Uploaded December 2010 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Hey, hey, Leroy...Leroy (Yeah?) Did you hear about that boy Mike Tyson?
Mike...Mike Tyson? He's the boy that played football from Montreal, ain't he?
No, no, you old coop, he... ah... he a boxer, man (Yeah?)
Let me tell ya, I went to his fight a couple months ago
I seen him hit this boy, and he hit the boy so hard
His head flew off into the eigtheenth row
They had to get his head out of the eighteenth row

I was in Jeff's crib one night about eight
And we were watchin'a couple of Mike Tyson fight tapes
Jeff was like... "Man, you see how hard Mike's punching?"
"Come on Jeff, the other guy was just lunging."
Left, right, left, right, another K.O. If that was me I'd a been ok though
The very next day, I gave Russell a ring, with J.L. and Omar, we all called Don King
I said "yeah, Don I got a problem." "Tell 'em, Prince."
"Yeah, what's up? What you saying? You trying to solve 'em? Forget the small talk
Let's get to the nitty gritty, me and Mike, two months, Trump, Atlantic City."
Yo, you got this you gonna bust dude up
Yeah, you can be my trainer (Word up?)
I'm rough like a freight train, smooth like ice
And yo Jeff, straight up, I think I can Mike Tyson
Man, you can beat him, you can beat him (Yo man, word up)
Yo, I put on a couple of pounds, man, we can do this (You can do it)

Newspaper boy: "Extra, extra! Read all about it
Fresh Prince challenges Iron Mike Tyson to a fight, ah ha ha, he's crazy."
Ain't that the boy who knocked the guy's head in the fifthteen row?
Hey Leroy, you read the paper? That boy done lost his mind!

There was press conference to see what training I was doing
Before then I had never heard reporters booing
Cameras flashing, I was in the middle
I didn't wanna look dumb so I exagerrated a little
I said "uh, I been training 20 hours a day, lifting big old cars and big bails of hay. (That's what he's doing)
And I run 10,000 miles every morning, thinking about Mike and my moment of glory. (Tell 'em more)
I drink water 20 gallons a pop and I can throw a Volkswagon a whole half block. (He can do it too)
And 4 million sit ups...in a minute.... I ain't lying, I did it!" (He done it)
The general public thought I was a fool
I was getting dissed but I guess that was cool
Well, getting dissed is never good but I was even getting dissed in my old nieghborhood
I was at the corner at the top of my block
There was a couple of people standing outside of the barber shop
It was Larwence, my barber and Franny, he yelled out "hey, Prince, you can win!"
I said "really?" and I stopped to chat
"You could beat him, man, if you hit him with a bat, ha ha...
You gone get whipped but can I have your shoes when he break your neck?"
Everybody was laughing out loud, I thought at least my own Grandma would be proud
I went to her house and snuck in to surpise her
I heard her on the phone "a thousand bucks on Tyson."

It's fight day and man, am I hyped? Boy, I can't wait to see Mike
Boy, I'm ready to be my thing Trump Castle Casino
In this corner...weighing in at a mere 165 pounds, the Lighting Rodent - the Fresh Prince! [booing]
And in this corner... the heavyweight champion of the world - Iron Mike Tyson! [cheering]
I came out, hustling, sliding and grabbing, slipping and dipping, hustling and jabbing
For a second I looked good out there but then Mike brought to reality my worst nightmare
One punch, that's all it took, he hit me in my ribs and my insides shook
Now how can I say this and be a little discreet? Let's just say that my bowels released
I called timeout and went back to my corner
Said to my coach "ain't no way I'm going the hell back out there, man, you can't forget it!"
My body's like a punching bag and Mike is gonna hit it
They tried to make me go, meet my doom
But I sucker punched my coach and hauled to my dressing room
The next day, the headline in the town 'Fresh Prince breaks camp, Tyson wins first round'
Some fool asked why I ran away, I said "a good run is better than a bad stand anyday.
My career is over as far as fighting but I don't know what made me think I can beat Mike Tyson."