Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Wagyu on the fifty-second floor just to take the piss?
– Wagyu i runga i te papa rima tekau-rua tika ki te tango i te piss?
But, somehow we’ve had to deal with higher stakes than this
– Engari, i tētahi ara, he nui ake ngā tūponotanga i a mātou i tēnei
You’re the reason that I take the risk, had me on your tour team
– Ko koe te take e tango ahau i te mōrea, i ahau i runga i tou kapa haerenga
I studied you since I was fourteen
– I ako ahau i a koe mai I te tekau ma wha o oku tau
I wanna know what life was like in your teens
– E hiahia ana ahau kia mōhio he pēhea te āhua o te ora i roto i ō koutou taiohi
We shared dreams, and even when we shared screens, I couldn’t get no face time
– I tiritiri mātou i ngā moemoea, ā, ahakoa i tiritiri mātou i ngā mata, kāore au i taea te whiwhi wā kanohi
I got questions like “How’d you do it”, “Do you have regrets”, like “What’s your life like?”
– Kei a au ngā pātai pēnei i te “Me pēhea koe e mahi ai”, “Kei te pouri koe”, pēnei i te ” He aha tō oranga?”
See mine was like the sun setting, pray the moon shine, it’s the prohibition
– Tirohia taku rite ki te ra, inoi te marama whiti, te reira i te rāhuitanga
No ignition, ran for two parties, it’s the coalition
– Kāore he whakaoho, i rere mō ngā rōpū e rua, ko te whakakotahitanga
Rum and Redbull, like Max Verstappen, but the race is different
– Rum me Redbull, rite Max Verstappen, engari he rerekē te iwi
Taste is different, this adult dances in my pole positions
– He rerekē te reka, ka kanikani tēnei pakeke i roto i aku tūnga pou
Youngers dying like they save the game and could reload the mission
– Ka mate ngā rangatahi me te mea ka ora rātou i te kēmu ā ka taea te whakakī anō i te misioni
Wearing jewellery, heard they’re plotting on me when I walk my ends
– I te mau whakapaipai, i rongo rātau e whakatakoto ana rātau i runga i ahau ina haere au i aku pito
It’s South London, somethin’ you can’t teach Streatham common sense
– Ko Te Tonga O Rānana, he mea kāore e taea e Koe te whakaako I Te Whakaaro pai O Streatham
Eating healthy cah we trust our guts more than we trust our friends
– Kai hauora cah whakawhirinaki tatou i to tatou guts atu i whakawhirinaki tatou i to tatou hoa
Many frauds, lot of man fake, lot of imitators, innovators
– He maha nga tinihanga, he maha nga tangata tinihanga, he maha nga kaiwhaiwhai, nga kaiwhakatika
Take that shit to heart like defibrillator (Pah-pah-pah)
– Tangohia taua mea ki te ngakau ano he defibrillator (Pah-pah-pah)
Mothers shed tears and don’t sleep for days, weep for days
– Ko nga whaea e whakaheke ana i nga roimata me te kore e moe mo nga ra, e tangi ana mo nga ra
And killers celebrate with ID parades
– Ka whakanui ngā kaikohuru i NGĀ hākari ID
Then you got this scene I face
– Na ka whiwhi koe i tēnei whakaaturanga e anga atu ana ahau
And this pressure I inherited from you
– A ko tēnei pēhanga I riro mai I a koe
It sounds funny, but it’s true
– He mea whakamiharo, engari he pono
I loved you on the big screen, but, bro, I want you back
– I aroha ahau ki a koe i runga i te mata nui, engari, e hoa, e hiahia ana ahau kia hoki mai koe
‘Cause what acting gained with you, we done lost in rap
– ‘Na te mea i riro i a koe te mahi whakaari, i ngaro matou i te rap
