1980

[Verse 1]: 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 you 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 [Hook x2]: 1980 year that God made me 89 I started to get by 99 I started to write rhymes Walk with me reminisce my life [Verse 2]: 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 Jones Wishing we were Cosby kids and the match stick girls [Hook] [Verse 3]: 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, durags 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 Doo-Wop for days in the bogle yep But this is just the beginning of my life right 9 kids a house and one lifetime Yo, the beginning of my life right 9 kids a house in one lifetime [Hook]