I grew up in the 1980's 我在20世纪80年代成长起来的

In a 4-bedroom house 在4间卧室的房子

My family, my Grandma, 我的家人，我的奶奶，

3 or 4 Aunties 3或4姨姨

Uncles and Brothers 叔伯兄弟

In and out of prison daily 在进出监狱的日常

At certain times when there was no heat 在特定的时间时，没有热

We stay under covers 我们住在盖

There was life like u never seen 有生活像你从未见过

Grandma taking extra people in 奶奶走多余的人

Come dinner time It was tippin' 18 来吃饭的时候它是tippin “ 18

Boil a big pot of water on the stove to take a bath 烧开水的大锅放在炉子洗澡

Rub my face with Olive Oil 擦我的脸，用橄榄油

All my mates used to laugh 我所有的队友来笑

All my Cousin's moved out 我所有的表弟的迁出

We all got divided 我们都得到分

As i started to get older I seen God providing 当我开始长大，我看见神提供

I've seen £50 last 3 months solid 我见过50英镑最近3个月固

I got my first pair of nikes we were still eating porridge 我得到了耐克我们还在吃稀饭我的第一双

Me and my cousin used to play Mel & Kim 我和我的表弟经常玩梅尔金

Practising dancin' 执业跳舞

Coming down the stairs and ting 下楼又廷

I touched Africa and came back darker 我摸了摸非洲回来较暗

Knowing myself 我知道我自己

Feeling my roots a little bit harder 感觉我的根有点困难

   

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1980 year that God made me 1980年上帝让我

89 i started to get by 89我开始了

99 i started to write rhymes 99我开始写儿歌

walk with me reminice my life 与我同行reminice我的生活

So then we moved up 所以后来我们搬到了

I thought I was the Fresh Prince 我以为我的新鲜王子

Dynasty was re-runs and Dallas was faded 王朝才重新运行和达拉斯是褪色

With 3 beds this time and 6 kids 有3张床的时间和6儿童

we got a doggy that dog loved to shit 我们得到了一个狗的狗爱拉屎

My brother got his first pair of LA Gears 我的哥哥得到了他的第一双LA齿轮

He thought they were to take pictures of instead of wear 他以为他们是来取，而不是磨损图片

I started hanging out and my jeans got tighter 我开始挂了，我的牛仔裤得更紧

My weird neighbours set their own house on fire 我奇怪的邻居放火烧自己的房子

Church was All day every day and every week 教会是全天每一天，每一周

That's where i learned how to sing 这就是我学会了怎么唱

Hearing that pastor Preach 听到牧师传讲

Benediction was all we went for 祝福是所有我们去

So we could run home and play connect 4 这样我们就可以跑回家，连打4

Mum worked late and we learnt to cook 妈妈工作到很晚，我们学会了做饭

Rice peas chicken and stew pea soup 豌豆饭和鸡肉炖豌豆汤

In the room watching Kung-Fu films 在房间里看功夫电影

And Cleopatra joans 和克娄巴特拉joans

Wishing we were cosby kids and the match stick girls. 希望我们的孩子考斯比和火柴棒的女孩。

   

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The man downstairs was dead for 3 weeks 该名男子在楼下已经死了3个星期

His own cat started eating him 他自己的猫开始吃他

The house starts to wreak 房子开始肆虐

That's when we moved out 这时候，我们搬到了

And our house was bigger 而我们的房子是大

We had a large garage and the attic was killer 我们有一个大车库和阁楼是杀手

We used to pray for 3 hours in the mornin' 我们用祷告3小时在早上，

Sitting on the school bus 坐校车

Believe we was yawning 相信我们在打哈欠

All our hair was stuck down to our foreheads 我们所有的头发粘到我们的额头

Jam curls, splits, dorags and pin curls yes 果酱卷发，分裂， dorags和引脚的卷发是

Sexy boys walking round showing interest 性感的男孩行走轮表现出兴趣

In what i don't know coz we all had flat chests 在我不知道怎么把我们都胸部扁平

Don't think we never mastered the Kid n Play steps 不要以为我们永远不会掌握了儿童N播放步骤

Doowop for days in the bogle yep 在博格尔是的Doowop几天

But this is just the beginning of my life right, 但是，这是我的生活的权利仅仅是个开始，

9 kids a house and one life time 9小孩的房子和一个续航时间

Yo, the beginning of my life right 呦，我的生活开始向右

9 kids a house in one life time 9小孩的房子在一个寿命

   

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