Playlist Dj Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

dj jazzy jeff & the fresh prince - a dog is a dog

You aint nuthin' but a dog
You aint nuthin' but a dog
You aint nuthin' but a dog
You aint nuthin' but a dog
(a dog a dog a dog is a dog)

Now I don't know what it is
But I've had this problem since I was a little kid
Girls were drawn to me
You might be asking yourself how big a problem could that be
Check this out and peep this here yall
Me and this f-l-y guy got pitfalls
Cause I got it rough
Cause one girl for me ain't never been enough
And it seems that women can't handle when
Your paintbrush is for more than one canvas
But I gotta keep on painting like picasso going to the break of dawn
Now the way I play
The things I say
Never been a lie cause I ain't that type of guy
And that's why I get totally appalled
When females say I ain't nuthin' but a dog

But a dog is a dog is a dog is a dog
But a dog is a dog is a dog is a dog
You ain't nuthin' but a dog
But a dog is a dog is a dog is a dog
You ain't nuthin' but a dog
But a dog is a dog is a dog is a dog
You ain't nuthin' but a dog

Back in high school this girl named Tracy
Yoused to do her best to disgrace me
She tried to destroy FP
She told all her friends I was a d-o-g
But yo I swear it was a misunderstanding
But she seemed to think that I planned it
She had this friend evette
That wanted to double date cause she was liking Jeff
But I showed up all alone
Told her that Jeff was sick back at home
I said I tried to call you
But we can still double date
Me plus your 2
She didn't get what the joke was all about
She smacked the tapes right out of my mouth
And with a huff and a puff walked off
And then tracy said he ain't nuthin' but a dog

But a dog is a dog is a dog is a dog
But a dog is a dog is a dog is a dog
You ain't nuthin' but a dog
But a dog is a dog is a dog is a dog
You ain't nuthin' but a dog
But a dog is a dog is a dog is a dog
You ain't nuthin' but a dog

Dammit I ain't no dog and that's one of the names I refuse to be called
Cause that label just ain't fair yo
Look I'm a prince I'm supposed to have a herum
Well of course I like you
But I like her and that other girl too
What do you mean I'm just like them other singers
Look I don't see no rings on this fingers
I ain't ready to settle down quite yet
I wanna carve my name on the night set
I want shoe boxes with hundreds of love notes
I want my phone to ring till its broke
I want a dance and prance in italy
And girls in egypt thinking just of me
I wanna be in the mix that's all
But I guess to you I ain't nuthin' but a dog

But a dog is a dog is a dog is a dog
But a dog is a dog is a dog is a dog
You ain't nuthin' but a dog
But a dog is a dog is a dog is a dog
You ain't nuthin' but a dog
But a dog is a dog is a dog is a dog
You ain't nuthin' but a dog

Look baby can I rap to you for a second
I just wanna talk to you
I wanna know why I gotta be a dog
Why d-o-g gotta refer to me
Look baby I'm 21 years old
You know I'm making a little bit of money
I'm just trying to see the world and have some fun
You know: okay yes I do have a lot of friends (dog)
Well associates I like to think of them as creative date associates you know
Evette is my associate Donna's my associate im just trying to enjoy myself
Why do you keep calling me a dog
Oh I'm a dog (dog)
I'm a dog right
Okay well um ruff ruff

You ain't nuthin' but a dog

(I've never had a dog)
(I'm not a dog)
(I've never had a dog)
(I'm not a dog)
(I've never had a dog)
(I'm not a dog)

But a dog is a dog is a dog is a dog
But a dog is a dog is a dog is a dog
You ain't nuthin' but a dog
But a dog is a dog is a dog is a dog
You ain't nuthin' but a dog
But a dog is a dog is a dog is a dog
You ain't nuthin' but a dog
But a dog is a dog is a dog is a dog
But a dog is a dog is a dog is a dog
You ain't nuthin' but a dog
But a dog is a dog is a dog is a dog
You ain't nuthin' but a dog
But a dog is a dog is a dog is a dog
You ain't nuthin' but a dog

dj jazzy jeff & the fresh prince - ain t no place like home

I'm feeling sad (yeah)
I'm feeling sad (yeah)
I'm feeling sad (yeah)
I'm feeling sad (yeah)
I'm feeling sad (yeah)

Sitting in a hotel room
A thousand miles away from nowhere
Sloped over a chair as I stare
Out the window I sigh as I'm thinking
I take a sip of the juice I been drinking
I'm trapped inside of me
Lost in the memory
Of how things used to be
I think somebody better call a doctor quick
Oh never mind I'm just a little homesick
Thinking of my mum and my dad
And when I was young good damn I was a bad boy
I remember playing catch a girl, kiss a girl
Like a sucker getting slapped every time I pucker
But I kept on chasin
Kept on running kept coming like Jason
Much nostalgia keeps bouncing through

[Chorus:]
There's no place like home (yeah)
I'm feeling sad
I'm feeling sad
I'm feeling sad
There's no place like home
I'm feeling sad
I'm feeling sad
There's no place like home

Yo there ain't no place like home
And I'm itching for the hood when I cross the states I roam
On tour getting the crowds going wild and
Stacking the honeys in a pile and putting em on file
XL a paragon on the scene
Fancy hotels and getting chauffeured in a limousine
Travel the world and yet my heart is achin
I be Yearning and burning for my mums eggs and bacon
Yo, there ain't no place like home, place like home
Ain't no place like home
Uh, I feel like Dorothy so I tries it
Kicks my heels but my Jordans wouldn't 'ize it
So back to reality
Back to Philly, get back to my family
It's fun to see strange places
But sometimes I wanna see familiar faces
Like charlie mack, bam, nut and wood
Names kinda funny but as friends go real good
Ain't no place like home for true
And that's why

