Lyrics I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson - DJ Jazzy Jeff & DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

"Hey, Leroy, Leroy!" "Yeah?"
"Did you, did you hear about that boy Mike Tyson?"
"Mike, Mike Tyson, he's the boy that played football
From Montreal ain't he?"
"No, you old coot, he a, 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 18th row
They had to go get his head out the 18th row"

I was in Jeff's crib one night, about eight (yeah)
And we were watchin' a couple of Mike Tyson fight tapes
Jeff was like "Man, you see how hard Mike's punchin'?"
Come on Jeff, the other guy was just lunging
Left, right, left, right, another K.O (ooh)
If that was me, I'd have been okay though
The very next day, I gave Russell a ring
With J.L. and Lyor, and we all called Don King

I said "Yeah, Don, I got a problem" (tell 'em Prince)
"Yeah, what's up? What you sayin? You tryna 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 beat Mike Tyson"

"Man, you can beat him, man"
"Yo, man, word up", "You can beat him, man"
"You know I put on a couple pounds, man
We can do this, man", "You can do it"

Extra, extra, read all about it! Get this...
Fresh Prince challenges Iron Mike Tyson to a fight
"Hahahaha, he's crazy"
"Ain't that the boy who knocked the guy's head in the 15th row?"
"Hey, Leroy, you read this paper? That boy done lost his mind"

There was a 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 exaggerated a little
I said "Uh, I been training 20 hours a day
Lifting big old cars and big bales of hay" (that's what you're doing?)
"And I jog 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 Volkswagen a whole half block" (he can do it too)
"And 4,000,000 sit ups, in a minute
I ain't lying, I did it"

The general public thought I was a fool
I was gettin' dissed but I guess that was cool
Well, you know, gettin' dissed is never good
But I was even gettin' dissed in my own neighborhood
I was at the corner at the top of my block
There was a couple of people standin' outside of the barber shop
It was Lawrence, my barber and friend, and he yelled out
"Ayy, Prince, you can win"
I said "Really?" and I stopped to chat
"You could beat him, man, if you hit him with a bat
Ahahaha, you gon' get wrecked
But can I have your shoes when he break yo' neck?"

Everybody was laughin' out loud
I thought at least my own Grandma would be proud
I went to her house and snuck in to surprise her
I heard her on the phone, "A thousand bucks on Tyson"

It's fight day and, man, am I hyped
Woah, I can't wait to see Mike
Boy, I'm hyped, ready to do my thing
Trump Castle Casino

"In this corner, weighing a mere 165 pounds
The Lightening Rodent, The Fresh Prince
And this corner, the heavyweight champion of the world
Iron Mike Tyson"

I came out hustling, sliding and grabbing
Slippin' and dippin', hustlin' and jabbin'
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 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 any day"
My career is over as far as fightin'
But I don't know what made me think I could beat Mike Tyson

"Hey, Leroy!" "Yeah?"
"Did you see the fight? Did you see the fight?"
"The, the, the football player?"
"No, the boxer, come on, man"
"I was at the fight last night
I paid 474,000 dollars for my ticket, right?"
"You weren't at no fight, I seen you around here last night"
"And the boy, the boy ran out the ring"
"You always lying", "I ain't lying"
"You lie to your grandkids", "I seen it"
"Mike Tyson punched the boy in his ribs, and his leg fell off
His leg fell off and it fell over
And knocked the HBO cameraman's camera out his hand
I said 'Goddamn', I couldn't believe it Leroy
You shoulda been there, you definitely shoulda been there"