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 become the prince of a town called Bel Air In west Philadelphia born and raised On the playground is where I spent most of my days Chillin out maxin relaxin all cool And all shootin some b ball outside of the school When a couple of guys they were up to no good Started makin trouble in my neighborhood I got in one little fight and my mom got scared And said You re movin with your auntie and uncle in Bel Air 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 cabby yo holmes smell ya later Looked at my kingdom I was finally there To sit on my throne as the prince of Bel Air