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Artist : ESTELLE
 1980 | ESTELLEI 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 x2] 
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. 
 
[Chorus x2] 
 
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 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 and one life time 
Yo, the beginning of my life right 
9 kids a house in one life time 
 
[Chorus x2]
  
 
 
  
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