You got a lot of years ahead of you
– He maha nga tau i mua atu i a koe
Some years are worse on you and some were better you
– Ko etahi tau he kino ki a koe a ko etahi he pai ake koe
If it’s not positive, drop it, the streets’ residue
– Ki te kore te mea pai, maturuturu reira, toenga o nga huarahi
But keep a piece of yourself when you’re selling you
– Engari kia mau ki tetahi waahanga o koe i te wa e hoko ana koe i a koe
This game ain’t for the throne, and kings are checkable
– Ehara tēnei kēmu i te mea mō te torona, ā, ka taea te tirotiro i ngā kingi
It’s to be a better you, envy’s inevitable
– He pai ake ki a koe, e kore e taea te karo i te hae
And please take pics with your friends, ’cause I’m telling you, this
– A, tēnā tango pikitia ki o koutou hoa, ‘ no te mea e korero ana ahau ki a koutou, tenei
Industry attention will sever crews and the sick turns to an addiction of the jealous Jews
– Ka tapahia e te aro o te umanga nga kaimahi ka tahuri te hunga mate ki te haurangi o nga Hurai hae
Till they diss you again like you ain’t fed ’em food
– Kia kore ra ano koe e whakahawea ki a koe, me te mea kaore koe e whangai i a raatau kai
But if you whip Cullinan’s, ‘front of desperate yutes
– Engari ki te whiu koe I a Cullinan, ‘ front of desperate yutes
You, Chris in a Benz, then the devil’s due
– Ko Koe, Chris i roto i Te Benz, ka tika te rewera
Them’s the rules
– Ko ngā ture
You made it, lay in it, this bed ain’t new
– I hanga e koe, takoto i roto i te reira, e kore e tenei moenga hou
But let’s keep it true, you know you’re reckless with Pateks and jewels
– Engari kia mau ki te pono, e mohio ana koe he tupato koe Ki Nga Pateks me nga whakapaipai
Flexers do what flexers do, and steppers do what steppers do, beef
– Ka mahia e ngā Flexers ngā mahi a ngā flexers, ā, ka mahia e ngā steppers ngā mahi a ngā steppers, he kai kau
Looking over your shoulder every time we turn keys
– Titiro i runga i tou pokohiwi nga wa tahuri tatou mau taviri
‘Bout turned the other cheek, must a man be the bigger man?
– ‘Kua hurihia e Bout te kanohi o tētahi atu, me nui ake te tangata?
I know we strap the fire, but that’s the mass of giants
– E mohio ana ahau e herea ana e tatou te ahi, engari ko te tini o nga tangata nunui
[These be guessin’? 2:00], take it on the chin, you’re an Aston buyer
– [Kei te whakaaro ēnei? 2: 00], tangohia i runga i te hī, he kaihoko Aston koe
And I’m bias, but my generation got the classic writers
– A he whakaaro tōku, engari ko taku whakatupuranga i whiwhi i ngā kaituhi tawhito
Your gen’, that’s mostly your pain, you’re the rap messiah
– Ko tōu gen, ko te nuinga o tōu mamae, ko koe te mesia rap
And you and Simbi, go grab the accolades, that they would never give me
– A ko koe me Simbi, haere ki te hopu i nga whakamoemiti, e kore e hoatu e ratou ki ahau
But that’s another story, I ain’t goated for the glory
– Engari he kōrero anō tērā, kāore au i te whai i te kororia
Couple trophies in my storage, poor me
– E rua nga taonga i roto i taku rokiroki, poor me
Ivor Novello don’t rate a man, so be it
– Ivor Novello kaua e whakatau i te tangata, na kia reira
I was in ’03 on the mic getting lourdy
– I te tau ’03 ahau i runga i te hopuoro e rere ana
You think you would have flourished in my era at 140?
– E whakaaro ana koe kua tipu koe i roto i taku wā i te 140?
