1980歌词

[00:00.000] 作词 : L Hill/Estelle Swaray/Kevin Veney/R. Shelton
[00:01.000] 作曲 : L Hill/Estelle Swaray/Kevin Veney/R. Shelton
[00:26.466]They say that everything you go through in life
[00:28.979]It's what you become
[00:31.296]If thats the case yeah
[00:33.850]I'm becoming number 1
[00:35.182]Listen
[00:36.325]It's Estelle
[00:38.605]Yo yo
[00:44.816]I grew up in the 1980's
[00:46.417]In a four bedroom house
[00:47.621]My family, my grandma,
[00:48.709]Three or four aunties
[00:49.943]Uncles and brothers
[00:51.044]In and out of prison daily
[00:52.495]At certain times when there was no heat
[00:54.087]We stay under covers
[00:55.321]There was life like u never seen
[00:56.994]Grandma taking extra people in
[00:57.966]Come dinner time it was tippin' 18
[01:00.209]Boil a big pot of water on the stove to take a bath
[01:02.712]Rub my face with olive oil
[01:04.184]All my mates used to laugh
[01:05.668]All my cousin's moved out and we all got divided
[01:08.019]As i started to get older I seen God providing
[01:10.369]I've seen 50 pound last 3 months solid
[01:12.712]I got my first pair of Nikes we were still eating porridge
[01:15.256]Me and my cousin used to play Mel and Kim practising dancin'
[01:18.698]Coming down the stairs and ting
[01:20.418]I touched Africa and came back darker
[01:22.525]Knowing myself, feeling my roots a little bit harder
[01:26.226]1980 Year that God made me
[01:28.371]89 I started to get by
[01:30.654]99 I started to write rhymes
[01:33.116]Walk with me reminisce my life
[01:35.841]1980 Year that God made me
[01:38.462]89 I started to get by
[01:40.740]99 I started to write rhymes
[01:43.420]Walk with me reminisce my life
[01:45.943]So then we moved up
[01:47.434]I thought I was the Fresh Prince
[01:48.506]Dynasty was re-runs and Dallas was faded
[01:51.024]With three beds this time and six kids still
[01:53.445]We got a doggy that dog loved to ****
[01:56.207]My brother got his first pair of LA gears
[01:58.545]He thought they were to take pictures of instead of wear
[02:01.054]I started hanging out and my jeans got tighter
[02:03.620]My weird neighbors set their own house on fire
[02:06.288]Church was all day every day and every week
[02:08.525]That's where i learned how to sing
[02:10.319]Hearing that pastor preach
[02:11.646]Benediction was all we went for
[02:13.497]So we could run home and play Connect 4
[02:16.227]Mum worked late and we learnt to cook
[02:18.462]Rice peas chicken and stew pea soup
[02:20.644]In the room watching Kung-Fu films and Cleopatra Joans
[02:23.588]Wishing we were Cosby kids and the match stick girls
[02:26.131]1980 Year that God made me
[02:29.185]89 I started to get by
[02:31.356]99 I started to write rhymes
[02:34.192]Walk with me reminisce my life
[02:36.417]1980 Year that God made me
[02:39.050]89 I started to get by
[02:41.510]99 I started to write rhymes
[02:44.113]Walk with me reminisce my life
[02:46.555]The man downstairs was dead for three weeks
[02:49.025]His own cat started eating him
[02:50.356]The house starts to wreak
[02:51.678]That's when we moved out
[02:52.944]And our house was bigger
[02:54.181]We had a large garage and the attic was killer
[02:56.403]We used to pray for three hours in the mornin'
[02:59.113]Sitting on the school bus
[03:00.505]Believe we was yawning
[03:02.200]All our hair was stuck down to our foreheads
[03:04.344]Jam and spritz, durags and pin curls yes
[03:07.304]sexy boys walking round showing interest
[03:09.488]In what I don't know 'cause we all had flat chests
[03:12.122]Don't think we never mastered the Kid'n Play steps
[03:14.816]Doing what for days in the boggle yep
[03:17.068]But this is just the beginning of my life right,
[03:19.832]Nine kids a house and one life time
[03:22.491]Yo, the beginning of my life right
[03:25.192]Nine kids a house in one life time
[03:27.438]1980 Year that God made me
[03:29.644]89 I started to get by
[03:32.112]99 I started to write rhymes
[03:34.632]Walk with me reminisce my life
[03:37.085]1980 Year that God made me
[03:39.908]89 I started to get by
[03:42.359]99 I started to write rhymes
[03:44.889]Walk with me reminisce my life