Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Uncle said, “Nigga, you must be sick
– Ka mea a Uncle, ” Nigga, me mate koe
All you talk about is just gettin’ rich”
– Ko te mea anake e kōrero ana koe, ko te whai rawa noa iho”
Choke my neck, nigga, and ice my bitch
– Ka werohia taku kaki, ka werohia, ka werohia taku wahine
Beat the system with chains and whips
– Patupatua te pūnaha ki nga mekameka me nga whiu
This is culturally inappropriate
– He hē tēnei ki te ahurea
You run from the spirit of repossession
– Ka rere koe i te wairua o te whakahoki
Too much enamel covers your necklace
– He nui rawa te enamel e hipoki ana i to mekameka
I buy bitches, you buy ’em sections
– Ka hokona e au he wahine, ka hokona e koe he wāhanga
You buy watches, I buy collections
– Ka hokona e koe nga mataaratanga, ka hokona e au nga kohinga
Misery’s fuelin’ your regression
– Kei te whakaoho a Misery i tō hokinga mai
Jealousy’s turned into obsession
– Kua huri te hae ki te whakaaro nui
Reality TV is mud wrestlin’
– KO te POUAKA WHAKAATA PONO ko mud wrestlin’
Some signed checks, I know better than
– Ētahi taki hainatia, e mohio ana ahau pai atu I
Beware of my name, that there is delicate
– Kia tupato ki toku ingoa, he mea ngawari
You know I know where you’re delicate
– E mohio ana koe e mohio ana ahau ki te wahi kei te ahuareka koe
Crush you to pieces, I’ll hum a breath of it
– Kuru koe ki mongamonga, ka hum ahau he manawa o reira
I will close your Heaven for the hell of it
– Ka kati e ahau tou Rangi mo te reinga o reira
You’d think it’d be valor amongst veterans
– Ka whakaaro koe he maia i waenga i nga hoia tawhito
I’m watchin’ your fame escape relevance
– Kei te mātakitaki au i tō rongonui e rere ana i te hāngai
We all in the room, but here’s the elephant
– Ko tātou katoa i roto i te rūma, engari ko te elephant tēnei
You chasin’ a feature out of your element
– Ka whai koe i tētahi āhuatanga i roto i tō huānga
And those lab diamonds under inspection
– Me aua taimana taiwhanga e tirotirohia ana
The question marks block your blessings
– Ko nga tohu patai ka aukati i o manaakitanga
There’s no tombstones in the desert
– Kāore he toka i te koraha
I know by now you get the message
– E mohio ana ahau inaianei ka whiwhi koe i te karere
Uncle said, “Nigga, you must be sick
– Ka mea a Uncle, ” Nigga, me mate koe
All you talk about is just gettin’ rich”
– Ko te mea anake e kōrero ana koe, ko te whai rawa noa iho”
Choke my neck, nigga, and ice my bitch
– Ka werohia taku kaki, ka werohia, ka werohia taku wahine
Beat the system with chains and whips
– Patupatua te pūnaha ki nga mekameka me nga whiu
It don’t take much to put two and two
– E kore e tangohia te reira nui ki te hoatu e rua me te rua
Your lucky streak is now losin’ you
– Ko tō rārangi waimarie kei te ngaro i a koe
Money’s dried up like a cuticle
– Kua maroke te moni ano he cuticle
You’re gaspin’ for air now, it’s beautiful
– Kei te ngenge koe mo te hau inaianei, he ataahua
John 10:10, that’s my usual
– John 10: 10, ko taku tikanga tena
Mamas is fallin’ out in funerals
– Kei te hinga a Mamas i roto i ngā tangihanga
Embalmed and bloat, they now viewin’ you
– He mea whakahinuhinu, he mea pupuhi, kei te titiro atu rātou ki a koe
They never find the guns, but the sewers do
– Kāore rātou i kitea ngā patu, engari ko ngā awaawa
Bubbles was sick, he need medicine
– He mate a Bubbles, e hiahia ana ia ki te rongoā
Brought him back to life, now he dead again
– I whakaarahia ia ki te ora, inaianei kua mate ano ia
Richard don’t make watches for presidents
– Kāore a Richard i te hanga karaka mō ngā tumuaki
Just a million trapped between skeletons
– Kotahi miriona noa iho i mau ki waenganui i ngā kōwae
This the darkest that I ever been
– Ko te mea pouri rawa atu I ahau
The diamonds make you taste peppermint
– Ko te taimana kia reka koe peppermint
You ain’t thrive in the snow like it’s The Revenant
– E kore koe e tupu i roto i te hukarere rite te Reira I Te Revenant
And send orders back down and keep shovelin’
– Me te tuku whakahau hoki ki raro, me te pupuri i te kopere’
Uncle said, “Nigga, you must be sick
– Ka mea a Uncle, ” Nigga, me mate koe
All you talk about is just gettin’ rich”
– Ko te mea anake e kōrero ana koe, ko te whai rawa noa iho”
Choke my neck, nigga, and ice my bitch
– Ka werohia taku kaki, ka werohia, ka werohia taku wahine
Beat the system with chains and whips
– Patupatua te pūnaha ki nga mekameka me nga whiu
Oh yeah, when things get dark and your number get called
– Ae, ka pouri nga mea, ka karangahia to tau
And you look side to side like, “What did they say?”
