1980-Estelle

[ti:1980] [ar:Estelle] [al:Now That's What I Call Music Vol 58] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]1980 - Estelle [00:25.05]I grew up in the 1980's [00:26.00] [00:26.69]In a 4-bedroom house [00:27.93]My family my Grandma [00:29.21]3 or 4 Aunties [00:30.27]Uncles and Brothers [00:30.80]In and out of prison daily [00:32.18] [00:32.77]At certain times when there was no heat [00:34.54]We stay under covers [00:35.69]There was life like u never seen [00:36.82]Grandma taking extra people in [00:38.31]Come dinner time It was tippin' 18 [00:39.73] [00:40.64]Boil a big pot of water on the stove [00:42.02]To take a bath [00:42.99]Rub my face with Olive Oil [00:44.23]All my mates used to laugh [00:45.64]All my Cousin's moved out [00:47.06]We all got divided [00:47.72]As i started to get older I seen God providing [00:50.16]I've seen 0 last 3 months solid [00:53.00]I got my first pair of nikes [00:54.53]We were still eating porridge [00:55.96]Me and my cousin used to play Mel & Kim [00:57.86]Practising dancin' [00:58.31] [00:59.10]Coming down the stairs and ting [01:00.44]I touched Africa and came back darker [01:02.38] [01:02.99]Knowing myself [01:03.28] [01:03.95]Feeling my roots a little bit harder [01:05.21] [01:06.26]1980 year that God made me [01:08.13] [01:08.98]89 i started to get by [01:10.26] [01:11.38]99 i started to write rhymes [01:12.51] [01:14.02]Walk with me reminice my life [01:15.33] [01:16.37]1980 year that God made me [01:17.78] [01:18.76]89 i started to get by [01:20.17] [01:21.35]99 i started to write rhymes [01:22.95] [01:23.97]Walk with me reminice my life [01:25.52] [01:26.44]So then we moved up [01:27.62]I thought I was the Fresh Prince [01:29.22]Dynasty was re-runs and Dallas was faded [01:30.90]With 3 beds this time and 6 kids [01:33.17] [01:33.97]We got a doggy that dog loved to shit [01:35.67] [01:36.27]My brother got his first pair of LA Gears [01:38.47] [01:39.25]He thought they were to take [01:40.21]Pictures of instead of wear [01:41.46]I started hanging out and my jeans got tighter [01:43.91]My weird neighbours set their own house on fire [01:45.74] [01:46.39]Church was All day every day and every week [01:48.74]That's where i learned how to sing [01:49.95] [01:50.54]Hearing that pastor Preach [01:51.32] [01:51.84]Benediction was all we went for [01:53.20] [01:54.06]So we could run home and play connect 4 [01:56.06]Mum worked late and we learnt to cook [01:58.23] [01:58.84]Rice peas chicken and stew pea soup [02:00.80]In the room watching Kung-Fu films [02:02.32]And Cleopatra joans [02:03.28] [02:04.17]Wishing we were [02:05.06]Cosby kids and the match stick girls [02:07.08]1980 year that God made me [02:09.14] [02:09.91]89 i started to get by [02:10.87] [02:11.90]99 i started to write rhymes [02:13.18] [02:14.03]Walk with me reminice my life [02:16.16] [02:17.14]1980 year that God made me [02:18.56] [02:19.66]89 i started to get by [02:21.23] [02:21.91]99 i started to write rhymes [02:24.40]Walk with me reminice my life [02:26.20] [02:27.09]The man downstairs was dead for 3 weeks [02:28.65] [02:29.19]His own cat started eating him [02:30.83]The house starts to wreak [02:31.95]That's when we moved out [02:33.36]And our house was bigger [02:34.63]We had a large garage and the attic was killer [02:36.34] [02:37.51]We used to pray for 3 hours in the mornin' [02:39.97]Sitting on the school bus [02:41.18]Believe we was yawning [02:42.36]All our hair was stuck down to our foreheads [02:44.84]Jam curls splits dorags and pin curls yes [02:46.93] [02:47.45]Sexy boys walking round showing interest [02:49.00] [02:49.64]In what i don't know coz we all had flat chests [02:51.82] [02:52.63]Don't think we never mastered the Kid n Play steps [02:55.23]Doowop for days in the bogle yep [02:56.88] [02:57.69]But this is just the beginning of my life right [03:00.53]9 kids a house and one life time [03:01.88] [03:02.67]Yo the beginning of my life right [03:04.54] [03:05.23]9 kids a house in one life time