[Chorus 2.5x]

Sitting in an airport my mouth watering
It's thanks giving day I'm just putting my order in
I call my mum on the phone kind a demanding
Don't stop cooking mum at seven I'm landing
She just laughed and said I don't intend to
My grandma picked up and then she ran the menu
There was turkey and stuffed corn and macaroni and cheese
And sweet potato pies ooh grandma please
On the plane now my mind drifting
Thinking of the way it used to be on Christmas
My mum used to put us to bed about nine
Saying it's, "o f t baby, ol' folks time"
That'd be down stairs laughing and jamming
But then (boo) raise ya seats back for landing
I walked in the house I felt the love
And my grandma saw me and screamed
Now here come all the hugging
I got such a feeling of emotion and love
Because can't nobody can hug you the way your grandma does
Give me a shovel and put some feed on my plate
My father said grace right before we all ate
And after he was finished I put a p.s. on
I said yo, "there ain't no place like home
And I thank God to be here with all of you"
Cause I was feeling

[Chorus]

On behalf of DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince
We'd like to take this opportunity to wish y'all a (There's no place like home)
Happy Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
And all that sumthin sumthin (There's no place like home)
But we'd also like to encourage you
To take this opportunity to pause (There's no place like home)
Just take a minute and stop and look around at your family
And thank God for them (There's no place like home)
Because they not always be here with you
Peace
There's no place like home
I'm feeling sad
I'm feeling sad
There's no place like home

dj jazzy jeff & the fresh prince - another special announcement

Okay we're rollin
Yo this is dana we from word up records here
We'd just like to introduce some of our dope music to you
Saying dope is like the kind of music you would love to ear

Like my man on the wheels of steel yeah that's him the magnificent jazzy jeff
The supreme one word
Can I get a little help from my main man fresh prince

And you know it we just gonna take this couple of minutes to say whats up and
Thank you to all our people who we wanna thank dana

I'd like to thank each and every one of you who bought our records word
And continue to buy them
That's right dana goodman
To all the people who play them haha word thank you
Thanks sandra
Yeah thanks paul
Who else man

We wanna thank the whole world
Jeff wants to extend special thanks extra special thanks this extra special
Thanks to the three guys that started him out mixing man way back years ago oh
Okay it was a guy named pearly lewis oh yeah a guy named kenneth adams word and
A guy named mark johnson jeff wants to thank them specially I'm with it we can't
Forget our main man hes the manager of the group lorenzo pen word and we also
can't forget our other main man the man that puts our joints together for us
Whats his name joe the butcher and you know it jeff wants to say thanks tina he
Loves you and of corse the fresh prince wants to extend special thanks to gina

dj jazzy jeff & the fresh prince - as we go

[Jazzy Jeff cuts and scratches Slick Rick:]
"As we go a little somethin like this, HIT IT!"

[Fresh Prince:]
Now let's get this party, started off the right way
Oww and HOE I think the crowd might say
When we're on stage you know you can't resist
{"As we go a little somethin like this, HIT IT!"}
I'm the ultimate, and that's all I can say
I sat down for about eight hours a day
Tryin to figure out the proper description of ME
And I came to the decision that
There's no one syllable or phrase
That can adequately describe this new craze
But I'll sum it up in one sentence, let's see
OK, I've got it, "All praise me!"
Yup - that's about the size of it
I know it sounds kinda strange, doesn't it?
But when we're on the stage you know you can't resist
{"As we go a little somethin like this, HIT IT!"}

[Jazzy Jeff cuts and scratches Slick Rick:]
"As we go a little somethin like this, HIT IT!"

[Fresh Prince:]
It was a Friday afternoon if I remember it correctly
But I can't quite recall the time exactly
But it was somewhere around, two or three or four
Oh forget it, let's just go on
Anyway I stepped out of school
Sneaks were Gucci shirt was Polo and my pockets were full
Blew some kisses to the girlies cause I like to tease
They started chantin my name, I said, "Ladies.. please!"
I grabbed my friends and hopped in my Benz
Grabbed on Martini and Rossi passed out to my posse
Things were lookin good, I had plans for later on
Plans for Donna Michelle, plans for Stacy LeShaun
Word! I was ready, I wonder if Jeff's home
Let me give him a call, on my car phone
"Yo Jeff, what's shakin?" "Coolin, whassup?"
"Girlies" "I'm with it, come pick me up!!!"
I caught up with Ready on the way to Jeff's
A whole carload of girlies and they ALL was def
We walked into Jeff's and said, "Girls, you can't resist"
{"As we go a little somethin like this, HIT IT!"}

[Jazzy Jeff cuts and scratches Slick Rick:]
"As we go a little somethin like this, HIT IT!"

[Fresh:] Yo Jeff man, are you with me?
[Jeff scratches.. "Hit it!"]
[Fresh:] I didn't hear you man, are you with me?
[Jeff scratches.. "Hit it!"]
[Fresh:] I'm with it to GET BUSY!

[Jazzy Jeff cuts and scratches Slick Rick
"..somethin like this, HIT IT!"]

[Fresh Prince:]
Ready Rock C, give Jeff a hand!

[Ready Rock beatboxes while Jeff scratches the same sample]

[Jazzy Jeff cuts and scratches Slick Rick:]
"As we go a little somethin like this, HIT IT!"

