Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
In God’s hands (Conductor)
– I Roto i Nga ringaringa O Te Atua(Kaiwhakahaere)
Be grateful
– Kia mauruuru
That He was there
– I reira Ia
Glory (Yeah)
– Kororia (Ae)
I’m out here on the road
– Kei konei ahau i runga i te huarahi
You can hear it in the voice (Glory)
– Ka taea e koe te rongo i te reira i roto i te reo (Kororia)
Ah-em, still get this shit off, though
– Ah-em, whiwhi tonu tenei shit atu, ahakoa
Look
– Titiro
The money speakin’ for itself, I call it fortune-tell
– Ko te moni e korero ana mo ia ano, ka kiia e au ko fortune-tell
Fire top from a bitch that work at corporate sales
– Fire top i te bitch e mahi i hoko rangatōpū
Chinchilla ushanka, we skiin’ out in Courchevel
– Chinchilla ushanka, e hīkoi ana mātou i Courchevel
Breakin’ news, they tried to kill him, but the boy prevails
– I te rongo, ka whakamatau rātau ki te whakamate i a ia, engari ka kaha te tamaiti
I leave for tour and my niggas fuckin’ go to jail
– Ka haere au ki te haerenga, ā, ka haere aku negro ki te whare herehere
Preachin’ to the dogs ’bout wantin’ more for themselves
– Te kauwhau ki ngā kuri ’bout wantin’ more for themselves
It’s weighin’ heavy on my moral scale
– He taumaha te taumaha i runga i taku tauine matatika
Knowin’ they gon’ sell another citizen ‘cane
– I te mōhio ka’ hoko atu rātou i tētahi atu tangata ‘ cane
They think they Orson Welles
– E whakaaro ana rātau Ko Orson Welles rātau
Walk in Chanel, they like, “How the fuck you need more Chanel?”
– Haere I Roto I Chanel, rite ratou, “Pehea te fuck e hiahia ana koe Atu Chanel?”
I got these cats tuckin’ tails on fourth-quarter sales
– I whiwhi au i ēnei ngeru e tuckin’ tails i runga i te hoko o te hauwhā o te hauwhā
I’m used to seein’ tears drop over enormous meals
– Kua whakamahia ahau ki te kite i nga roimata e taka ana i runga i nga kai nui
The restaurant clears out, faint echoes of Lauryn Hill
– Ka horoia e Te wharekai, he oro ngoikore o Lauryn Hill
I say, “We gotta talk about us,” I feel like Jordan Peele
– Ka mea ahau, “Me kōrero tātou mō tātou”, ka rite ahau ki A Jordan Peele
Could tell I’m gettin’ under your skin like a orange peel
– Ka taea e au te korero kei raro ahau i to kiri ano he kiri kaakaariki
‘Cause your words don’t match your actions like a foreign film
– ‘Na te mea kaore o kupu e rite ki o mahi penei i te kiriata ke
And now it’s silence in the Lamb’ like the horror film
– Na inaianei ko te puku i roto i te Reme ‘ rite te kiriata whakamataku
Things get quiet after me statin’ the obvious
– Ka marino nga mea i muri i ahau e noho ana i te mea e kitea ana
Things get kinky after fifteen years of dominance
– Ka kinky ngā mea i muri i te tekau mā rima tau o te mana
That October sky is lookin’ ominous
– Ko te rangi o oketopa e titiro ana ki te kino
The money is autonomous
– He motuhake te moni
Shout’ to Oliver North, he out in Rome doin’ Toronto shit
– Karanga ‘Ki Oliver Te Tai tokerau, ia i Roto i Te Roma mahi’ Toronto shit
And Jeremiah the watchdog, you niggas know what time it is
– A Ko Heremaia te kaitiaki, e nga negro e mohio ana koe he aha te wa
I’m in and out of Houston Hobby so much, I’m a hobbyist
– Kei Roto ahau, kei Waho hoki o Houston Hobby, he tangata whakangahau ahau
Hoes waitin’ on Cench in the lobby, that boy a lobbyist
– Hoes tatari ‘ i Runga i Cench i roto i te rori, e tamaiti he lobbyist
Savage got a green card straight out of the consulate
– I whiwhi kāri matomato a Savage i te consulate
Where I go, you go, brother, we Yugoslavian
– E haere ana ahau ki hea, e haere ana koe, e te teina, E Te Tangata O Yugoslavia
Formal is the dress code, dawg, so many checks owed
– Ko te tikanga ko te waehere kākahu, dawg, he maha nga tieki e tika ana
I feel Czechoslovakian, nigga, what the fuck?
– Fe Ahau Czechoslovakian, nigga, he aha te fuck?
Nah, I’m movin’ different right now, for real, like
– Nah, kei te rere ke ahau i tenei wa, mo te pono, penei
I feel like if Mike switched out the glove for the pen, like
– Ka rite ki Te mea Kua hurihia e Mike te karapu mo te pene, penei
This shit just too enticing right now, you know?
– He mea whakaongaonga rawa tēnei i tēnei wā, e mōhio ana koe?
