Nightmare On My Street Lyrics - Will Smith

Now I have a story that I'd 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 

He's burnt up like the 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 home when I'm awake but he shows up when I sleep 

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 movie 

I got Angie, Jeff got Tina 

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

That was alright because the lady was chill 

Then we dipped to the theater set to ill 

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Buggin' cold havin' a ball 

And somethin' about Elm St. was the movie we saw 

The way it started was decent you know nuthin' real fancy 

About this homeboy named Fred and this girl named Nancy 

But word when it was over, I said yo that was def 

And everything seemed all right when we left 

But when I got home and laid down to sleep 

That began the nightmare on my street 

It was burning in my room like an oven 

My bed soaked with sweat and man I was bugging 

I checked the clock and it stopped at 12: 30 

It had melted it was so darn hot and I was thirsty 

I wanted something cool to quench my thirst 

I thought to myself yo this heaters the worst 

But when I got downstairs I noticed something was wrong 

I was home all alone but the TV was on 

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I thought nothin' off it as I grabbed the remote 

I pushed the power button and then I almost choked 

When I heard this awful voice coming from behind It said 

"You got my favorite letter but now you must die" 

Man, I ain't even wait to see who it was 

Broke inside my drawers and screamed, "So long, 'cuz" 

Got halfway up the block I calmed down and stopped screaming 

Then thought, "Oh, I get 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 

"Here's what we'll do, we gotta 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 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" 

Fred got mad and his head started steaming 

But I've thought what the hell I'm only dreamin' 

I said please leave Fred so I can get some sleep 

But give me a call maybe we'll hang out next week 

I patted him on the shoulder, said, "Thanks for stopping 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 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 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 

Oh 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 three o'clock in the morning, what do you want? 

Jeff, Jeff, would you listen to me? Listen 

Whatever you do, don't fall asleep 

Man 

Jeff, listen to me, don't go to sleep, Jeff 

Look, I'll talk to you tomorrow 

Jeff, Jeff, Jeff, Jeff, answer me