Tonart: B major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Yo
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yo
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yo
Verse 2
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I grew up in the 1980's
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In a four bedroom house
Three or four aunties
In and out of prison daily
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At certain times when there
was no heat
We stay under covers
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There was life like u never seen
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Grandma taking extra people in
Come dinner time it was tippin' 18
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Boil a big pot of water on
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the stove to take a bath
Rub my face with olive oil
All my mates used to laugh
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All my cousin's moved out
As i started to get older I seen
God providing
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I've seen 50 pound last 3 months solid
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I got my first pair of Nikes we were
still eating porridge
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Me and my cousin used to play
Mel and Kim
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Practising dancin'
Coming down the stairs and ting
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I touched Africa and came
back darker
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Feeling my roots a little bit harder
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1980 Year that God made
Verse 3
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me
89 I started to get by
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99 I started to write rhymes
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Walk with me reminisce my life
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1980 Year that God made me
Verse 4
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89 I started to get by
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99 I started to write rhymes
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Walk with me reminisce my life
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I thought I was the Fresh Prince
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Dynasty was re- runs and Dallas was faded
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With three beds this time and six kids
We got a doggy that dog loved to shit
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My brother got his first pair of LA gears
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He thought they were to take
pictures of instead of wear
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I started hanging out and
My weird neighbors set
their own house on fire
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Church was all day every day
and every week
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That's where i learned how to sing
Hearing that pastor preach
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Benediction was all we went for
So we could run home and
play connect four
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Mum worked late and we learnt to cook
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Rice peas chicken and stew pea soup
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In the room watching Kung-
Fu films
And Cleopatra Joans
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Wishing we were Cosby kids
Verse 6
and the match stick girls
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1980 Year that God made me
89 I started to get by
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99 I started to write rhymes
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Walk with me reminisce my life
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1980 Year that God made me
Verse 7
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89 I started to get by
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99 I started to write rhymes
Walk with me reminisce
my life
Verse 8
So then we moved up
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The man downstairs was
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dead for three weeks
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His own cat started eating him
The house starts to wreak
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That's when we moved out
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And our house was bigger
and the attic was killer
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We used to pray for three
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hours in the mornin'
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Sitting on the school bus
Believe we was yawning
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All our hair was stuck
Jam curls, splits, dorags and pin curls yes
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Sexy boys walking round showing interest
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In what I don't know 'cause
we all had flat chests
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Don't think we never mastered the
Doowop for days in the boggle yep
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But this is just the beginning
Nine kids a house and one life time
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Yo, the beginning of my life right
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Nine kids a house in one life
Outro 1
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