1980 Lyrics

I grew up in the 1980's

in a 4-bedroom house my family my Grandma

3 or 4 Aunties Uncles and Brothers

in and out of prison daily

at certain times when there was no heat

we stay under covers

there was life like u never seen

Daddy taking extra people in

come dinner time It was tippin' 18

boil a big pot of water and the soap to take a bath

with my face in Olive Oil all my mates used to laugh

And my Cousin's moved out And we all got divided

as i started to get older I seen god providing

I've seen ｣50 last 3 months solid

I got my first pair of 'Nikes' we were still eating porridge

me and my cousin used to play 'Mel & Kim'

practising dancin' coming down the stairs and ting

I touched Africa and came back darker

knowing myself feeling my roots a little bit harder

[Chorus]

1980 year that God made me

89 i started to get mine

99 i started to write rhymes

come, walk with me baby this were my life

1980 year that God made me

89 i started to get mine

99 i started to write rhymes

come, walk with me reminiscing my life

So then we moved up thought i was the 'Fresh Prince'

'Dynasty' was re-runs and 'Dallas' was faded

with 3 beds this time and 6 kids

still we got a doggy (Does that dog 'ave to bark)

A proper butt is for a pair of 'LA Gear'

he thought it was for taking pictures of his belle's rear,

we started hanging out my jeans got tighterEstelle - 1980 - http://motolyrics.com/estelle/1980-lyrics.html

my weird neighbours set their own house on fire

Church was All day every day and every week

that's where i learned how to sing

hearing that Master Preach

Benediction was all we went for

so we could run home and play 'connect 4'

Mum worked late and we learnt to cook

so i started doing stew pea soup

In the room watching Kung-Fu films

and Cleopatra films.....

[Chorus]

1980 year that God made me

89 i started to get mine

99 i started to write rhymes

come, walk with me baby this were my life

1980 year that God made me

89 i started to get mine

99 i started to write rhymes

come, walk with me reminiscing my life

the man downstairs was dead for 3 weeks

his own cat started eating him, the house starts to wreak

that's when we moved out, our house was bigger

we had the large garage and the __

we used to pray for 3 hours in the morning

sitting on the school bus believe we was yawning

all our hair was stuck down to our forehead

sexy boys walking round showing interest

in what i don't know coz we all had flat chests

don't think we never mastered the 'Kid n Play' steps

doowop for days in the bogle yep

but this is just the beginning of my life right,

9 kids a house in one life time

yo, the beginning of my life right

9 kids a house in one life time......