A Nightmare on My Street
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
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Now I have a story that I'd like to tell About this guy, you all know me I was scared as hell He comes to me at night when 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 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 off of tour last night So the gang and I thought that it would be groovy If we summoned up the posse and down watch a movie I got Angie, Jeff got Tina Ready Rock got some girl I've never seen in my life That was alright though, ''cause lady was chill Then we dipped to the theater set to ill Buggin' , cold havin' a ball And somethin' 'bout Elm Street was the movie we saw The way it started was decent You know, nothin' 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 alright when we left But when I got home and laid down to sleep That began the nightmare, on my street! It was burnin' 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 wanted something cool to quench my thirst I thought to myself, Yo! This heat is the worst! But when I got downstairs, I noticed something was wrong I was home all alone, but the TV was on. I thought nothin' of it as I grabbed the remote I pushed the power button, and I then almost choked When I heard this aweful voice comin' from behind, it said "You are my favorite rapper, but now you must die!" (?) Man, I ain't even wait to see who it was Broke inside my drawers and screamed, "So long ''cause!" Got halfway up the block, I calmed down and stopped screamin' And thought, Oh, I get it, I must be dreamin' I strolled back home with a grin on my grill I'm thinkin' 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've 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 brains." I said, "Yo, Fred. I think you've got me all wrong. I ain't parnters with nobody with nails that long. Look, I'll be honest man, this team won't work The girls won't be yours, Fred, your face is all burnt" Fred got mad and his head started steamin' But I thought what the hell, I'm only dreamin' I said, "Please leave Fred, so I can get some sleep. But gimme a call, and maybe we'll hang out next week." I pat him on the shoulder, say, "Thanks for stoppin' by." Then I opened up the door and said, "Take care, guy!" He got mad, threw 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, uh, there's been an aweful 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 and threw 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. Heh...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 See'mon, see'mon... See'mon Jeff, answer! See'mon man Jeff: Hello... Prince: Jeff, it's Prince man, Jeff, wake up Jeff, wake up! Jeff: What do you want?! Prince: Jeff, wake up, man. Listen to me. Jeff Jeff: It's 3 O'clock in the morning, what do you want? Prince: Jeff, listen, Jeff, would you listen to me? Whatever you do, don't Fall asleep. Jeff: Man! Prince: Jeff..listen to me. Don't go to sleep Jeff: Look, I'll talk to you tomorrow, I'm goin' to bed AGHH.....AGHHH Prince: Jeff! Jeff! ..........Jeff, answer me, Jeff! Freddy: I'm your D.J. now, Princy...HA HA HA
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Written by: JEFFREY TOWNES, PETER BRIAN HARRIS, WILLARD C. SMITH
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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10 facts about this song
Inspiration"A Nightmare on My Street" was inspired by the popular horror movie franchise, "A Nightmare on Elm Street". The song even references the film series' villain, Freddy Krueger.
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ReleaseThe track was released in October 1988, as a part of DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's second studio album, "He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper".
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ChartingDespite its non-traditional horror theme, the song became a hit and peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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ControversyNew Line Cinema, the makers of A Nightmare on Elm Street series, sued DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince and their label for copyright infringement. As a result, the song was removed from later pressings of "He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper".
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Music VideoDue to the lawsuit, the music video of "A Nightmare on My Street" was shelved and was thought to be lost. However, it resurfaced on the internet years later.
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LyricsInstead of following the traditional rap lyrics theme of the 80s, the song combined humor, storytelling and popular culture. It tells a fictional story of Fresh Prince encountering Freddy Krueger.
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American Music AwardsThe song, as part of their album, helped DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince win the first-ever American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist in 1989.
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Pop CultureThe track is considered one of the pioneering "horrorcore" rap songs, exploring a niche of macabre and suspenseful storytelling in Hip-Hop genre.
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Fun FactWill Smith, one half of the duo 'DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince', is the same Will Smith who would later gain worldwide fame as an actor.
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LongevityDespite the lawsuit and controversy, "A Nightmare on My Street" has remained popular and is often played around Halloween due to its spooky theme.
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