– A ka titiro koe ki te taha ki te taha, ” He Aha ta ratou i mea ai?”
And it ain’t the Lord’s voice and then you realize
– A ehara i te reo O Te Ariki a ka mohio koe
That the devil is talkin’ to you (Hm)
– E korero ana te rewera ki a koe (Hm)
I’m not the candidate to vibe with
– Ehara ahau i te kaitono ki te vibe ki
I don’t fuck with the kumbaya shit
– E kore ahau e fuck ki te kumbaya shit
All that talent must be godsent
– Ko te katoa o taua taranata me waiho hei atua
I send yo’ ass back to the cosmics
– Ka tukuna atu e au a yo’ ass ki te ao
The things I’ve seen under my eyelids
– Ko nga mea kua kite ahau i raro i aku kamo
Kaleidoscope dreams, murder, and sirens
– Ngā moemoea o te Kaleidoscope, te whakamate, me ngā pūoho
Let’s be clear, hip-hop died again
– Kia mārama, ka mate anō te hip-hop
Half of my profits may go to Rakim
– Ko te haurua o aku hua ka haere ki Rakim
How many Judases that let me down?
– E hia Nga Hurai i tuku i ahau ki raro?
But fuck it, the West mines, we right now
– Engari kia puta, ko Ngā maina ki te Uru, ko tātou i tēnei wā
Therapy showed me how to open up
– I whakaaturia mai e te rongoā ki ahau me pēhea te whakatuwhera
It also showed me I don’t give a fuck
– I whakaaturia mai hoki ki ahau e kore ahau e hoatu i te fuck
The two-time Gemini with the genocide
– Ko Te gemini e rua-wā ki te whakamatenga
I’m generous, however you want it, I’ll be the gentle kind
– He atawhai ahau, ahakoa e hiahia ana koe, ka waiho ahau hei ahua ngawari
Gentlemen and gangstas connect, the agenda of mine
– Gentlemen and gangstas connect, te kaupapa o taku
Move niggas up outta here, this shit get gentrified
– Ka neke ake ngā nigga ki konei, ka whai mana tēnei mea
Heavy genes like Genovese, I’ll drop your Pentagon
– Ko Ngā ira taumaha pēnei i A Genovese, ka whakarerea e au tō Pentagon
Then show up at your at your gender reveal and tell ’em give me mine
– Na ka whakaatu ake i tou i tou ira whakakitea, ka mea ’em homai ki ahau toku
I son niggas, I am the general, where my gin and juice?
– Ko taku tama, ko niggas, ko ahau te rangatira, kei hea taku gin me taku wai?
Every song is the book of Genesis, let the sonics boom
– Ko nga waiata katoa ko Te pukapuka O Kenehi, kia pupuhi te sonics
Niggas want the tea on me, well, here’s the ginger root
– E hiahia ana ngā negro ki te ti i runga i ahau, pai, anei te pakiaka hīngi
I generate residuals, bitch, get off my genitals
– Ka whakaputa au i ngā toenga, e te wahine, ka puta atu i aku whekau
They said I couldn’t reach Gen Z, you fuckin’ dickheads
– Ka mea ratou e kore e taea e ahau te tae Gen Z, koe fuckin ‘ dickheads
You must be full of that ginseng, here comes the jinx, yeah
– Me ki tonu koe i taua ginseng, here comes the jinx, yeah
They genetics been synthetic, screamin’ they genius
– He mea hanga te ira, e hamama ana, e mohio ana
A finger wave, they all fall, niggas is Jenga
– He ngaru maihao, ka hinga katoa, ko niggas ko Jenga
God gave me light, a good year full of free will
– I homai e te atua he marama ki ahau, he tau pai ki tonu i te hiahia noa
Trump card, told me not to spare your life, motherfucker
– Kāri Trump, korerotia ki ahau e kore e ki te whakaora i to outou oraraa, motherfucker
Oh yeah, when things get dark and your number get called
– Ae, ka pouri nga mea, ka karangahia to tau
And you look side to side like, “What did they say?”
– A ka titiro koe ki te taha ki te taha, ” He Aha ta ratou i mea ai?”
And it ain’t the Lord’s voice and then you realize
– A ehara i te reo O Te Ariki a ka mohio koe
That the devil is talkin’ to you
– E korero ana te rewera ki a koe
