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[Verse 1 : Estelle]<br /><br />I grew up in the 1980's<br />In a 4-bedroom house<br />My family, my Grandma,<br />3 or 4 Aunties<br />Uncles and Brothers<br />In and out of prison daily<br />At certain times when there was no heat<br />We stay under covers<br />There was life like u never seen<br />Grandma taking extra people in <br />Come dinner time It was tippin' 18<br />Boil a big pot of water on the stove to take a bath<br />Rub my face with Olive Oil<br />All my mates used to laugh<br />All my Cousin's moved out <br />We all got divided<br />As i started to get older I seen God providing<br />I've seen £50 last 3 months solid<br />I got my first pair of nikes we were still eating porridge<br />Me and my cousin used to play Mel & Kim<br />Practising dancin' <br />Coming down the stairs and ting<br />I touched Africa and came back darker<br />Knowing myself <br />Feeling my roots a little bit harder<br /><br />[Chorus]2x<br /><br />1980 year that God made me<br />89 I started to get by<br />99 I started to write rhymes<br />Walk with me reminice my life<br /><br />[Verse 2 : Estelle]<br /><br />So then we moved up <br />I thought I was the Fresh Prince<br />Dynasty was re-runs and Dallas was faded<br />With 3 beds this time and 6 kids<br />we got a doggy that dog loved to shit<br />My brother got his first pair of LA Gears<br />He thought they were to take pictures of instead of wear<br />I started hanging out and my jeans got tighter<br />My weird neighbours set their own house on fire<br />Church was All day every day and every week <br />That's where i learned how to sing<br />Hearing that pastor Preach<br />Benediction was all we went for<br />So we could run home and play connect 4<br />Mum worked late and we learnt to cook<br />Rice peas chicken and stew pea soup<br />In the room watching Kung-Fu films<br />And Cleopatra Jones<br />Wishing we were cosby kids and the match stick girls.<br /><br />[Chorus]2x<br /><br />[Verse 3 : Estelle]<br /><br />The man downstairs was dead for 3 weeks<br />His own cat started eating him<br />The house starts to wreak<br />That's when we moved out<br />And our house was bigger<br />We had a large garage and the attic was killer <br />We used to pray for 3 hours in the mornin'<br />Sitting on the school bus <br />Believe we was yawning<br />All our hair was stuck down to our foreheads<br />Jam curls, splits, dorags and pin curls yes<br />Sexy boys walking round showing interest<br />In what i don't know coz we all had flat chests<br />Don't think we never mastered the Kid n Play steps<br />Doowop for days in the bogle yep<br />But this is just the beginning of my life right,<br />9 kids a house and one life time<br />Yo, the beginning of my life right<br />9 kids a house in one life time<br /><br />[Chorus]x2
New song lyrics
[Verse 1 : Estelle]<br /><br />I grew up in the 1980's<br />In a 4-bedroom house<br />My family, my Grandma,<br />3 or 4 Aunties<br />Uncles and Brothers<br />In and out of prison daily<br />At certain times when there was no heat<br />We stay under covers<br />There was life like u never seen<br />Grandma taking extra people in <br />Come dinner time It was tippin' 18<br />Boil a big pot of water on the stove to take a bath<br />Rub my face with Olive Oil<br />All my mates used to laugh<br />All my Cousin's moved out <br />We all got divided<br />As i started to get older I seen God providing<br />I've seen £50 last 3 months solid<br />I got my first pair of nikes we were still eating porridge<br />Me and my cousin used to play Mel & Kim<br />Practising dancin' <br />Coming down the stairs and ting<br />I touched Africa and came back darker<br />Knowing myself <br />Feeling my roots a little bit harder<br /><br />[Chorus]2x<br /><br />1980 year that God made me<br />89 I started to get by<br />99 I started to write rhymes<br />Walk with me reminice my life<br /><br />[Verse 2 : Estelle]<br /><br />So then we moved up <br />I thought I was the Fresh Prince<br />Dynasty was re-runs and Dallas was faded<br />With 3 beds this time and 6 kids<br />we got a doggy that dog loved to shit<br />My brother got his first pair of LA Gears<br />He thought they were to take pictures of instead of wear<br />I started hanging out and my jeans got tighter<br />My weird neighbours set their own house on fire<br />Church was All day every day and every week <br />That's where i learned how to sing<br />Hearing that pastor Preach<br />Benediction was all we went for<br />So we could run home and play connect 4<br />Mum worked late and we learnt to cook<br />Rice peas chicken and stew pea soup<br />In the room watching Kung-Fu films<br />And Cleopatra Jones<br />Wishing we were cosby kids and the match stick girls.<br /><br />[Chorus]2x<br /><br />[Verse 3 : Estelle]<br /><br />The man downstairs was dead for 3 weeks<br />His own cat started eating him<br />The house starts to wreak<br />That's when we moved out<br />And our house was bigger<br />We had a large garage and the attic was killer <br />We used to pray for 3 hours in the mornin'<br />Sitting on the school bus <br />Believe we was yawning<br />All our hair was stuck down to our foreheads<br />Jam curls, splits, dorags and pin curls yes<br />Sexy boys walking round showing interest<br />In what i don't know coz we all had flat chests<br />Don't think we never mastered the Kid n Play steps<br />Doowop for days in the bogle yep<br />But this is just the beginning of my life right,<br />9 kids a house and one life time<br />Yo, the beginning of my life right<br />9 kids a house in one life time<br /><br />[Chorus]x2
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