DJ Jazzy Jeff - I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson

i was in jeff's crib one night about 8 (yup)
and we were watchin' a couple of mike tyson fight tapes
jeff was like man you see how hard mike's punchin'
c'mon jeff the other guy was just lungin'

left right left right another k.o. (ooh)
if that was me i'da bee nokay though
the very next day i gave russel a ring
with j.l. and leore we all called don king

i said yeah don i gotta problem (tell 'im prince)
yeah what's up whatchoo sayin' you tryin' a solve em
forget the small talk let's get to the nitty gritty
me an' mike two months trump atlantic city

yo you got this you gonna bus' dude up
yeah you can be my trainer word up
i'm rough like a freight train smooth like icin'
yo jeff straight up i think i can beat mike tyson

there was a press conference to see what training i was doin'
before then i had never heard reporters booin'
cameras flashin' i was in the middle
i didn't wanna look dumb so i exaggerated a little

i said uh i been training twenty hours a day
liftin' big ol' cars and big bales of hay (i seen you do it)
and i jog ten thousand miles every mornin'
thinkin' about mike in my moment of glory (tell 'em more)

i drink water twenty gallons a pop
and i can throw a volkswagon a whole half block (he can do it too)
and four million situps in a minute
i ain't lyin' i did it!

the general public thought i was a fool
i was gettin' dissed but i guess that was cool
though 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 the barber shop
it was lawrence my barber and franny
he yelled out hey prince you can win

i said really and i stopped to chat
you can beat him man if you hit 'im wit a bat (hah ha ha)
you gonna get wrecked
but can i have yo shoes when you break your neck?

everybody was laughin' out loud
i thought at least my own grandma would be proud
i went to her house and snuck in and 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 (ding ding)


i came out hustlin' slidin' and a grabbin'
slippin' and dippin' hustlin' and jabbin' (yeah)
for a second i looked good out there
but then mike brought to reality my worst nightmare

one punch that's all it took (ooooh)
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 time out and went back to my corner
said to my coach ain' no way i goin'
the hell back out there man you can forget it
my body's like a punchin' bag and mike is gonna hit it

they tried to make me go meet my doom
but i ____er punched my coach and hauled to my dressin' 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