1980 Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[F][Em][Edim][Eb]
[Dm][C#]
[F][Em][Eb]
[Dm]
[C#]
[Dm]

[Verse 1]
[Eb]Yo[G]
[Eb][G]
[Eb]yo[G]
[Eb]yo[G]

[Verse 2]
I grew up in [Eb]the 1980's
In a four bedroom [Cm]house
My fam[G]ily, my grandma,
Three or four aunties
Uncles [Eb]and brothers
In and out of prison daily
[G]At certain times when there
was no heat
We stay under covers
There [Eb]was life like u never seen
Grandma taking [G]extra people in
Come dinner time it was tippin' 18
Boil [Eb]a big pot of water on
the stove to take a [G]bath
Rub my face with olive oil
All my mates used to laugh
All my cous[Eb]in's moved out
We all got di[G]vided
As i started to get older I seen
God providing
[Eb]I've seen 50 pound last 3 months solid
[G]I got my first pair of Nikes we were
still eating porridge
[Eb]Me and my cousin used to play
Mel and Kim
[Cm]Practising [G]dancin'
Coming down the stairs and ting
I touched [Eb]Africa and came
back darker
[G]Knowing myself
Feeling my roots a little bit [Eb]harder
1980 Year that God [Cm]made

[Verse 3]
[G]me
89 I started to get by
[Eb]99 I started to write [Cm]rhymes
[G]Walk with me reminisce my life
[Eb]So then we moved up
1980 Year that God [Cm]made me

[Verse 4]
[G]
89 I started to get [Eb]by
99 I started to write [Cm]rhymes
[G]Walk with me reminisce my life
[Eb]So then we moved up
I thought I was [G]the Fresh Prince

[Verse 5]
Dynasty was re- runs and Dallas was faded
[Eb]With three beds this time and six kids[G]
We got a doggy that dog loved to shit
[Eb]My brother got his first pair of LA gear[Cm]s
He [G]thought they were to take
pictures of instead of wear
[Eb]I started hanging out and
my jeans got [G]tighter
My weird neighbors set
their own house on fire
Church [Eb]was all day every d[Cm]ay
and every week
That's [G]where i learned how to sing
Hearing that pastor preach
[Eb]Benediction was all we went for[G]
So we could run home and
play connect four
[Eb]Mum worked late and [Cm]we learnt to cook
[G]Rice peas chicken and stew pea soup
In the room watching [Eb]Kung-
Fu films
And Cleopatra Joans
[G]Wishing we were Cosby kids

[Verse 6]
and the match stick girls
[Eb]1980 Year that[Cm] God made me[G]
89 I started to get by
[Eb]99 I started to write [Cm]rhymes
[G]Walk with me reminisce my life
So then we moved [Eb]up
1980 Year that God [Cm]made me

[Verse 7]
[G]
89 I started to get by
[Eb]99 I started to write [G]rhymes
Walk with me reminisce
my life

[Verse 8]
So then we moved up
[Eb]The man downstairs was
dead for three [Cm]weeks
His own [G]cat started eating him
The house starts to wreak
[Eb]That's when we moved out
And our house [Cm]was bigger
We had [G]a large garage
and the attic was killer
[Eb]We used to pray for three
hours in the [Cm]mornin'
[G]Sitting on the school bus
Believe we was yawning
[Eb]All our hair was stuck
down to [G]our foreheads
Jam curls, splits, dorags and pin curls yes
[Eb]Sexy boys walking round showing inte[Cm]rest
In [G]what I don't know 'cause
we all had flat chests
[Eb]Don't think we never mastered the
[G]kid and play steps
Doowop for days in the boggle yep
[Eb]But this is just the beginning
of my [G]life right,
Nine kids a house and one life time
[Eb]Yo, the beginning of my life[G] right
Nine kids a house [Eb]in one [Cm]life[G][Eb]
[Cm]time

[Outro 1]
[G][Eb][Cm]
[G][Eb][G]
[Eb][Cm]
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