[Fresh Prince:]
Throw away them jams, cause you don't need em anymore
Cause this hip-hop hit, is gonna keep you on the floor
If you dance everyday or if you never danced before
It doesn't matter if it's {"somethin like this"}
Time is essential, so let's make the best of it
Today we don't have a lot of time, so let's not throw it all away
Let's use this time in a very special way
Let's use it, {"somethin like this"}
I went outside at about 12:30
I saw a couple girlies, and they were lookin pretty good!
.. if you know what I mean
So I freshened my breath and stepped on the scene
I walked over to em, stepped in between them
One stepped to the other, I think that I've seen him
Somewhere before I said, "Sweethear, you might have"
She said, "Oh yeah, it was last night
At that party," I said, "Yeah I tried to talk to you there
But you were actin, as if you were scared"
She said, "I'm not scared now," I said, "Bet, well let's go then"
She said, "But hold up, what about my friend?"
I said, "I got a friend!" So the three of us left
Went back to my crib, and gave a call to Jeff
Five minutes later, Jeff walked in
And I thought to myself, "Yeah, now the fun begins!"
But the girls started buggin, and they said, "Now we want
Dinner in the best resteraunt in town
We want caviar and lobster tails, both by candlelight
And Dom Perignon," I said, "Yeah right!"
Y'all must be crazy, and Jeff said, "Y'know
I really think it's time for these ladies to go"
We walked em to the door and told em they were dismissed
And it went a little {"somethin like this"} [door slams]
But that was OK, that was alright
Cause we still had fun that night - yaknowit!
The moral of the story is plain and visible
We always watch out for those kind of women
But the past is the past and the present is the present
And we feel that everyone should be sitting down
{"so you all don't miss"}
{"As we go a little somethin like this, HIT IT!"}

[Doug E. beatboxing?]
{"As we go a little somethin like this, HIT IT!"}

[Doug E. beatboxing?]
{"As we go a little somethin like this, HIT IT!"}

[Doug E. beatboxing?]
{"As we go a little somethin like this, HIT IT!"}

[Doug E. beatboxing?]
{"As we go a little somethin like this, HIT IT!"}

dj jazzy jeff & the fresh prince - boom shake the room

[Fresh Prince - talking:]
Yeah, and here we go
[People talking in background]
Break down
'Til the beat go
'Til the beat go
Break down
'Til the beat go

[Fresh Prince:]
Here I go, yo back up now and give a brother room
The fuse is lit and I'm about to go boom
Mercy, mercy, mercy me
Uh, my life is a cage but on stage I'm free
Hyped up, psyched up, ready for wilin'
Standin in a crowd of girls like a island
I see the one I want, I said "come here cutie"
I flip her around and then I work that booty
Work the body, work, work the body
Slow down girl you're 'bout to hurt somebody
Hold up, yo let's get just one thing clear
There's only one reason why I came here

[Break - Fresh Prince] (Crowd)
Ya really done want me to tigga, tigga, tigga tell ya what's up (GO)
Ya really done want me to tigga, tigga, tigga tell ya what's up (GO)
Ya really done want me to tigga, tigga, tigga tell ya what's up (GO)
I came here tonight to hear the crowd go

[Chorus - Crowd:]
(Boom! shake, shake, shake the room)
(Boom! shake, shake, shake the room)
(Boom! shake, shake, shake the room)
(Tic, tic, tic, tic, boom)

[Break - Fresh Prince] (Crowd)
Well yo are ya'll ready for me yet?
(Pump it up Prince)
Well yo are ya'll ready for me yet?
(Pump it up Prince)
Well yo are ya'll ready for me yet?
(Pump it up Prince)
Well here I go, here I go here I, here I go

[Fresh Prince:]
Yo, dance in the aisles when the Prince steps to it
The rhyme is a football ya'll and I went and threw it
Out in the crowd and yo it was a good throw
How do I know?, because the crowd went (HO)
In response to the way that I was kickin it
Smooth, an individual, rhymes always original
Like the Dr. Jekyl man and this is my 'Hyde' side
I am the driver and you're on a rap ride

[Break - Fresh Prince] (Crowd)
So fellas (yeah)
Are ya'll with me? (yeah)
I said fellas (yeah)
Are ya'll with me? (yeah)
Why don't you tell the girls what ya'll wanna do
Ya wanna (oh, ah, ah, ah, ah, ew)
That's right yo and I'm in the flow
So pump up the volume along with the tempo
I want everybody in the house to know
I came here tonight to hear the crowd go

[Chorus 2x]

[Fresh Prince - talking during chorus and into break:]
Yeah
Break it on DOWN, uh
Yeah, give 'em it
Uh, bring it back to 'em
Yeah, c'mon now

[Break - DJ Jazzy Jeff - scratching]
"Mix" - repeated

[solo scratching]

[Chorus]

[Fresh Prince:]
Here I go
The F-f-f-f-Fresh P-p-p-p-Prince is who I am
So tell my mother that I never make a whack jam
But sometimes I get n-nervous and start to stutter
And I f-fumble every word, for word I utter
So I just try to ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-chill
But it gets worse-a but worse-a but-but-but worse still
I need the c-c-c-crowd to k-k-k-kick into it
They help me calm down and I can get through it
So higher higher, get ya hands to the ceilin
Let it go ya'll don't fight the feelin
Mic in a strangle hold, sweat pourin
And like Jordan yo I'm scorin
Yeah that's right ya'll and I am in the flow
So pump up the volume, along with the tempo
Many have died tryin to stop my show
I came here tonight to here the crowd go

[Chorus 4x]

[Fresh Prince - talking over chorus:]
Yeah, uh
Kick it to 'em right here
Don't stop ..
All night long
And I'm outta here

