Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Yeah
– Ae
P, I see you
– P, ka kite ahau i a koe
Oh, this shit feel like-
– Aue, he rite tonu tēnei ki-
You know that feelin’ when-?
– E mōhio ana koe ki te āhua o te wā-?
Yeah
– Ae
Just pray for me on the third
– Inoi mai ki ahau i te toru o nga ra
It’s a body chopped in thirds, I heard
– He tinana i tapahia ki te toru, i rongo ahau
A lot of sheep in the circle
– He maha nga hipi i roto i te porowhita
And you the goat, the Judas comin’ to purge
– A ko koe te koati, ko Hura e haere mai ana ki te horoi
It hurt him everytime you splurge
– I whara ia i nga wa katoa ka pupuhi koe
All this time spent, the mind sent, the haters envy
– Ko te wā katoa i pau, ko te hinengaro i tukuna, ko te hae o te hunga kino
It make me happy knowin’ they can never touch me
– Ka hari ahau ki te mōhio kāore e taea e rātau te pa atu ki ahau
I tackle every goal he made, they think we playin’ rugby
– Ka whakaekea e au ngā whāinga katoa i tutuki i a ia, e whakaaro ana rātau kei te tākaro mātou i te whutupaoro
The rug be in the Ghost look like a floor at the haunted house
– Ko te kāpeti kei roto I te Wairua he rite ki te papa i te whare haunted
Six hunnid thousand on two hunnid acres, I know it hurt ’em bad
– E ono mano hunnid i runga i rua eka hunnid, e mohio ana ahau i whara ’em kino
Paparazzi peek, we close the curtains
– Paparazzi peek, kati tatou i nga pihi
I know it hurt ’em, mad
– E mōhio ana ahau i whara i a rātou, e haurangi ana
Yeah, this like a verse that the pastor gave from the pulpit
– Ae, he rite tenei ki te irava i hoatu e te tohunga i te paepae
They matador me but I ain’t here for the bullshit
– E matador ratou ahau engari e kore ahau i konei mo te bullshit
Never stress who they gon’ bless today
– Kaua rawa e manukanuka ko wai e manaakitia ana e ratou i tenei ra
I knew I’d get a mil’, I came from Section 8, ain’t stressed a plate, yeah
– I mohio ahau ka whiwhi ahau i te mil, i haere mai ahau i Te Wahanga 8, kaore I te whakaarohia he pereti, ae
The rest is greatness, it’s history in the makin’
– Ko te toenga ko te nui, ko te hītori i roto i te makin’
His story he makin’
– Ko tana kōrero he makin’
Take it into fact that we was taken
– Tangohia ki te meka i tangohia matou
Placed inside the trap, tapped with laxatives and we think that we runnin’ shit?
– I whakatakotoria ki roto i te rore, i whakatangihia ki ngā rongoā whakamātao, ā, e whakaaro ana mātou kei te rere kē mātou?
Relax and relapse, dope lift up a hunnid clips
– Te okiokinga me te hokinga mai, ka whakaarahia e te tarukino he kopare hunnid
Some blocks turn haunted, growth stunted
– Ka huri ētahi poraka ki te whakawehi, ka whakaroa te tipu
Like Barnum and Bailey, hard for the babies
– Ka rite Ki A Barnum rāua ko Bailey, he uaua ki ngā pēpi
Clownin’ and drownin’ they surroundings if an opp out
– Ko te Clownin me te drownin e karapoti ana i a rātou mēnā he opp out
Backseat of the police car but never cop out
– Te nohoanga o muri o te waka pirihimana engari kaua rawa e mahi
The pole too long to stop doubtin’, for better days
– He roa rawa te pou ki te whakamutu i te ruarua, mo nga ra pai ake
The sun bright out, children, let it raise
– Kia marama te ra, e nga tamariki, kia ara ake
If you hear this, keep your head up, praise, go
– Ki te rongo koe i tenei, kia mau ki tou matenga ake, whakamoemiti, haere
Go
– Haere
Go
– Haere
Yeah
– Ae
Uh
– Uh
The reign is obsolete, Jermaine is out to be
– Kua tawhitotia te kingitanga, Kua puta a Jermaine
Celebrated, paraded out in the streets for days, if not for weeks
– I whakanuihia, i haereere i nga huarahi mo nga ra, ki te kore mo nga wiki
For bringing us out the bleakest, burning pit
– Mo te kawe mai i a mātou i te poka pouri rawa, e tahuna ana
My words is slick, when it’s my turn to kick
– He maeneene aku kupu, ina ko taku huri ki te patuki
I apply pressure like I’m trained to stop a leak
– Ka pēhi ahau me te mea kua whakangunguhia ahau ki te whakamutu i te turuturu
How vain is my belief?
