1980

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 x2] 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. [Chorus x2] 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 s*xy 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 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 [Chorus x2]