[ti:I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson] [ar:DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prin] [al:The Best Of] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson (Album Version) - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince [00:18.91]Hey hey Leroy Leroy [00:21.22]Yeah [00:21.47]Did you hear about that boy Mike Tyson [00:24.34]Mike Mike Tyson he's the boy [00:25.89]That played football from Montreal ain't he [00:28.01] [00:28.51]No no you old coop he a he a boxer man [00:31.32]Yeah [00:32.01]Let me tell ya I went to his fight a couple months ago [00:34.89]I seen him hit this boy and he hit the boy so hard [00:38.64]His head flew off into the eigtheenth row [00:41.64]They had to get his head out of the eighteenth row [00:44.82]I was in Jeff's crib one night about eight [00:46.89]And we were watchin'a couple of Mike Tyson fight tapes [00:49.60]Jeff was like [00:50.16]Man you see how hard Mike's punchin' [00:51.98]Come on Jeff the other guy was just lungin' [00:53.61]Left right left right another K O [00:55.66] [00:56.23]If that was me I'd a been ok though [00:58.10]The very next day I gave Russell a ring [01:00.16]With J L and Omar we all called Don King [01:03.04]I said 'yeah Don I got a problem [01:05.07]Tell 'em Prince [01:05.70]Yeah what's up what you sayin you tryin' to solve them ' [01:06.96]Forget the small talk let's get to the nitty gritty' [01:08.84]Me and Mike two months Trump Atlantic City' [01:11.83]Yo you got this you gonna bust dude up [01:13.65]Yeah you can be my trainer [01:14.96]Word up [01:15.71]I'm rough like a freight train smooth like ice [01:18.09]And yo Jeff straight up I think I can Mike Tyson [01:19.73]Man you can beat him you can beat him [01:24.42]Yo man word up [01:25.54]Yo I put on a couple of pounds man we can do this [01:27.54]You can do it [01:29.73]Extra extra read all about it [01:32.06] [01:33.56]Fresh Prince challenges Iron Mike Tyson to a fight [01:37.18]Ah he's crazy [01:39.87]Ain't that the boy who knocked the guy's head in the fifthteen row [01:43.62]Hey Leroy you read the paper [01:45.00]That boy done lost his man [01:47.05]There was press conference to see what training I was doing [01:49.05]Before then I had never heard reporters booing [01:51.43]Cameras flashing I was in the middle [01:53.49]I didn't wanna look dumb so I exagerrated a little [01:55.80]I said uh I been training 2o hours a day [01:58.18]Lifting big old cars and big bails of hay (that's what he's doin') [02:01.06]And I run 10 000 miles every morning [02:02.25]Thinkin' about Mike and my moment of glory [02:04.68]I drink water 20 gallons a pop [02:06.87]And I can throw a Volkswagon a whole half block [02:09.43](he can do it too) [02:10.31]And 4 million sit ups in a minute [02:11.75] I ain't lying I did it [02:14.12](he done it) [02:14.62]The general public thought I was a fool [02:16.18]I was gettin' dissed but I guess that was cool [02:18.63]Well gettin' dissed is never good [02:20.51]But I was even gettin' dissed in my old nieghborhood [02:22.82]I was at the corner at the top of my block [02:24.76]There was a couple of people standing outside of the barber shop [02:27.20]It was Larwence my barber and Franny [02:29.13]He yelled out [02:29.89]Hey Prince you can win [02:31.83]I said 'really ' and I stopped to chat [02:33.57]You could beat him man if you hit him wit a bat [02:36.88]Ha ha you gon' get whipped [02:38.70]But can I have your shoes when he break your neck [02:40.63]Everybody was laughin' out loud [02:42.45]I thought at least my own Grandma would be proud [02:44.70]I went to her house and snuck in to surpise her [02:47.20]I heard her on the phone [02:48.39](a thousand bucks on Tyson) [02:49.73] [02:58.24]It's fight day and man am I hyped [03:00.61] [03:01.11]Woah I can't wait to see Mike [03:02.67] [03:03.17]Boy I'm hyped ready to be my thing [03:04.80]Trump Castle Casino [03:06.11] [03:07.42]In this corner weighing in [03:10.23]At a mere 165 pounds the Lighting Rodent [03:14.04]The Fresh Prince (booing) [03:17.80]And in this corner [03:18.67]The heavyweight champion of the world [03:20.80] [03:21.55]Iron Mike Tyson (cheering) [03:24.55] [03:25.17]I came out hustling sliding and grabbing [03:27.04]Slippin' and dippin' hustlin' and jabbin' [03:29.17]For a second I looked good out there [03:31.36]But then Mike brought to reality my worst nightmare [03:33.54]One punch that's all it took (oooh) [03:36.23]He hit me in my ribs and my insides shook [03:38.30]Now how can I say this and be a little discreet [03:40.67]Let's just say that my bowels released [03:42.67]I called timeout and went back to my corner [03:44.79]Said to my coach 'ain't no way I'm goin' [03:47.04]The hell back out there man you can't forget it' [03:49.23]My body's like a punchin' bag and Mike is gonna (hit it) [03:51.73]They tried to make me go meet my doom [03:53.67]But I sucker punched my coach and hauled to my dressing room [03:56.04]The next day the headline in the town [03:57.92]'Fresh Prince breaks camp Tyson wins first round' [03:59.92]Some fool asked why I ran away [04:02.48]I said 'a good run is better than a bad stand anyday' [04:04.61]My career is over as far as fightin' [04:07.04]But I don't know what made me think I can beat Mike Tyson [04:09.48]Hey Leroy [04:11.36]Yeah [04:11.86]Did you see the fight did you see the fight [04:14.48]The the the football player [04:16.04]No the boxer come on man [04:17.92]I was at the fight last night [04:19.23]I paid four hundred and seventy fo' thousand dollars [04:21.54]For my ticket right [04:22.67]Ah you weren't at no fight [04:24.04]I seen you around here last night [04:25.48] And the boy the boy ran out the ring [04:28.17]You always lying [04:29.67]I ain't lying [04:30.42]You lie to your grandkids [04:31.92]I seen it [04:32.73]You been lying ever since you was a little kid [04:34.54]Mike Tyson punched the boy in his ribs and his leg fell off [04:36.54]His leg fell off and it fell over [04:37.86]You always lying [04:38.29]And it knocked the HBO camerman's camera fell out his hand [04:39.85]I said god damn I couldn't beleive it Leroy [04:41.61]You shoulda been there you definetly shoulda been there [04:42.98]I was right next to you playin' checkers