Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
It’s always the loudmouths that can’t count
– Ko te mea tonu ko te ngutu nui e kore e taea te tatau
The right price, I put the AR in the saint’s mouth (talk about it)
– Ko te utu tika, ka hoatu e ahau TE AR i roto i te mangai o te tapu (korero mo taua mea)
Bring all the watches and the chains out
– Kawea mai nga mataaratanga katoa me nga mekameka ki waho
Heat come, I’m De Niro, I got the safe house
– Haere mai te wera, Ko De Niro ahau, kei a au te whare haumaru
(This is culturally inappropriate)
– (Ko te ahurea e tika ana tenei)
Surrounded by niggas with tears that don’t drip
– E karapotia ana e ngā negro me ngā roimata kāore e rere
(Talk about it)
– (Kōrero mō tēnei)
That ain’t the ghost that you appear to go get
– E kore e te wairua e puta koe ki te haere tiki
Finally got the courage but you still a whole bitch
– I te mutunga ka whai maia koe engari he wahine katoa tonu koe
The rest of y’all on my six year ago shit
– Ko te toenga o koutou katoa i runga i toku ono tau ki muri shit
Every move intentional, the links is atypical
– I ia nekehanga i te whakaaro, he rerekē ngā hononga
Like baseball in D.R., you know what the stick’ll do
– Ka rite ki te petipeti i Roto i Te D. R., e mohio ana koe he aha te mahi a te tokotoko
(This is culturally inappropriate)
– (Ko te ahurea e tika ana tenei)
We got the drop on your shadow
– I hinga mātou i runga i tō atarangi
You know we can get to you
– E mohio ana koe e taea e tatou te tiki ki a koutou
The pen to express my dreams and expertise
– Ko te pene hei whakapuaki i aku moemoea me aku tohungatanga
And TEC’s I squeeze
– Me te tec’s I squeeze
Coke spots all over like leprosy
– Ko ngā wāhi kōkō puta noa pēnei i te repera
It’s a dark spirit tucked behind the flesh you see
– He wairua pouri kei muri i te kikokiko e kite ana koe
Got every single word of the hex I need
– Ka nga kupu kotahi o te hex e hiahia ana ahau
The death I breathe, the death I see
– Ko te mate e manawa ana ahau, ko te mate e kite ana ahau
Looks so good on ya, the coffin wood on ya
– Titiro na pai i runga i a koutou, te rakau coffin i runga i a koutou
Closed casket cause I’m only siccing wolves on ya
– He pouaka kati no te mea kei te tinihanga noa ahau i nga wuruhi ki a koe
Berlinetta horse power, put them hooves on ya
– Te mana o te hoiho o Berlinetta, hoatu he waewae ki a koe
Blow a half a mil in LV leather goods on ya
– Pupuhi i te hawhe mil i ROTO I nga taonga hiako LV i runga i a koe
We been doing this for eons
– Kua roa mātou e mahi ana i tēnei
While you thirsty trying to figure out who you can spill the tea on
– I a koe e matewai ana e ngana ana ki te whakaaro ko wai e taea e koe te riringi i te tea ki runga
I’m in coffee fields making mil’s
– Kei te mahi au i te kawhe i te mil
You get the chills ’cause this shit is real
– Ka whiwhi koe i te wiri, nā te mea he tūturu tēnei mea
Now let me ribbon bowtie your surprise
– Na tukua ahau rīpene bowtie tou ohorere
The feeling that you get when you realize
– Ko te mana’o e whiwhi koe ina real koe
It was really you that died and we are so alive
– Ko koe tonu te mea i mate ā he tino ora tātou
Conspiracy theory, you can’t believe it’s us
– Te ariā whakatakoto whakaaro, e kore e taea e koe te whakapono ko tatou
Soul leave your body like a fentanyl rush
– Ka waiho e te wairua tō tinana pēnei i te fentanyl rush
Dead on your back with your eyes looking up
– Mate i runga i tou hoki ki o koutou kanohi titiro ake
Chandeliers
– Ngā rama
(This is culturally inappropriate)
– (Ko te ahurea e tika ana tenei)
Single-handedly boosted rap to its truest place
– I whakanui i te rap ki tōna wāhi tūturu
Fuck speaking candidly, I alone did rejuvenate
– Fuck korero pono, ahau anake i rejuvenate
Hip-hop into its newest place
– Hip-hop ki tona wahi hōu
Made it cool for Grammy nominated LP’s from previous generation MC’s
– He pai mo Nga LP Kua tohua Ki Te Grammy mai i nga MC o mua
And that rings loud and reverberates
– A he nui te tangi he nui te tangi
It’s not fair to them, I’m thinking I deserve the hate
– Ehara I te mea tika ki a rātou, e whakaaro ana ahau he tika taku kino
Bring it, the only thing you killing is precious time
– Kawea mai, ko te mea anake e patua ana e koe ko te wa utu nui
Used to clash with Decepticons, I was dumb, deaf and blind
– I te wā e whawhai ana ahau ki Ngā Decepticons, he wahangu ahau, he turi, he matapo
So cancel me before I unleash the “Panther” me
– Na whakakorea ahau i mua i te tuku i te “Panther” ahau
The pantheon is a family, we some upstanding G’s
– He whānau te pantheon, e tū ana mātou I Ētahi O Ngā G
The difference between regular spitters and bosses
– Ko te rerekētanga i waenganui i spitters auau me rangatira
My principles’ high
– Ko te runga o aku kaupapa
You need a glimpse of me from satellites in orbit
– E hiahia ana koe ki te kite i ahau mai i ngā amiorangi i tebuta
(This is culturally inappropriate)
– (Ko te ahurea e tika ana tenei)
Tape sabbaticals on avenues
– Ko ngā Tape sabbaticals i runga i ngā avenues
Bring AK’s on vacay’s when we paddle canoes
– Kawea MAI NGĀ AK ki runga i ngā waka a vacay ina eke mātou ki ngā waka
Follow the leader, Terminator
– A pee i te rangatira, Terminator
Hasta la vista, man of the year
– Ko hasta la vista, te tangata o te tau
Nasir, rockin’ chandeliers
– Ko Nasir, ko rockin ‘ chandeliers