"Break down"
[repeated until fade]

dj jazzy jeff & the fresh prince - brand new funk

[Fresh Prince:]
It's new, it's out of the ordinary
It's rather extrordinary, so yo bust this commentary
A literary, genius, and a superior beat creator
Have come together, and we made a
Musical composition which we think is a remedy
To cure all the dance floors that's empty
You wanna dance? We got what you want
Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince bustin out with the brand new funk

It was kind of an accident, the way that it happened
One day I was rappin, and on the beat, Jeff was backin me up
And all of a sudden, he brought in a cut
And I dropped my microphone and said, "What the...?
Hold up, Jeff, wait a minute, play it"
He just smiled and said, "Yeah def ain't it?"
It was {funky} it made wanna {get, get down!}
And we knew almost at once it was the {brand new funk}
So we continued to listen to it
And we knew it was def when I started rappin to it
So I gave a hi-five to Jeff
And without hesitation popped in my cassette
I took it home that night, and analyzed it
Rewound the tape over and over, and memorized it
That Friday, we went to the club
And out and out cold tore it up!
You shoulda seen the people dancin and shakin and movin and jumpin
And spinnin and clappin, while the beatboxin was groovin
And screamin and yellin while on the microphone I was flowin
Fresh rhymes I was showin, the people say, "Yo keep goin"
So I continued to rock, while Jeff was on the beatbox
Special assistance from my homeboy Ready Rock
People barged just to get up front
To get a bird's eye view of what we call the brand new funk

Yo Jeff! {Rock the beat}
Yo Jeff! {Rock the beat}
Yo Jeff! {Rock the beat}
[Jazzy Jeff cuts and scratches]

Yo Jeff! {Rock the beat}
Yo Jeff! {Rock the beat}
Yo Jeff! {Rock the beat with your hands..}
[Jazzy Jeff cuts and scratches]

Now get funky with the beat!
[Jeff starts spinning backwards]
Now turn it all around!

The most original, amazing, astounding, miraculous
Remarkable, startling, sensational, stupendous
Music, that has ever been created
Is ours - but believe me it was complicated
But we have done it, so now we can breathe
A long awaited sigh of relief
This isn't a publicity stunt
It's the raw untouched, pure, hard brand new funk!

{Rock the beat}
{Rock the beat}
{Rock the beat}
{Rock the beat}
{Rock the beat}
{Rock the beat}
[Jazzy Jeff cuts and scratches]
{Rock the beat with your hands..}
{Rock the beat}
{Rock the beat}
{Rock the beat}
{Rock the beat}
{Rock the beat}
{Rock the beat}
[Jazzy Jeff cuts and scratches]
{Rock the beat with your hands..}

dj jazzy jeff & the fresh prince - can t wait to be with you

[Chorus 1 - Christopher Williams] (Fresh Prince)
(I can't wait to be with you, uh)
I can't wait to be with you (yeah)
I can't wait to see you (uh)
I can't wait to be with you (haha)
Loving you is all I want to do

[Verse 1 - Fresh Prince] (Christopher Williams)
10 o'clock my flight lands
Can't wait to hold the palm of your hand
Been 7 long days, since the last that I saw you
And every free moment I get, I got to call you
Takin' every chance, to glance at your cute face
And lookin' at your 8 by 10 in my suitcase
Ain't been with my honey in a long while
And when I get a hold of you, mmm child (oh, yeah)
No tellin' what I might do
Cause I would be like a kid that got a toy and it's brand new
Can't wait to hold you, can't wait to see you
Can't wait to treat you, can't wait to be with you (oh, yeah)

[Chorus 2 - Christopher Williams] (Female voice) [Fresh Prince]
(Can't wait, can't wait) [uh] I can't wait to be with you
(Can't wait, can't wait) {yeah] I can't wait to see you
(Can't wait, can't wait) [uh] I can't wait to be with you [haha]
Loving you is all I want to do

[Verse 2 - Fresh Prince] (Christopher Williams)
Bein' in love is like an amusement ride, G (woo)
I feel like it's a party inside me
Smile on my face, and there's a twinkle in my eye
Time to go to work, but it's so hard to say goodbye (oh, oh)
And as I think of you, it's like I had a drink or two
I feel dizzy, damn where is she?
Pick up the phone and call you about three (Female voice: hello)
Yeah baby it's me, just to hear your voice, just the thought of you
Got me trippin', it's why I just bought a new
Cellular phone, so I don't have to postpone
When my beeper goes off, no more runnin' to a pay phone
Your astoundin', it's why I'm expondin'
So vivacious, and baby your face is
That of a goddess, it's makin' me feel numb
A fe fi fo fum, yo baby come and get some
Of the man, the myth, so debonair
What said while fair, is a pair
We extraordinary, me and you as a team, it's kinda swell ain't it
Love is hole and I tripped, then I feel in it (oh, that's why)
From the mountain, to the valley, to the deep blue sea
All I can do is hope and pray, you want to be with me
I'm sayin' this from my heart, that's how you know that it's true
Yo, I can't wait to be with you

[Chorus 3 - Christopher Williams] (Female voice) [Fresh Prince]
Girl I know it's true
(Can't wait, can't wait), I can't wait to be with you
(Can't wait, can't wait), I can't wait to see you
I can't wait to see you baby [uh]
(Can't wait, can't wait), [uh] I can't wait to be with you
(Can't wait, can't wait), Loving you is all I want to do

[Fresh Prince - talking over chorus and during Williams' solo singing]
Alright check it out, break
Yeah, uh huh, oh yeah
That's how I like it
That's how I like it
Woof, woof, woof, woof

