Chords for 1980

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_ [G] _ _ [E] _ [B] _ _ I'm becoming number one, [G] listen.
[B] This is Stella _ _ Vince, [G] one up.
_ [E] _ [B] _ _ I grew [G] up in the 1980s, [Em] in a [B] four bedroom house, my family, my grandma, three or four
aunties, I'm a rapper, I'm a singer, I'm a rapper, I'm a rapper, I'm a rapper, I'm a
cross, it makes you feel like it's the brothers, [G] your aunties and uncles and brothers, in [E] and
out of prison [B] daily, sometimes when there was not heat the coatings, [G] _ [Em] just [B] _ _ _
tipping 18 [G] boil
a big pot of [E] water and a stove [B] to take a bath, rub my face with olive oil, all my mates used
to [G] laugh, and ever since we [Em] [B] were divided, _ 50 [G] _ [Em] pounds lasted 3 [B] moms so old, I got my first
Paralyzed we were still eating [G] porridge
Me and my cousin used [Em] to play in Mel [B] and Kim
Practicing dancing, climbing down the stairs and sing
[G] I touched Africa and [Em] came back [B] darker
Knowing myself, feeling my roots a little bit [G] harder
1980, [Em] yeah [B] that got me there
89, I started to get [G] my head on fire
[B] 99, I started to write my song
What would be reminiscence of my [G] life?
1980, [B] yeah that got me there
89, I started to get [G] my head on fire
99, [E] I started [B] to write my song
What would be reminiscence of my [G] life?
So then we [Em] moved up, thought [B] I was the fresh prince
93 runs and Dallas was [G] faded
With three [Em] bets this time [B] and six hits
Still, we got a dog and yes that dog loved to [G] shit but
My brother got [Em] his first pair [B] of LA gear
He thought it was a date, pictures of instead of wear [G] what
We started [E] hanging out, my [B] jeans got tighter
My weird neighbours set their own house on fire
[G] Chantreuse all [Em] day, every [B] day and every week
That's where I learned how to sing
Hearing that [G] part to preach, [E] benediction was [B] all we wait for
So we could run home and play connect [G] 4
Mum worked [Em] late and we learned to cook
[B] Sarsaparilla and stupi soup
In the [G] room watching kung fu films
[E] And [B] Cleopatra drones
Wishing we was toffee kids in a match to guilt
[G] _ [Em] 1980, yeah that got me [B] there
89, I started to get [G] my head on fire
99, [B] I started to write my song
What would be reminiscence of my [G] life?
1980, [E] yeah [B] that got me there
89, I started to get [G] my head on fire
[E] 99, I started [B] to write my song
What would be reminiscence of my [G] life?
The man [Em] downstairs was dead [B] for three weeks
His own cat started eating him, the house starts to [G] reek
That's when we moved [E] out and our [B] house was bigger
We had a large garage and an attic to fill up
[G] We used to pray [Em] for three [B] hours in the morning
Sitting on the school bus, believe we was [G] yawning
All our [Em] hair was stuck [B] down to our foreheads
Diamond sprits, durags and pink [G] girls
Sexy [Em] boys walking [B] round showing interest
In what I don't know, cause we all had [G] black chests
Don't [E] think we never [B] mastered to get in place
Doing work for days in the [G] bowl room
But this is [Em] just the beginning of my [B] life
90 kids, a house, someone [G] like that
Yo, [E] the beginning of my [B] life
90 kids, a house, someone [G] like that
1980, [Em] yeah that got [B] me there
89, I started to get [G] my head on fire
99, [B] I started to write my song
What would be reminiscence of my life?
[G] 1980, [Em] yeah that got [B] me there
89, I started to get [G] my head on fire
[B] 99, I started to write my song
What would be reminiscence of my [G] life?
_ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _