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Estelle

Estelle Fanta Swaray (born 18 January 1980) is a British singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actress from West London, England. Estelle is known for her eclectic mix of various musical genres including R&B, soul, reggae, grime, hip hop and dance.[citation needed] She has experienced mainstream success with the single "American Boy" featuring Kanye West, reaching number 1 in the United Kingdom, and her collaboration with David Guetta in "One Love". Estelle has released several critically acclaimed records and received a Grammy Award. She has collaborated with artists including John Legend, Robin Thicke, Rick Ross, Chris Brown, will.i.am, Kanye West and De La Soul. Since 2013, she voices the fictional character Garnet in th… more »

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2004

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Yo, yo, yo
I grew up in the 1980's
In a 4-bedroom house my family my Grandma
3 or 4 Aunties Uncles and Brothers

In and out of prison daily
At certain times when there was no heat
We stay under covers
There was life like you never seen

Daddy taking extra people in 
Come dinner time It was tippin' 18
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

And my cousin's moved out and we all got divided
As I started to get older I seen god providing
I've seen £50 last 3 months solid
I got my first pair of Nike we were still eating porridge

Me and my cousin used to play Mel and 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 baby this were my life
1980 year that God made me
89 I started to get mine
99 I started to write rhymes
Come, walk with me reminiscing my life

So then we moved up thought I was the Fresh Prince
Dynasty was re-runs and Dallas was faded
With 3 beds this time and 6 kids
Still we got a doggy (yes that gog loved to shit)

My brother got his first pair of LA Gear
He thought it were to take pictures of instead of wear
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 
That's where I learned how to sing
Hearing that Master Preach
Benediction was all we went for

So we could run home and play connect 4
Mum worked late and we learnt to cook
Sasparilla and stew pea soup
In the room watching Kung-Fu films
And Cleopatra films wishin we was the cosmic kids and the matchstick girls

1980 year that God made me
89 I started to get mine
99 I started to write rhymes
Come, walk with me baby this were my life
1980 year that God made me
89 I started to get mine
99 I started to write rhymes
Come, walk with me reminiscing my life

The man downstairs was dead for 3 weeks
His own cat started eating him, the house starts to wreak
That's when we moved out, our house was bigger
We had a large garage and the attic was killer

We used to pray for 3 hours in the morning
Sitting on the school bus believe we was yawning
All our hair was stuck down to our forehead jam and spritz do rags 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
Doowop for days in the boggle yep
But this is just the beginning of my life right,

9 kids a house in one life time
Yo, the beginning of my life right
9 kids a house in one life time

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