Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Did you like how that sounded?
– I pai koe ki te tangi o taua mea?
Did you just write that or was that the same one?
– I tuhituhi noa koe i taua mea, i taua mea rānei?
Oh-oh
– E te atua
I don’t wanna go to Grandma’s
– Kāore au e hiahia ana ki Te haere ki Te Whare O Te Kuia
So I’m quiet on the drive
– Na kei te noho puku ahau i runga i te puku
I don’t wanna go to Grandma’s
– Kāore au e hiahia ana ki Te haere ki Te Whare O Te Kuia
So I’m quiet on the drive
– Na kei te noho puku ahau i runga i te puku
I saw a deer that must’ve gotten hit, it made me start to cry
– I kite ahau i tētahi reera i patua, i tīmata ai ahau ki te tangi
Did he have a mom and dad and do they argue just like mine?
– I whai ia i tētahi whaea me tētahi pāpā, ā, e tautohetohe ana rātau, pērā tonu ki taku?
Did he have a little brother that annoyed him all the time?
– He teina iti tana i whakapataritari i a ia i nga wa katoa?
Did he wanna be a grown up?
– I hiahia ia ki te pakeke?
You’re gonna need to come in on that first part
– Ka hiahia koe ki te haere mai i roto i runga i taua wahi tuatahi
Come in while she’s singing
– Haere mai i a ia e waiata ana
Okay
– He pai
Yeah
– Ae
Did he wanna be a grown up?
– I hiahia ia ki te pakeke?
Were there trees he liked to climb?
– I reira nga rakau i pai ai ia ki te piki?
There’s a boy I went to school with who had leukemia at five
– He tamaiti I haere ahau ki te kura i mate i te mate pukupuku i te rima o oku tau
Now his parents give him everything, they never yell or fight
– Na, ka hoatu e ona matua nga mea katoa ki a ia, kaore ratou e hamama, e whawhai ranei
They never make him cut his hair because they’re happy he survived
– Kāore rātou i tapahi i ōna makawe nā te mea he harikoa rātau i ora ai ia
He didn’t have to clean his room, it was enough to be alive
– Kāore i tika kia horoia e ia tōna rūma, he nui rawa kia ora ai
When I was little, I was jealous, and I’d say a prayer at night
– I ahau e tamariki ana, ka hae ahau, ka inoi ahau i te po
Well, I’d say
– Well, ka mea ahau
Please, God, I wanna be sick
– Tena, E te Atua, e hiahia ana ahau kia mate
I don’t wanna hurt so get it over with quick
– Kāore au e hiahia ki te whara nō reira kia tere te whakamutu
Please, God, I wanna be loved
– Tena, E te Atua, e hiahia ana ahau kia arohaina
I don’t wanna be somebody that they wanna get rid of
– Kāore au e hiahia kia noho hei tangata e hiahia ana rātou kia whakakahoretia
Please, God, I wanna be sick
– Tena, E te Atua, e hiahia ana ahau kia mate
I don’t wanna hurt so get it over with quick
– Kāore au e hiahia ki te whara nō reira kia tere te whakamutu
Please, God, I wanna be loved
– Tena, E te Atua, e hiahia ana ahau kia arohaina
I don’t wanna be somebody they wanna get rid of
– Kāore au e hiahia kia noho hei tangata e hiahia ana rātou kia whakakahoretia
