Now this is a story all about how My life got flippedturned upside down And I liked to take a minute Just sit right there Ill tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel Air In west Philadelphia born and raised On the playground was where I spent most of my days Chillin out maxin relaxin all cool And all shootin some bball outside of the school When a couple of guys Who were up to no good Startin makin trouble in my neighbourhood I got in one lil fight and my mom got scared She said Youre movin with your auntie and uncle in bel Air I begged and pleaded with her day after day But she packed my suite case and send me on my way She gave me a kiss and then she gave me my ticket I put my walkman on and said I might as well kick it First class yo this is bad Drinking orange juice out of a champagne glass Is this what the people of BelAir Living like mmmmm this might be alright But wait I hear the pricey booze wine all that Is BelAir the type of place they send this cool cat I dont think so Ill see when I get there I hope theyre prepared for the prince of BelAir Well the plane landed and when I came out There was a dude who looked like a cop and yelled my name out I aint trying to get arrested I just got here I sprang with the quickness like lightening disappeared I whistled for a cab and when it came near The license plate said fresh and it had dice in the mirror If anything I can say this cab is rare But I thought Now forget it Yo homes to Bel Air I pulled up to the house about 7 or 8 And I yelled to the cabbie Yo homes smell ya later I looked at my kingdom I was finally there To sit on my throne as the Prince of Bel Air