[Christopher Williams - singing solo]
HEY, OH YEAH, OH WEE, YEAH

[Verse 3 - Fresh Prince] (Christopher Williams)
Yeah, presto chango I wish I was a magacian
Snap my fingers or tap my heels and then
Abra cadabra, righ there beside you
But it's seemin' and dreamin', that's all I can do
I'm in an airport, an hour until flight time
Can't wait to have you direct in my sight line
Got a warm feelin' in my chest, thinkin' of your soft caress
I miss you so much and it ain't enough to just reach out and touch
I want to hold your hand, in my hand
And walk and talk barefoot in the sand
(And I can't wait) to just see your smile
(And I can't wait) to be alone for a while
(And I can't wait) to do the things we do
I can't wait, I can't wait, oh I can't wait to be with you

[Chorus 4] Christopher Williams (female voice) [Fresh Prince]
Oh, can't wait
(Can't wait, can't wait) [uh], I can't wait to be with you
I can't wait to be with you
(Can't wait, can't wait) [yeah], I can't wait to see you
Just to see you
(Can't wait, can't wait) [yeah], I can't wait to be with you
Baby just hold you
Loving you is all I want to do

(Can't wait, can't wait), I can't wait to be with you, can't wait
(Can't wait, can't wait), I can't wait to see you
(Can't wait, can't wait), loving you is all I want to do

dj jazzy jeff & the fresh prince - caught in the middle

[Chorus:]
Caught (In life)
In the middle (In love)
Caught (In life)
In the middle (In love)
Caught (In life)
In the middle (In love)
Caught (In life)
In the middle (In love)

Caught (In life)
In the middle (In love)

Love and life a mysterious combo
Sit back relax cause now its time to go
Back in my past my personal strife for being
Caught in the middle of love and life
Love is a fairytale earthly bond
But life is true reality chimes
When life brings on love is kind of hard for you to give up
The satisfaction you started for
This is a metaphor sort of a riddle
If your confused chill and I'm sure it'll
Clear up for you in a little bit
Love and life and I'm caught in the middle of it

The middle
Caught
The middle

Who or why your love ain't always right
Especially when you cross the pass of life
The wrath of life is hard
Cause your taught to dream on
But when your out in the world realities on
You found somebody to be with
You pour your lovin in and it seems as if
Your pouring your love into a bottomless pit
You love each other but it just ain't workin
Your not meant to be together it seems like
Well just think maybe its things like
She work 9 to 5 you work 5 to 9
Never together two separate lives
Love versus life see what I mean
You like the movies she like the club scene
Nobody's wrong and nobody's right
Just caught in the middle of love and life

[Chorus]

Everybody wants to capture the rapture
Love and live happily ever after
Walking around barefoot sniffing daisies
Laying around all day long making babies
Go to france and dancin eatin in sweden
Gambling in Rio
Winning cause your cheating
These are situations you can have some fun in
But open your eyes and real life comes running in
Dreaming again a plateau to come down off
Back to the world and see your love life sounds off
Start the day right call your girlfriend
But love and life start at it again
She says baby I need to send you
You say babe I got work to tend to
Love tells you to go be with her
But life says boy get your butt to work
Think of love and life as a rock and a hard place
Exhilarating like a high speed car chase
Heart ache heart break cuts like a knife
Caught in the middle of love and life

[Chorus]

Caught... in the middle
Caught... in the middle

dj jazzy jeff & the fresh prince - charlie mack

[Fresh Prince:]
Everywhere we go, downtown or to a show
We have two necessities, Charlie Mack and our limo
He's feared by suckers yet he's loved by kids
Pay attention and let me tell you who Charlie Mack
He is our homeboy from around the block
He's regarded through the city as the hip-hop cop
Height about 6'6", weight about 290
Everywhere I go, Charlie Mack is right behind me
He never laughs, never smiles nor sweats
He doesn't breaks arms or legs, only spines or necks
He once KILLED a man cause he would not let go of his Eggo
Apollo Creed is a SUCKER, Charlie Mack could beat Drago
He could bench about three-hundred pounds
The cops all take a vacation, when Charlie's in town
He's the toughest around, so everywhere that I go, he goes
He's Charlie Mack and he's the first out the limo

[Fresh Prince:]
I guess you're wonderin why he's the first out
The limo, yo, let me give you this bit of info
So you'll know the things that Charlie can do
And you'll know every single reason why he's down with the crew
The limo picks up about a half past six
With the radio blastin our latest hit
It's me, Jeff, Ready Rock, Omar and J.L.
Charlie Mack is up front as we depart the hotel
First we cause chaos throughout the city streets
Then maybe stop at Burger King for a bite to eat
And if somebody gets stupid while we're in the place
Charlie cancels his order and bites off their face
He's not a troublemaker, in fact, he's a troublebreaker
And if somebody gets dumb, well it'll only take a
Second or two, after some fools snaps
Law and order is restored by my hero Charlie Mack
Wheel off into the limo, and head for the jam
Charlie cracks all the knuckles, on both of his hands
And when we pull up to the show, the routine is unrehearsed
It's just natural that we let Charlie hop our first
He clears the crowd without sayin a word
Man, that's the loudest silence I've ever heard
A lot of times guys test him, by tryin to bug
He just, leaves ring imprints, all over their mugs
He's a terminator, a Hercules of sorts
Man to hell with chess, he likes physical sports
You may not have known before but now you know
The reason why Charlie Mack is the first out the limo

