歌曲 | 1980 |
歌手 | Estelle |
专辑 | The 18th Day |
下载 | Image LRC TXT |
(*E. Swaray, R. Shelton, K. Veney, L. Hill) | |
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 | |
Grandma taking extra people in | |
Come dinner time It was tippin' 18 | |
Boil a big pot of water on the stove to take a bath | |
Rub my face with Olive Oil | |
All my mates used to laugh | |
All my Cousin's moved out | |
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: (2x)] | |
1980 year that God made me | |
89 I started to get by | |
99 I started to write rhymes | |
Walk with me reminice my life | |
So then we moved up | |
I thought I was the Fresh Prince | |
Dynasty was re-runs and Dallas was faded | |
With 3 beds this time and 6 kids | |
We got a doggy that dog loved to shit | |
My brother got his first pair of LA Gears | |
He thought they were to take pictures of instead of wear | |
I started hanging out and my jeans got tighter | |
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 pastor Preach | |
Benediction was all we went for | |
So we could run home and play connect 4 | |
Mum worked late and we learnt to cook | |
Rice peas chicken and stew pea soup | |
In the room watching Kung-Fu films | |
And Cleopatra joans | |
Wishing we were cosby kids and the match stick girls. | |
[Repeat Chorus: (2x)] | |
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 | |
And our house was bigger | |
We had a large garage and the attic was killer | |
We used to pray for 3 hours in the mornin' | |
Sitting on the school bus | |
Believe we was yawning | |
All our hair was stuck down to our foreheads | |
Jam curls, splits, dorags and pin curls yes | |
Sexy boys walking round showing interest | |
In what I don't know cause 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 and one life time | |
Yo, the beginning of my life right | |
9 kids a house in one life time | |
[Repeat Chorus: (2x)] |
E. Swaray, R. Shelton, K. Veney, L. Hill | |
I grew up in the 1980' s | |
In a 4bedroom 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 | |
Grandma taking extra people in | |
Come dinner time It was tippin' 18 | |
Boil a big pot of water on the stove to take a bath | |
Rub my face with Olive Oil | |
All my mates used to laugh | |
All my Cousin' s moved out | |
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: 2x | |
1980 year that God made me | |
89 I started to get by | |
99 I started to write rhymes | |
Walk with me reminice my life | |
So then we moved up | |
I thought I was the Fresh Prince | |
Dynasty was reruns and Dallas was faded | |
With 3 beds this time and 6 kids | |
We got a doggy that dog loved to shit | |
My brother got his first pair of LA Gears | |
He thought they were to take pictures of instead of wear | |
I started hanging out and my jeans got tighter | |
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 pastor Preach | |
Benediction was all we went for | |
So we could run home and play connect 4 | |
Mum worked late and we learnt to cook | |
Rice peas chicken and stew pea soup | |
In the room watching KungFu films | |
And Cleopatra joans | |
Wishing we were cosby kids and the match stick girls. | |
Repeat Chorus: 2x | |
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 | |
And our house was bigger | |
We had a large garage and the attic was killer | |
We used to pray for 3 hours in the mornin' | |
Sitting on the school bus | |
Believe we was yawning | |
All our hair was stuck down to our foreheads | |
Jam curls, splits, dorags and pin curls yes | |
Sexy boys walking round showing interest | |
In what I don' t know cause 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 and one life time | |
Yo, the beginning of my life right | |
9 kids a house in one life time | |
Repeat Chorus: 2x |
E. Swaray, R. Shelton, K. Veney, L. Hill | |
I grew up in the 1980' s | |
In a 4bedroom 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 | |
Grandma taking extra people in | |
Come dinner time It was tippin' 18 | |
Boil a big pot of water on the stove to take a bath | |
Rub my face with Olive Oil | |
All my mates used to laugh | |
All my Cousin' s moved out | |
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: 2x | |
1980 year that God made me | |
89 I started to get by | |
99 I started to write rhymes | |
Walk with me reminice my life | |
So then we moved up | |
I thought I was the Fresh Prince | |
Dynasty was reruns and Dallas was faded | |
With 3 beds this time and 6 kids | |
We got a doggy that dog loved to shit | |
My brother got his first pair of LA Gears | |
He thought they were to take pictures of instead of wear | |
I started hanging out and my jeans got tighter | |
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 pastor Preach | |
Benediction was all we went for | |
So we could run home and play connect 4 | |
Mum worked late and we learnt to cook | |
Rice peas chicken and stew pea soup | |
In the room watching KungFu films | |
And Cleopatra joans | |
Wishing we were cosby kids and the match stick girls. | |
Repeat Chorus: 2x | |
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 | |
And our house was bigger | |
We had a large garage and the attic was killer | |
We used to pray for 3 hours in the mornin' | |
Sitting on the school bus | |
Believe we was yawning | |
All our hair was stuck down to our foreheads | |
Jam curls, splits, dorags and pin curls yes | |
Sexy boys walking round showing interest | |
In what I don' t know cause 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 and one life time | |
Yo, the beginning of my life right | |
9 kids a house in one life time | |
Repeat Chorus: 2x |