It’s quick to break jollof with you, swap knowledge
– He tere ki te wawahi jollof ki a koe, whakawhiti matauranga
But, sorry, I didn’t make no time, back at Troxy
– Engari, e pouri ana ahau, kāore au i whai wā, i Hoki mai ki Troxy
I watched your soundcheck that day, I saw promise
– I kite ahau i tō whakamātautau oro i taua rā, i kite ahau i te kupu whakaari
Then I came to your O2 show, I saw polish
– Kātahi ka haere mai au ki tō whakaaturanga O2, ka kite au i te reo pōkehā
But during all the pyrotechnics, I was pondering, like
– Engari i te wā o ngā mahi pirotechnics katoa, i whakaaro ahau, pēnei i
Do you have family, politics, and problems?
– Kei a koe te whānau, te tōrangapū, me ngā raruraru?
Can you ever see when you’re just someone’s wallet?
– Ka taea e koe te kite i te wa e tika ana te putea a te tangata?
Have you ever smelt when a cousinship turns rotten?
– Kua kakara ake koe i te wā ka pirau te whanaungatanga?
Tell me, do you ever hear from you’re brother and start sobbing?
– Korero mai ki ahau, kua rongo koe i a koe e teina ana, ka timata ki te tangi?
Tell me, have you ever touched a million and felt office?
– Korero mai ki ahau, kua pa atu koe ki te miriona me te office i te tari?
Tell me, have you ever tasted victory and didn’t want it?
– Korero mai ki ahau, kua whakamatauria e koe te wikitoria, a kaore koe i hiahia?
There was five senses, I’ll make sense to true bosses
– E rima ngā āhuatanga, ka whai tikanga ahau ki ngā rangatira tūturu
I’ve got a sixth sense for knowing there’s truly from it
– He whakaaro tuaono taku mō te mōhio he pono kei reira
Bond Street donny, I know what the same cloth is, I know what the game offers
– Te Rori o Bond donny, e mōhio ana ahau he aha te papanga kotahi, e mōhio ana ahau he aha te kēmu e tuku ana
Raise boffin, bake of in, the sunshine till I lay in coffin, legacy
– Whakaara boffin, tunu o i roto i, te sunshine tae noa takoto ahau i roto i te coffin, legacy
Will they remember me, Dave?
– Ka maumahara rātou ki ahau, Dave?
Pfft, well, I guess we don’t know, that’s why we wake up, go get it by ourselves
– Pfft, pai, ki taku whakaaro kaore matou e mohio, koina te take iake ai matou, haere ki te tiki i a maatau ano
And I’d love to tell you yes, but, bro, I question that myself
– A e hiahia ana ahau ki te korero ki a koutou ae, engari, bro, ui ahau e ahau
Health, wealth, happiness, all somebody really needs
– Hauora, taonga, oaoa, katoa te tangata tino hiahia
And some water I can give to my seed (Uh-huh)
– Me etahi wai ka taea e au te hoatu ki taku purapura (Uh-huh)
Heart cold like Courchevel, core Chanel, Tortoiseshell glasses that I bought this girl
– Ngakau matao rite Courchevel, Matua Chanel, karaihe Tortoiseshell i hokona e ahau tenei kotiro
Toured the world, love, I can’t seem to find it
– I haereere I te ao, love, i can’t seem to find it
This the shit I do for women, I don’t even like ’em
– Ko te mea tēnei e mahia ana e au mō ngā wāhine, kāore au i te pai ki a rātou
Bro I need some guidance
– Bro e hiahia ana ahau ki ētahi aratohu
Guida—?
– Ko te Guida -?
Bro, I ain’t no relationship advisor, but all of this defence won’t make you strike her
– Bro, ehara ahau i te kaitohutohu whanaungatanga, engari ko tenei korero katoa kaore koe e patu i a ia
God loves a tryer, David loves a liar
– E aroha ana te atua ki te kaiwhakamate, E aroha ana A Rawiri ki te tangata teka
But even a harp’s half a heart, so why could Cupid fire?
