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 or 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