NOW THIS IS THE 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
IS WHERE I SPENT
MOST OF MY DAYS
CHILLING OUT MAXING
RELAXING ALL COOL
AND ALL SHOOTING
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
AND SAID YOU'RE
MOVING WITH
YOUR AUNTIE AND UNCLE
IN BEL AIR
I BEGGED AND
PLEADED WITH HER
THE OTHER DAY
BUT SHE PACKED
MY SUITCASE AND
SENT ME ON MY WAY
SHE GAVE ME A
KISSIN' AND 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 LIVIN' LIKE
HMM 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 UH 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 HAD DICE IN
THE MIRROR
IF ANYTHING
I COULD SAY THAT THIS
CAB WAS RARE
BUT I THOUGHT
NOW FORGET IT
YO HOLMES TO BEL AIR
I PULLED UP TO
THE HOUSE ABOUT
SEVEN OR EIGHT
AND I YELLED TO
THE CABBIE
YO HOLMES SMELL
YA LATER
LOOKED AT
MY KINGDOM I WAS
FINALLY THERE
TO SIT ON MY
THRONE AS THE PRINCE
OF BEL AIR