1980-Estelle

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:时间戳工具V2.0_20200810] [offset:0] [00:29.97]I grew up in the 1980's
我成长于80年代 [00:38.40]In a 4 bedroom house
四居室的房子里 [00:48.60]My family my Grandma
住着我的家人 我的祖母 [00:50.13]3 or 4 Aunties
三四个姑姑 [00:51.39]Uncles and Brothers
叔叔和兄弟们 [00:52.29]In and out of prison daily
是蹲号子的常客 [00:53.88]At certain times when there was no heat
有时 房子里没有暖气 [00:55.29]We stay under covers
我们就躲在被窝里 [00:56.37]There was life like u never seen
那是一种你从未见过的生活 [00:57.96]Grandma taking extra people in
祖母还接济了其他的人 [00:59.40]Come dinner time It was tippin' 18
所以 有时候饭桌上会有十八个人 [01:01.44]Boil a big pot of water on the stove to take a bath
用炉子上的大锅烧水洗澡 [01:04.14]Rub my face with Olive Oil
用橄榄油擦脸 [01:05.43]All my mates used to laugh
所有朋友都嘲笑我 [01:06.45]All my Cousin's moved out
亲戚们都搬走了 [01:08.07]We all got divided
我们也被迫分开了 [01:09.06]As I started to get older I seen God providing
日渐长大 我逐渐明白 这是上天给予的恩赐 [01:11.88]I've seen 0 last 3 months solid
我的家庭曾有三个月没有分文收入 [01:13.98]I got my first pair of nikes we were still eating porridge
但我却收到了人生中的第一双耐克鞋 而彼时我们还只能吃燕麦粥 [01:16.74]Me and my cousin used to play Mel &Kim
我和表弟过去常听Mel &Kim的唱片 [01:18.84]Practising dancin'
练习跳舞 [01:20.04]Coming down the stairs and ting
从楼梯上蹦下来 [01:21.60]I touched Africa and came back darker
我也曾去过非洲 回来时变得更黑了 [01:23.94]Knowing myself
也更了解自己了 [01:24.84]Feeling my roots a little bit harder
知道了生命起源的厚重 [01:27.24]1980 year that God made me
80年 上帝创造了我 [01:30.18]89 I started to get by
89年 我开始勉强度日 [01:31.98]99 I started to write rhymes
99年 我开始写歌 [01:38.82]Walk with me reminice my life
跟着我 一起回顾我的生活吧 [01:47.34]So then we moved up
然后 我们搬到了更好的地方 [01:48.60]I thought I was the Fresh Prince
我一度以为自己是《新鲜王子》的主角 [01:49.92]Dynasty was re runs and Dallas was faded
那时《炎情岁月》正在重播 而Dallas则早已过时 [01:52.47]With 3 beds this time and 6 kids
这次 我们有了三张床和六个小孩 [01:55.02]We got a doggy that dog loved to s**t
我们还养了一条狗 那狗总是到处大小便 [01:57.66]My brother got his first pair of LA Gears
我哥哥也得到了他人生第一双LA Gear鞋 [01:59.67]He thought they were to take pictures of instead of wear
他觉得那鞋更适合拍照 而不是用来穿 [02:02.67]I started hanging out and my jeans got tighter
我开始外出玩耍 牛仔裤也变得有点紧身 [02:04.80]My weird neighbours set their own house on fire
我那奇怪的邻居总是点燃自己的房子 [02:07.32]Church was All day every day and every week
教堂每天24小时都开放 [02:09.78]That's where I learned how to sing
那里是我学会唱歌的地方 [02:11.46]Hearing that pastor Preach
听牧师布道 [02:13.02]Benediction was all we went for
我们去教堂只为应付 [02:14.94]So we could run home and play connect 4
这样 我们就能早点回家玩游戏 [02:17.67]Mum worked late and we learnt to cook
妈妈经常加班到很晚 所有我们学会了做饭 [02:20.01]Rice peas chicken and stew pea soup
米饭 豆子 鸡肉 炖豆汤 [02:21.81]In the room watching Kung Fu films
在房间里看功夫电影 [02:23.55]And Cleopatra joans
还有Cleopatra Joans [02:24.93]Wishing we were cosby kids and the match stick girls
幻想我们是Cosby一家和火柴女孩 [02:47.94]The man downstairs was dead for 3 weeks
楼下有个男人死了三周 [02:50.13]His own cat started eating him
他的猫甚至开始饥不择食 [02:51.69]The house starts to wreak
房主开始发愁 [02:53.01]That's when we moved out
那时候我们就搬走了 [02:54.09]And our house was bigger
我们的新房子更大 [02:55.23]We had a large garage and the attic was killer
有一个大车库和一个令人难忘的阁楼 [02:58.11]We used to pray for 3 hours in the mornin'
我们过去常常在早上祈祷三个小时 [03:00.72]Sitting on the school bus
坐在校车上 [03:01.89]Believe we was yawning
估计我们都打着哈欠 [03:03.60]All our hair was stuck down to our foreheads
头发都贴在我们额头上 [03:05.91]Jam curls splits dorags and pin curls yes
卷发 刘海 头巾等等 [03:08.55]Sexy boys walking round showing interest
有些男孩则总是晃来晃去 想要吸引我们注意力 [03:10.71]In what I don't know coz we all had flat chests
我不知道他们对什么感兴趣 毕竟我们都是平胸 [03:13.77]Don't think we never mastered the Kid n Play steps
别以为我们不会Kid n Play的舞步 [03:16.56]Doowop for days in the bogle yep
在Bogle舞中跳上几天都没问题 [03:18.60]But this is just the beginning of my life right
但这只是我的人生的开始 对吧 [03:21.27]9 kids a house and one life time
9个孩子 一个房子和一生 [03:23.82]Yo the beginning of my life right
嘿 我的人生的开始 对吧 [03:26.37]9 kids a house in one life time
9个孩子 一个房子和一生