1980 Lyrics
| Song | 1980 |
| Artist | Estelle |
| Album | The 18th Day |
| Download | 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 |
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