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Carolina Panthers' Twitter account hid the 'Fresh Prince' theme song right under its fans' noses

So sneaky.

Mia Johnson

on July 7, 2017

When football's off for the summer, teams need to do absolutely anything to keep fans entertained until the fall.

For example: Over the past three days, the folks behind the Carolina Panthers' Twitter account have been planning something extra special for their followers.

After three days of seemingly unrelated tweets, the team account put out a final tweet asking followers to re-read the first word of each of their last few posts.

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Though it takes a moment to catch, it turns out that they've been stealthily been tweeting the first few lyrics to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song. And it's a delight.

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The full message that they tweeted reads, "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 Bel-Air."

Check out the full secret message here:

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And, fin.

The bell emoji might be a stretch though.

Mia Johnson

Mia Johnson was a web culture intern for Mashable. She's a Chicago native and Missouri School of Journalism graduate. She has a background in online, TV, and magazine journalism.