Look
– Titiro
Diamonds do the silly dance, I raise up the wine glass
– Ka kanikani nga taimana i te kanikani maamaa, ka whakaarahia e au te karaihe waina
Metal detectors beepin’ and security bypass
– Pūoko whakarewa beepin ‘ me te haumaru bypass
The numbers goin’ up, someone pull up the line graph
– Ka piki ake ngā tau, ka tangohia e tētahi te kauwhata raina
The days are goin’ by, it’s like I’m livin’ in time-lapse
– Kei te haere ngā rā, he rite ki te noho au i roto i te wā-whakare
Been talkin’ to Adel like he majored in finance
– I kōrero Ki A Adel me te mea i ako ia i te pūtea
Shania Twain, notepad, I’m makin’ it line-dance
– Shania Twain, notepad, kei te hanga ahau i te raina kanikani
You tryna rob me
– Ka taea e koe te tahae i ahau
And it’s gon’ feel like you sittin’ at your favorite restaurant
– A ka’ whakaaro koe e noho ana’ i tō wharekai tino pai
Cause, nigga, that’s where you dyin’ at
– Take, nigga, ko te wahi e mate koe ‘ i
Mob ties
– Ngā hononga o te rōpū
I swear we like a bitch with fine sisters and fine cousins
– E oati ana ahau he wahine ta matou he tuahine pai he whanaunga pai
The family all bad
– He kino katoa te whānau
I’m preachin’ to the dawgs about cleanin’ they images
– Kei te kauwhau ahau ki nga dawgs mo te horoi i a raatau whakaahua
I swear I’m like a young T.D. Jakes to my menaces
– E oati ana ahau he rite ahau ki te T. d. jakes taitamariki ki aku whakawehi
Long-kiss goodnight, PDA for my nemesis
– Kihi-roa goodnight, PDA hoki toku nemesis
Three hunnid acres, PGA on the premises
– E toru eka hunnid, PGA i runga i te wāhi
That’s what’s really brackin’ like this verse in parentheses
– Koina te mea e tino rite ana ki tēnei irava i roto i ngā kōwae
I’m givin’ hits to niggas on some, don’t even mention it
– Ka hoatu e au he hit ki ngā nigga i runga i ētahi, kaua rawa e whakahua
Like, don’t even worry about it, like
– Ka rite ki, kaua e manukanuka ki taua mea, ka rite ki
You can hit me back whenever, or
– Ka taea e koe te patu i ahau i nga wa katoa, ranei
Or don’t, you know?
– Kaore ranei, e mohio ana koe?
It is what it is, I guess
– Ko te mea tonu, ki taku whakaaro
Yeah, hm
– Ae, hm
Look
– Titiro
You young boys take some of that money and set it aside
– Ka tangohia e koe ētahi o aua moni e ngā tama taitamariki ā ka whakatakotoria
Not havin’ enough to pay your tax is a federal crime
– Ko te kore e nui ki te utu i tō tāke he hara ā-motu
You niggas obsessed with me, and it’s not on no-hetero vibe
– E nga negro e whakahawea ana ki ahau, a ehara i te mea i runga i te wairua kore-hetero
Handle beef so quiet, you think that I’m lettin’ it slide
– Hapai i te kau kia ata, whakaaro koe e ahau te tuku i te reira te kiriata
Next thing you know, we tip-toein’ past enemy lines
– Ko te mea e whai ake nei e mōhio ana koe, e tohu ana mātou i ngā rārangi hoariri o mua
Diss me so long ago, we making your memories fly
– Diss me so long ago, we making your memories fly
Conspiracy theories start floatin’ ’round like the Kennedy guy
– Ka tīmata ngā ariā whakatakoto whakaaro ki te rere huri noa pēnei i te Tangata A Kennedy
I’ll prolly hold a grudge against you guys ’til I’m seventy-five
– Ka mau tonu taku riri ki a koutou, tae noa ki te whitu tekau ma rima o oku tau
Ayy, niggas lyin’ for a livin’, I couldn’t relate
– Ayy, niggas lyin ‘mo te livin’, e kore e taea e ahau te kōrero
We all gotta lay in the bed we make, but that couldn’t be Drake
– Me takoto katoa tātou ki te moenga e hanga ana e tātou, engari kāore i Taea E Drake
You forced a lot of fake love when real ones stood in your face
– I kaha koe ki te nui o te aroha teka i te wa i tu ai nga mea pono ki to kanohi
That’s why you got deserted by your niggas like puddin’ and cake
– Koia koe i whakarerea ai e ōu negro pēnei i te puddin me te keke
I got you on camera bowin’ down, but the footage is safe
– I whakauruhia koe e au ki te kāmera, engari he haumaru te pikitia
Thank God, another USB to put in the safe
– Mauruuru E Te ATUA, TETAHI ATU USB ki te hoatu i roto i te haumaru
Thank God, at the crib, dippin’ my foot in the lake
– Whakawhetai Ki Te Atua, i te moenga, e ruku ana i toku waewae ki te roto
I swear that y’all turned me into the villain, I couldn’t escape
– E oati ana ahau kua hurihia ahau e koutou katoa hei tangata kino, e kore ahau e taea te mawhiti
Not sayin’ I’m the best at what I do
– Ehara I te mea ko au te mea pai rawa atu i taku mahi
I’m just sayin’ that it’s me versus whoever wanna lose
– Kei te mea noa ahau ko au ki te tangata e hiahia ana ki te ngaro
Pick any one of the Who’s Whos, I got .22s for new crews
– Tīpakohia tetahi O Te Who Te Who, ka ahau .22s mō ngā kaimahi hou
R.I.P. to the DJ from Houston, we loose screws
– R. I. p. ki te DJ mai I Houston, we loose screws
Helicopters, cop lights, and news crews
– He hīkoi, he rama pirihimana, he rōpū rongo
Niggas steady cryin’ to my daddy, well, boo-hoo
– E tangi ana a Niggas ki taku papa, pai, boo-hoo
You prolly heard a lot about the boy, well, true, true, haha
– Ka rongo koe i te rota e pā ana ki te tamaiti, pai, pono, pono, haha
(In God’s hands) Yeah
– (I Roto i Nga ringaringa O Te Atua) Yeah
(Be grateful)
– (Kia mauruuru)
(That He was there)
– (I reira Ia)
