1980 Lyrics - The 18th Day - Estelle

They say that everything you go through in life 

It's what you become 

If thats the case yeah 

I'm becoming number 1 

Listen 

It's Estelle 

Yo yo 

I grew up in tha 1980s 

In a four bedroom house my family, my grandma, three or four auntys 

Uncles and brothers in and out of prison daily 

Certain times when there was no heat you stay under covers 

There was life like you never seen 

Daddy taking extra people in 

Come dinner time it was tippin 18 

Boiling a big pot of water on the stove take a bath 

Rub my face in olive oil, all my mates used to laugh 

Now cousins moved out and we all got divided 

Started to get older I soon got providing 

I've seen fifty pound last for three months solid 

I got my first pair of Nikes we were still eating porridge 

Me and my cousin used to play Melon Kim practisin dancin 

Coming down tha stairs in tea 

I touched Africa and came back darker 

Knowin myself 

Feelin my roots a little bit harder 

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(Chorus) x2 

1980 here that God made me 

'89 start to get mine 

By '99 startin to write ryhmes come 

Walk with me reminisce on my life x2 

See then we moved up 

Thought I was tha Fresh Prince 

Dynasty was re-runs and Dallas was faded 

With three best and timeless six kids still 

We got a dog and yes that dog's loves to shit but 

My brother got his first pair of LA Gear 

He thought it went to take pictures of his Delawear what? 

We started hanging out my jeans got tighter 

My weird neighbours set their own house on fire 

Church was, all day every day and every week 

Thats where I learnt how to sing hearing that master preach 

Benidiction was all we went for 

So we could run home and play Connect 4 

Mum worked late and we learnt to cook 

Stars and lemon stew pea soup 

In tha room watching kung fu films and Cleopatra joints 

Wishing we were Cosby kids and Matchstick girls 

Photos 

(Chorus) x2 

Tha man downstairs was dead for three weeks 

His own cat started eating him, house starts to reek 

Thats when we moved out and our house was bigger 

We had a large garage and the attic was killer 

We used to pray for three hours in the morning 

Sittin on tha schoolbus believe we was yawnin 

All our hair was stuck down to our foreheads 

Jam and spick two rugs and pink curls yes 

Sexy boys walking round showing interest 

In what i dont know cause we all had flat chests 

Don't think we never mastered tha gettin play steps 

Doin what for days in the bobu yep 

But this is just tha beginning of my life right 

19 kids a house and one lifetime 

Yo, tha beginning of my life right 

19 kids a house and one lifetime 

(Chorus) Fading