[Fresh Prince:]
We'd like to apologize to all of our fans
But please don't touch us when we're at our jams
Cause Charlie don't like folks around us when we're doin a show
And if he punches you, uh-oh, better get Maaco!
Still you weak rap dudes tempers are hot
Just because I've got somethin that YOU AIN'T GOT
If you want to get physical, rowdy or try to bomb me
I won't get excited, I'll just say, "Yo Charlie!"
You shoulda been kind, you shouldn't have snapped
Charlie only hits you once and now you're takin a nap
And when he leaves you decaptitated, crushed in the dust
You'll look up, and see your girl in the limo with us
You may think that's enough boy but I think not
Charlie kick his face again I think you missed a spot
I roll down the limo window and yell, "By the way Eyes
You'll see your girl bucknaked givin Charlie a message"
I'm serious, I'm not jokin, no doubt
You know how many doubters bones have been broken
You may not have known before but now you know
The reason why Charlie Mack is the first out the limo

[Fresh Prince:]
Charlie Mack.. the first out the limo
He's Charlie Mack.. the first out the limo

In closing, we'd like to say this, to you bustaz
If you're skeptical you'll probably get beat up, plus kid
Embarassed and laughed at, by all of your friends
And if you cross Charlie Mack it's the beginning of the end
Of life as you know it, you might not die, sir
But if you're not dead, you'll wish you were
But if you still wanna bug out, homeboy let's go
You can bug with Charlie Mack cause he's the first out the limo

He's Charlie Mack
And he's the first out the limo

dj jazzy jeff & the fresh prince - code red

Here's a little story 'bout a Friday night
Buckwild, 'cause yo, that's kind of my style, check it
On the town with a girl named Kay-Bee
And a bow-wow-wow yippie-yo yippie any way
I was straight out illin
Why do I say so? Cause yo, my girl was home chillin
Fancy resteraunt me and Kay frontin
It was called Lay....um, Jay...um, somethin
I was ready to attack her, unh
Giving the sex look like Dracula
A little bit of soft music playin
And Don Perrier, it was on, know what I'm sayin
Every thing was lovely, but then
What the damn, my girlfriend walked in
Oh my goodness, danger, trouble, dread
Oh I'm dead, mayday code red

My oh my, what am I to do?
Gotta get away, cause my girlfriend's coming through
Um Jay, I gotta, um, well, see,
There's well, this, um, excuse me
To the back with the mucho-quickness
My girl's gonna kill me and leave no witnesses
I'm in the bathroom hiding like a punk
But there's bars on the windows, I can't jump
Exit stage left, quickly plan B
Gotta find a way that my girl won't see me
Crawling on the floor, I'm feeling sick
Like this some old Charlie Chaplin flick
Heart poundin around a mile-a-minute
This time I really done did it
Down on my hands and knees on the floor
I'm looking at the front door
Ready, set, make the dash
Her back is turned, maybe I can get past
I almost made it, but then, damn, she turned her head
Code red

Break it on down

All was perfect, the ship was sailin
But now it's sinking, so yo, I'm bailin
I kept on runnin' even though she saw me
And I sat and waited at home for baby to call me
I watched a little TV
Phone started ringing 'bout 12:23
I picked it up real slow, and said
"mmmmm..hello?"
She wasn't having it, she snapped, went bezerk
Girl made my head hurt
I tried to be as cool as I could be
I said hey, wasn't me
She wasn't having that melody
Needless to say, she left me
Another brother just couldn't control his head, (the other one)
Code red

dj jazzy jeff & the fresh prince - dj on the wheels

instrumental

dj jazzy jeff & the fresh prince - don t even try it

[ Fresh Prince ]
Yo Jeff, what's shakin, man?
[ Jazzy Jeff ]
What's up, dude?
[ Fresh Prince ]
Hey man, you remember that girl I knew
I walking to school, man
The one who used to diss me every day?
[ Jazzy Jeff ]
Yeah
[ Fresh Prince ]
When the record came out she called me two days ago, man
[ Jazzy Jeff ]
Man, my phone is ringin off the hook
With people askin me for tapes and free records
I - man, I ain't with it
[ Fresh Prince ]
Word man
Bust this

[ Fresh Prince ]
This rap is for you people in the past who were against me
Who snatched up every opportunity to dis me
Put me down like I was nothin, treated me like a jerk
Now I'm seein the pay-off of all my hard work
Cause now that it's MY records on the wheels
Somehow all of a sudden it's a whole new deal
So for those in the past who dissed me, don't deny it
What, you're sorry? Huh - don't even try it!

[ Jazzy Jeff ]
Word man
[ Fresh Prince ]
Man, people are a trip, man
[ Jazzy Jeff ]
Put everybody down about what's up with that
[ Fresh Prince ]
Yo word, man
I gotta let em know
I gotta
[ Jazzy Jeff ]
Bust this

[ Fresh Prince ]
I used to know this girl by the name of Theresa
I did all I could to make her release her
Emotions to me, but she just wouldn't do it
She built up a wall and I couldn't break through it
I used to walk to school every day of the week
Watchin Theresa walk on the other side of the street
One day I finally got my heart up to speak
But she dissed me and dismissed me with a smack on my cheek
So I bought six bottles of new fancy cologne
But all I got from Theresa was (Leave me alone!)
I bought new clothes to wear everyplace
But all Theresa would say was (Get out of my face!)
So I gave up this quest for Theresa
But then on the day my record was released, a
Strange thing happened when it came on the radio
Theresa broke her neck just to say (Hello..)
I looked at her, I said, "You must be foolish
Why did you ignore me on the way to school if
You were interested?" She said (Oh, I apologize)
I looked deep into her dark brown eyes
I said, "You ignored me for months on and
Now all of a sudden you wanna be my friend?
You didn't talk before, so don't talk now, be quiet
What, you really like me? Huh - don't even try it!"

[ Jazzy Jeff ]
Man - she had a lotta nerve, man
[ Fresh Prince ]
Word man
Hey man, but she ain't had half as much nerve as that old recordproducer, man
Remember when he dissed us, man?
[ Jazzy Jeff ]
What - what up?