– He aha te kore o taku whakapono?
To say that I could be the greatest y’all done seen
– Ki te mea ko ahau te mea nui rawa atu i kitea e koutou katoa
With my cadence proper, from days I laid across the street
– Ki toku auau tika, i nga ra i takoto ahau puta noa i te huarahi
From these Caucasian neighbors, new kids I stayed around
– Mai i ēnei Hoa Noho Kaukau, i noho au ki te taha o ngā tamariki hou
I’d green and not as mean as my homies that played on project swings
– He matomato ahau, ehara i te mea he rite ki aku hoa i purei i runga i te kaupapa swings
What fate has not foreseen
– He aha te tūponotanga kāore i te matapae
My brain stained, engrained with the stories of slain bodies from heinous robberies
– Kua poke toku roro, kua whakauruhia ki nga korero mo nga tinana i patua mai i nga tahae kino
And rated R regimes, exchanging raw for cream
– Me ngā tikanga r kua tohua, e whakawhiti ana i te raw mō te kirīmi
Tricked ’em and went left, they pull up shootin’ like Tatum off a screen
– I tinihangatia rātou, ka haere ki te taha mauī, ka tangohia e rātau te kopere pēnei i A Tatum i te mata
The bills is due, as kids we knew the way the calls would ring
– E tika ana ngā pire, i te mea e mōhio ana ngā tamariki ki te āhua o te tangi o ngā waea
Since mom ain’t paid ’em off, we trained to watch the names across the screen
– I te mea kaore a mama i utu i a raatau, i whakangungu matou ki te matakitaki i nga ingoa puta noa i te mata
And let collections pass just like we failed to make an offering
– A kia haere nga kohinga kia rite ki ta matou i kore ai e tuku
Gotta channel thoughts ’cause damn, the cable off, it seems
– Gotta channel whakaaro ‘ take damn, te taura atu, te mea te reira
Deep down, I hated Halloween, with all that I have seen
– I roto I te hohonu, i kino ahau Ki Te Halloween, me nga mea katoa i kite ahau
Who needs another way to cause a scream?
– Ko wai e hiahia ana ki tētahi atu huarahi hei whakaoho i te hamama?
Dangerous as the king of pop, how well they spin your block
– He mōrearea hei kingi o pop, he pēhea te pai o te hurihanga o tō poraka
No moves, minimal, smooth criminals
– Kāore he nekehanga, he iti, he hunga hara maeneene
The whole gang doin’ insane amount of lean
– Ko te rōpū katoa e mahi ana i te nui o te ngoikore
This ain’t prescribed ’cause there’s no doc’ for pain they harboring
– Kāore tēnei i whakaritea ‘no te mea kāore he doc’ mō te mamae e mau ana i a rātou
Some pray to God, but it’s odd, ’cause Satan’s catered all their dreams
– Ko ētahi e inoi ana ki Te Atua, engari he mea whakamiharo, nā Te Mea kua tutuki katoa i A Hatana ā rātou moemoea
Spiritually malnourished, dehydrated, now they feign
– He kore kai wairua, he matewai, inaianei kei te tinihanga ratou
For truth in these flows, food for they souls, to make it all serene, uh
– Mo te pono i roto i enei rere, kai mo ratou wairua, ki te hanga i te reira katoa marino, uh
Well, here’s a plate of collard greens (Uh), yeah
– Anei he papa o nga karakara karakara (Uh), yeah