– Engari ahakoa he harp te hawhe o te ngakau, na he aha i taea ai e Cupid te ahi?
Ayy, where’s she from this time?
– Ayy, kei hea ia mai i tenei wa?
Do your ting, bro
– Mahi i tō ting, bro
Every time, I see your new ting bro
– I nga wa katoa, ka kite ahau i to ting bro hou
‘Cause you don’t date, you Duolingo
– ‘No te mea e kore koe e rā, Koe Duolingo
Ayy, big bro
– Ko Ayy, ko big bro
I don’t know where you got that info, but that wasn’t me
– Kāore au i te mōhio ki te wāhi i whiwhi ai koe i taua mōhiohio, engari ehara i a au
I need that in record and in writing
– E hiahia ana ahau ki tērā i roto i te pūkete me te tuhituhi
But still I love the game, it’s enticing
– Engari e aroha tonu ana ahau ki te kēmu, he mea whakaongaonga
I moved out west and it’s nice in these days, we driving
– I neke atu ahau ki te uru, ā, he pai i ēnei rā, e taraiwa ana mātou
Ah, your lifestyle bougie (Ah), lifestyle bougie (Ah, cool)
– Ah, koutou bougie āhua (Ah), bougie āhua (Ah, hauhautanga)
I used to push a silver Porsche with two seats (Of course you did)
– Whakamahia e ahau ki te pana I Te Porsche hiriwa ki e rua nohoanga (O te akoranga i koe)
Leatherbacks, cosy baby seats in the SUV
– Leatherbacks, nohoanga pēpi whakamarie i roto i te SUV
You know I’ve been Naija and I’ve never had Egusi (So, blud, what was you eating?)
– E mohio ana koe kua naija ahau, a kihai i ahau Egusi (Na, blud, he aha i kai koe?)
Fried plaintin
– Ko te plaintin paraoa
You ain’t have the pepper soup, G? And it’s “Plantain”, but trust me that’s all Gucci listen (Aight here we go)
– Kāore he hupa pīpī i a koe, G? A te reira ” Plantain”, engari whakawhirinaki ahau e Te Katoa gucci whakarongo (Aight here we go)
I was in Jamaica having cow foot soup, in the middle of Greenwich, like I’m a real ghetto yute
– I Jamaica ahau e kai ana i te hupa waewae kau, i waenganui o Greenwich, me te mea he ghetto tūturu ahau ko te yute
Touched up town Monday and my killys gone shoot (Pump-pump-pump)
– Touched up town Monday and my killys gone shoot (Papu-papu-papu)
I don’t fuck with the gang, just till I’m billing up a zoot
– Kāore au e pōhēhē ki te kapa, tae noa ki te wā e utu ana ahau i tētahi whare kararehe
Got me feeling like I must really have eyes in the back of my head (Mad)
– Ka Got ahau me tino whai kanohi ahau i roto i te tuara o toku mahunga (Haurangi)
Range Rover television the interior red (Interior, red)
– Range rover whakaata ko te roto whero (Roto, whero)
Fell asleep in the whip becau’ I feel like it
– I moe I roto i te whiu no te mea’ e like ahau rite te reira
Bed, I just wanna give thanks for this life to me
– E te moenga, e hiahia ana ahau ki te whakawhetai mō tēnei oranga ki ahau
Look, mic check, one, two, three, school dinners
– Titiro, tirohia te hopuoro, kotahi, rua, toru, kai kura
Now we sacked off the sacks of off sea-salt living
– Na ka pahuatia e matou nga peke o te moana-te ora tote
I’m go-funding to bring back peaceful villains
– Kei te haere ahau ki te kawe mai i nga tangata kino rangimarie
Cah all these thirty-eight years, that’s a evil sentence
– Cah enei tau e toru tekau ma waru katoa, e te he rerenga kino
Like I don’t love you no more
