Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song 1980 , by - Estelle. Release date: 17.10.2004
Song language: English
1980 |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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 |