[ Fresh Prince ]
When I first started rappin I had one idea
And it was set in my mind very vivid and clear
I knew that I wanted to be a rap artist
I would give my all and work my hardest
But when I took my song to a record producer
He told me that I better go drink some rap juice, or
Something, cause my song was really absurd
He said that it was the worst trash that he'd ever heard
You know my ego was shattered, he busted my groove
I could hear him crackin up as I left the booth (Ha-haaa!)
I thought my song was good but he busted my bubble
The title was 'Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble'
Luckily I found someone who had faith
He lifted my ego back up into place
His name was Dana Goodman and he thought my song was on track
So two weeks later it was out on wax
It busted up the charts like a hydrogene bomb
Up, up, up, up it clim-clim-climbed
I made people eat the words that said I couldn't achieve
Now they had no choice but to believe
In me, then no sooner than my record came out
That same old producer started callin my house
One night he called me 'bout at half past 12
He said, "I've got some cash if you wanna sell"
I said, "You big, stupid, half-wit idiot
I told you before that my record was a hit
But you just laughed like I was some kind of kid
Now don't you regret what you did?
I wish you'd get off my tip, yes, that's my request
You see, he who laughs last, always laughs best
Okay, I'll be reasonable - You wanna buy it?
Okay, I'll sell it - psych - don't even try it!"

[ Jazzy Jeff ]
Ha-ha
That's how you gotta put it to him
[ Fresh Prince ]
Word man, that's how you gotta..
[ Jazzy Jeff ]
You know what?
Let me tell you something
I got dissed so hard, man
Bust this
I'ma tell YOU what's up

[ Jazzy Jeff (& Fresh Prince) ]
Yo Prince - do you remember when we first started out
How we used to go to all the parties just to rock the house?
(Word man, I remember those good days well)
Why chill out, man, cause I got a story to tell
About five years ago I began my quest
To be the best deejay in the whole U.S.
There was a lot of deejays strivin for my spot
They would put me down every chance they got
Never cut me a break on any given night
They used to all look at me and say (Pfsss.. Jeff's aight)
(But when your 'Magnficient Cuts' were released
All of that laughter ceased)
Word
(When you and I used to do our shows
All the crowd would say was 'HO, HO, HO')
Yeah, time after time we were tearin it up
While you rocked the mic and I rocked the cut
But now that I'm makin a name for myself
All those deejays are like (Yo Jeff, what's up?)
But all that stuff is dead, no, I ain't with it
They approach me on the street and say (Yo Jeff, how 'bout aticket
Man, to your very next show?)
But I say no and I tell em where they can go
I can't believe that they had the nerve
To hop on my tip now! (Yeah man, word)
Just the other day homebody approached me on the street
And said (Yo Jeff, how 'bout a record for free?)
I said, Man, the way you dissed me, you better go buy it!
(But Jeff - we're friends) For real? Don't even try it!

[ Jazzy Jeff ]
Hey man, I'm tellin you
Straight up
You know how it is, man
[ Fresh Prince ]
Man people
People are a trip, man
[ Jazzy Jeff ]
Maybe they'll know next time not to dis people
Knawmsayin?
[ Fresh Prince ]
We told em
We let em know
[ Jazzy Jeff ]
Cause I ain't with it, man
That stuff is dead
[ Fresh Prince ]
Dig it
Aight Jeff, chill, man
Aight

dj jazzy jeff & the fresh prince - dumb dancin

We gonna do a song

Me and my crew like to play around
We like to laugh and joke and have fun while we going down
Born and raised in Philly
We go jam and jam and jam actin' silly
We got a dance we do at a party
That we'd like to introduce to everybody
It ain't the Humpty nor the Lambada
More party pump than a damn piniata
You may have seen it on my TV show
Yeah I know I dance like a pro
Cause I get busy and I get loose G
On the dance floor can't another brother juice me
Cause I'm smooth and I move loosely
With a spin or a kick like Bruce Lee
Come on get on the floor and take the chance
Everybody it's time to dumb dance

Now what's a dumb dance you might ask
Well let me take you to my dumb dancin' class
Its called dumb dance 101
It's where we teach smart people how to be dumb
Here's the background and here's what's up
Back in Philly where we grew up
We used to party all the time
Just playing around and make a Soul Train line
This old train line the concept changed
To put it in joint got flipped and rearranged
The line turned into a contest yo
To see who could dance not the worst but the best though
So in Philly the dance caught on fast
People starting challenging me to dance
So I got busy quick as the music was played up
How you gonna beat me at a dance I made up
Now you know that I can throw that
Body of mine fine so I'm about to show that
Guy who thinks he can do it a bit better
I'm the creator, originator so go and get a seat to sit down
So I can demonstrate a dance that's easy to do
And you don't have to contemplate a move at all
Just take a bit of a chance
Its time to dumb dance

Everybody in the house just (Clap your hands)
Come on just (Clap your hands everybody)
Just (Clap your hands)
Come on just (Clap your hands everybody)
Say (Clap your hands) Say (Clap your hands)
Say (Now we come to the real thing) Ha

Well there it is y'all the dumb dance concept
But let me break it down for those of you who haven't got it yet
It's the new craze coming across America
And I really really really don't care if you do it with a partner
Or do it alone
If you do it at a club or you do it at home
If you really can't dance then here's ya chance
Go for your's on the dance floor everybody dumb dance

(What does it all mean) (I don't know)
(What does it all mean) (I don't know)
(What does it all mean) (I don't know)
(What does it all mean) (I don't know) Ha what?
(What does it all mean) (I don't know)
(What does it all mean) (I don't know)
(What does it all mean) (I don't know)

(Now then let us have some fun)
(What's up doc)
(Cha cha cha forward back)
(Cha cha cha back forward) One, two, three now)
(Everybody reach reach over the top)
(Everybody reach up don't stop don't stop)
(Everybody reach reach over the top don't stop)
(Everybody reach reach over the top)
(Everybody reach up don't stop don't stop)
(Everybody reach reach over the top don't stop)
(Everybody reach reach over the top)
(Everybody reach up don't stop don't stop)
(Everybody reach reach over the top don't stop)

dj jazzy jeff & the fresh prince - everything that glitters

[trumpet playing off-key notes]
Aw man!
Put that ol' dumb horn down
Hey, Jazzy
Jazzy
Show this boy what some real music 'posed to sound like
He-he-ha!

