1980 Songtext
von Estelle

They say that everything you go through in life
That′s what you become (well then)
If thats the case yeah
(If that's the case yeah)
I′m becoming number one
Listen
It's Estelle
(West Kent)
What?
Listen
Yo

I grew up in the 1980s
In a four bedroom house
My family, my grandma, three or four aunties
Uncles and brothers in and out of prison daily
Certain times when there was no heat you stay under covers


There was life like you never seen
Daddy taking extra people in
Come dinner time it was tippin' 18
Boiling a big pot of water on the stove take a bath
Rub my face with olive oil, all my mates used to laugh

Then my cousins moved out and we all got divided
Started to get older I seen God providin′
I′ve seen fifty pound last for three months solid
I got my first pair of Nikes we were still eating porridge
Me and my cousin used to play Mel and Kim
Practicin' dancin′
Coming down the stairs and ting
I touched Africa and came back darker
Knowin' myself
Feelin′ my roots a little bit harder

1980 year that God made me
'89 I started to get mine
′99 I started to write ryhmes
Come walk with me reminisce on my life

1980 year that God made me
'89 I started to get mine
'99 I started to write ryhmes
Come walk with me reminisce on my life


So then we moved up
Thought I was the Fresh Prince
Dynasty was re-runs and Dallas was faded
With three beds this time and six kids still
We got a dog and yes that dog loved to shit
But

My brother got his first pair of LA Gear
He thought it was to take pictures of instead of wear, what?
We started hanging out my jeans got tighter
My weird neighbours set their own house on fire

Church was, all day every day and every week
Thats where I learnt how to sing hearing that pastor preach
Benidiction was all we went for
So we could run home and play Connect 4
Mum worked late and we learnt to cook
Stars and lemon stew pea soup
In the room watching kung-fu films and Cleopatra Jones
Wishing we was Cosby kids and the Matchstick Girls

1980 year that God made me
′89 I started to get mine
′99 I started to write ryhmes
Come walk with me reminisce on my life

1980 year that God made me
'89 I started to get mine
′99 I started to write ryhmes
Come walk with me reminisce on my life

The man downstairs was dead for three weeks
His own cat started eating him
The house starts to reek
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 three hours in the morning
Sittin on the schoolbus believe we was yawnin′
All our hair was stuck down to our foreheads
Jam and splits, durags and pin curls, yes
Sexy boys walking round showing interest
In what I dont know cause we all had flat chests
Don't think we never mastered the Kid ′n' play steps
Doin wop for days and the bogle yep
But this is just the beginning of my life right
Nine kids a house and one lifetime
Yo, the beginning of my life right
Nine kids a house and one lifetime

1980 year that God made me
'89 I started to get mine
′99 I started to write ryhmes
Come walk with me reminisce on my life

1980 year that God made me
′89 I started to get mine
'99 I started to write ryhmes
Come walk with me reminisce on my life