"Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air (Theme Song)" lyrics

Now this is a story all about how

My life got flipped-turned upside down

And I'd like to take a minute

Just sit right there

I'll 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 shooting some b-ball outside of the school

When a couple of guys who were up to no good

Started making trouble in my neighborhood

I got in one little fight and my mom got scared

She said, "You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air"



I begged and pleaded with her day after day

But she packed my suitcase and sent 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 Bel-Air living like?

Hmm, this might be alright



But wait I hear they're prissy, bourgeois, all that

Is this the type of place that they just send this cool cat?

I don't think so

I'll see when I get there

I hope they're prepared for the prince of Bel-Air



Well, the plane landed and when I came out

There was a dude who looked like a cop

Standing there with my name out

I ain't trying to get arrested yet

I just got here

I sprang with the quickness like lightning, 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 could say that this cab was rare

But I thought, "Nah, forget it"

– "Yo, home to Bel-Air"



I pulled up to the house about 7 or 8

And I yelled to the cabbie

"Yo home smell ya later"

I looked at my kingdom

I was finally there

To sit on my throne as the Prince of Bel-Air







Thanks to Msptip for adding these lyrics.

Thanks to MLGM8, Adrie, Ashley, Dylan Bell for correcting these lyrics.



Writer(s): Will Smith, Jeffrey Townes



"Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air" is Will Smith's and DJ Jazzy Jeff's most popular song.

"Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air" is the longest TV theme song of the '90s sitcoms (1:05).

Jazzy Jeff asserted that writing a song took only 15 minutes, Jeff arranged beats and Smith wrote lyrics.