[drums and horns set in]
1-2-3-4

[Jazzy Jeff starts scratching]
(Don't stop the rock)

Now that's a record!
Now that's a record!

Go Jazzy, go Jazzy, go

I want to be remembered for the songs that I sing
Not only for the humor, but for the knowledge I bring
To broaden the horizons of others is why I rap this
Enlightening minds with my lyrical tactics
In life everything ain't always what it seems
But people are enchanted by things that gleam
You know, bright fancy cars, big yachts and mansions
On the beaches of Aruba with a girlie romancin
Now I'm about to tell you a very artistic fable
More fun than when you first got cable
The moral to be learned from this story to be told
Is that everything that glitters ain't always gold

On July 11th I was sittin at home
Talkin to my girlfriend Geena on the telephone
Flippin through the newspaper checkin the news
When I saw an advertisement for a Carribean cruise
It said, 'Sunny skies and romantic nights
On an incredible ship' - and I got hype
It said it's like the _Love Boat_, baskin in the sun
Promisin fun for you and for everyone
I said, "That's dope! Baby, you're down?"
She said, "Yeah, we could leave right now!"
The very next day I put the check in the mail
And one week later we were ready to sail
The brochure said that the boat was large
But it was nothin but a broken-down barnacle barge!
And if it wasn't for my girlfriend, I wouldn'ta went
Because the captain was a cross-eyed hunchback with a limp
The cruise was paid for and the food was free
So I said what the hell and set out to sea
It didn't take long to notice something was wrong
The ship was a mess and we were the only ones on it
I didn't wanna panic, so I chilled for a while
Till the captain pulled up to what we thought was a deserted isle
We looked on to the beach and almost went bezerk
We saw 300 natives with spears and grass skirts!
The said, "Hung-a-dung-a-digi-dung-da-doa"
I said, "Hey baby, I guess that means get off the boat"
Their chief said they needed a human sacrifice
I said, "Well, just take my girl - he-he - syke"
I was jokin, but things got serious
Their leader came out and he was curious
He got in my face and his breath was the worst
I said, "Hey baby, you got some mints in your purse?"
His breath was stinkin with filthy brown teeth
And two big crusty ashy hairy feet
The worst thing, he had no toenail on his toes
And a big Teradactyl bird bone in his nose
I tried to reason with him, he wasn't with it
He said, "Tenga-shanko," that meant 'forget it'
He said, "Gunga-shang-tang-da-bong-da-boo"
That meant 'tonight we're having Fresh Prince stew'
Then I saw it - no, it's not
The big Indiana Jones people cooking pot!
I wanted to fight em, but there was no way to beat em
I thought to myself, 'Where's Tarzan when you need him?'
Just as they were contemplatin cookin us up
We had a major struck of luck, a Navy ship pulled up
The troops came off and they got us out of the pot
And I said to the chief, "Yo, I get witcha, hops!"
The guy that rescued us said, "I hate to tell you
The captain of your ship, he had just escaped from Belview
We've been following him and finally we got him
We're sorry, there's no way that you can possibly get a refund"
A thousand dollars and a weekend island drained
But a lesson well learned, so let me explain
There's a very important message that needs to be told
It's that everything that glitters ain't always gold

dj jazzy jeff & the fresh prince - fresh prince of bel air theme song

Now heres a story all about how
My life got flipped right upside down
And Id like to take a minute just sit right there
All tell you all about how I becamse the Prince of Bel Air

In West Philadelphia born an raised
On the playground I liked to spend most of my days
Chillin out maxin and relaxin all cool
While shootin some bballs outside of the school
When a couple a guys they were up to no good
Started makin trouble in my neighborhood
I got in one lil fight and my mom got scared
She said "Your movin with your auntie and uncle in Bel Air!"

I begged and pleaded with her, day after day,
But she packed my suitcase and sent me on my way,
She gave me a kiss and then she gave my ticket,
I put my walkman on and said I might as well kick it.
First class, you this is bad,
Drinking orange juice out of a champagne glass.
If this is what the people of Bel- Air are living like..
hmm.... this might be alright.
But wait I hear the prissy, bougwa and all that that.
Is this the type of place that they should send this cool cat?
Well I dunno, I'll see when I get there, I hope they'reprepared
For the Prince of Bel-air.

I stepped off the plane and when I got out,
There was a dude- look like a cop,
Standing there with my name out.
I ain't trying to get arrested yet,
I just got here.
So I sprang with the quickness of light and disappeared.
I whistled for a cab and when it came near
I noticed the liscense plate said "Fresh"
And the dice on the dice on the mirror
If anything would saythat this cab was rare
But I thought man forget it, yo home to Bel Air

I pulled up to the house about 7 or 8
And I said to the cabby "Yo homie smell ya later."
Looked at my kingdom I was finally there
To sit at my throne as the Prince of Bel Air...