h boogie ha yo they say everything you go through in life that s what you become well then if that s the case yeah i m becoming number one listen it s estelle yeah jayden what up listen yo yeah i grew up in the 1980 s in a 4 bedroom house my family my grandma three or four aunties uncles and brothers in and out of prison daily certain times when there was no heat we stay under covers there was life like you never seen granny s taking extra people in come dinner time it was tippin eighteen 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 started to get older i seen god providing i ve seen 50 last three months solid i got my first pair of nikes we were still eatin porridge me and my cousin used to play mel kim practicing dancin coming down the stairs and ting i touched africa and came back darker knowing myself feeling my roots a little bit harder 1980 year that god made me 89 i started to get mine 99 i started to write rhymes come walk with me reminisce on my life 1980 year that god made me 89 i started to get mine 99 i started to write rhymes come walk with me reminisce on my life  yeah so then we moved up thought i was the fresh prince dynasty was re runs and dallas was faded with three beds this time and six kids still 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 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 so i was stew pea soup in the room watching kung fu films and cleopatra jones wishing we were cosby kids and the match stick girls mmph 1980 year that god made me 89 i started to get mine 99 i started to write rhymes come walk with me reminisce on my life 1980 year that god made me 89 i started to get mine 99 i started to write rhymes come walk with me reminisce on my life the man downstairs was dead for three weeks his own cat started eatin him the house starts to reek that s when we moved out and our house was bigger we had a large garage and the attic was killer hmm we used to pray for three hours in the mornin sitting on the school bus believe we was yawnin all our hair was stuck down to our foreheads jam and splits durags and pin curls yes sexy boys walking round showing interest in what i don t know cause we all had flat chests don t think we never mastered the kid n play steps doing wop for days and the bogle yep but this is just the beginning of my life right nine kids a house and one lifetime yo the beginning of my life right nine kids a house in one lifetime 1980 year that god made me 89 i started to get mine 99 i started to write rhymes come walk with me reminisce on my life 1980 year that god made me 89 i started to get mine 99 i started to write rhymes come walk with me reminisce on my life2