IS A STORY ALL ABOUT HOW
MY LIFE GOT FLIPPED-TURNED UPSIDE DOWN
AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MINUTE
JUST SIT RIGHT THERE
I'LL TELL YOU HOW I BECAME THE PRINCE OF A TOWN CALLED BEL AIR
IN WEST PHILADELPHIA BORN AND RAISED
ON THE PLAYGROUND WAS WHERE I SPENT MOST OF MY DAYS
CHILLIN' OUT MAXIN' RELAXIN' ALL COOL
AND ALL SHOOTIN SOME B-BALL OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL
WHEN A COUPLE OF GUYS WHO WERE UP TO NO GOOD
STARTED MAKING TROUBLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD
I GOT IN ONE LITTLE FIGHT AND MY MOM GOT SCARED
SHE SAID 'YOU'RE MOVIN' WITH YOUR AUNTIE AND UNCLE IN BEL AIR'
I BEGGED AND PLEADED WITH HER DAY AFTER DAY
BUT SHE PACKED MY SUIT CASE AND SENT ME ON MY WAY
SHE GAVE ME A KISS AND THEN SHE GAVE ME MY TICKET.
I PUT MY WALKMAN ON AND SAID, 'I MIGHT AS WELL KICK IT'.
FIRST CLASS, YO THIS IS BAD
DRINKING ORANGE JUICE OUT OF A CHAMPAGNE GLASS.
IS THIS WHAT THE PEOPLE OF BEL-AIR LIVING LIKE?
HMMMMM THIS MIGHT BE ALRIGHT.
BUT WAIT I HEAR THEY'RE PRISSY, BOURGEOIS, ALL THAT
IS THIS THE TYPE OF PLACE THAT THEY JUST SEND THIS COOL CAT?
I DON'T THINK SO
I'LL SEE WHEN I GET THERE
I HOPE THEY'RE PREPARED FOR THE PRINCE OF BEL-AIR
WELL, THE PLANE LANDED AND WHEN I CAME OUT
THERE WAS A DUDE WHO LOOKED LIKE A COP STANDING THERE WITH MY NAME OUT
I AIN'T TRYING TO GET ARRESTED YET
I JUST GOT HERE
I SPRANG WITH THE QUICKNESS LIKE LIGHTNING, DISAPPEARED
I WHISTLED FOR A CAB AND WHEN IT CAME NEAR
THE LICENSE PLATE SAID FRESH AND IT HAD DICE IN THE MIRROR
IF ANYTHING I COULD SAY THAT THIS CAB WAS RARE
BUT I THOUGHT 'NAH, FORGET IT' - 'YO, HOME TO BEL AIR'
I PULLED UP TO THE HOUSE ABOUT 7 OR 8
AND I YELLED TO THE CABBIE 'YO HOME SMELL YA LATER'
I LOOKED AT MY KINGDOM
I WAS FINALLY THERE
TO SIT ON MY THRONE AS THE PRINCE OF BEL AIR
