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''. Portions of the song were rapped by

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. The song was originally released in 1988 as the

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for '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master''. In the video,

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's "Uncle Frederick" has died, and his lawyer (

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) meets the group outside the ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' house. The lawyer informs Markie that he must spend the night inside Uncle Frederick's home to earn his inheritance, so the group enters, and not long after

appears and begins to chase the band throughout the house, slashing with his claw while stopping to

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.Are You Ready for Freddy video
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Personnel

- vocals *Kool Rock-Ski - vocals *Buff Love - vocals *

- guest vocals (as

)

References

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