– Ka rite ki e kore ahau e aroha ki a koe no more
Dave, I used to be married to the game, I’m a husband no more
– Ko Dave, i mua I marenatia ahau ki te kēmu, he tāne ahau, kāore anō
All these SM7B’s ain’t for us like before
– KO ENEI SM7B KATOA ehara i te MEA mo tatou penei i mua
Mike Billie-Jeaned on that, they just discuss couple wars
– Mike Billie-Jeaned Ko te Mea nui i runga i tērā, ka kōrero noa rātau mō ngā pakanga tokorua
And they short change us
– A ka hurihia e rātau
Paper chasing all good till it’s divorce papers
– Pepa whai pai katoa tae noa ki te reira pepa whakarere
Newspapers, court papers, they all write my wills
– Ngā niupepa, ngā niupepa marae, ka tuhia e rātou katoa aku hiahia
They gon’ talk about your won’ts till they divide your wills
– Ka kōrero rātau mō ōu hiahia kia wehewehea ra ano ōu hiahia
That’s how family feels, growing up so fast
– Ko te āhua o te whānau, he tere te tipu
Twenty-six, feelin’ like our lives on timers
– E rua tekau ma ono, e rite ana ki o tatou oranga i runga i nga taima
Lines in the face, she getting fillers to hide it
– He rārangi kei te mata, e whiwhi ana ia i ngā whakakī hei huna
And hoes lying ’bout their age like Nigerian strikers
– A hoes teka ‘ e pā ana ki to ratou tau rite strikers Nigeria
Sorry, waiter, can I get this food in containers?
– Aroha mai, waiter, ka taea e au te tiki i tenei kai i roto i nga ipu?
Had to move, it was dangerous
– Me neke, he mōrearea
Seen beautiful places, bro, I used to have braces
– Kite wahi ataahua, bro, whakamahia ahau ki te whai braces
Now it’s my driver that’s on a retainer
– Na ko taku taraiwa kei runga i te retainer
But that’s just testament to God in His favour
– Engari he tohu Noa iho tena ki Te Atua I runga I Tana manakohanga
And, bro, I wanted a favour, let’s see each other more
– A, bro, i hiahia ahau ki tētahi mahi, kia kite anō tātou i a tātou anō
Catch up and make deets
– Hopu ake, me te hanga deets
Cah the fans, they miss you, I know the fans, they miss me
– Ko nga kaiwhaiwhai, e mihi ana ratou ki a koe, e mohio ana ahau ki nga kaiwhaiwhai, e mihi ana ratou ki ahau
Let’s make a track about this dinner and this stamp you gave me
– Kia hanga e tatou he ara e pā ana ki tenei tina me tenei tohu hoatu e koe ki ahau
And base it on the book of Samuel, call it “Chapter 16” if you’re down?
– A, i runga i Te pukapuka A Hamuera, karangatia “Putanga 16” ki te mea kei raro koe?
So who’s gonna get this one then?
– Na ko wai ka whiwhi i tēnei?
Hahahaha
– Hahahaha
Aight, that’s cool
– Aight, e te hauhautanga
So, what’s her name?
– He aha te ingoa?
Nah, I’m just fuckin’ with you, just do your thing, man
– Nah, kei te pōhēhē ahau ki a koe, me mahi noa i tō mea, e te tangata
But trust me, don’t overthink it
– Engari whakawhirinaki mai ki ahau, kaua e whakaaro nui
Like, it is what it is, if it’s gonna be something, it’s gonna be something
– Ka rite ki, he aha te mea, ki te mea ka waiho hei mea, ka waiho hei mea
But I know you, I know you, you’re like—
– Engari e mohio ana ahau ki a koe, e mohio ana ahau ki a koe, he rite koe—
You’re thinking, five, ten years down the line
– E whakaaro ana koe, e rima, tekau tau ki raro i te raina
Day at a time
– Te rā i te wā
