Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
After the ecstasy, testing for pregnancy, prayin’ in MP3
– I muri i te matakite, whakamātautau mō te hapūtanga, inoi ‘ i ROTO I TE MP3
I’m scared to let you see into the whole machine, leave it all on the field
– E mataku ana ahau ki te tuku i a koe kia kite i roto i te mīhini katoa, waiho katoa i runga i te mara
Your metal detector hits my precious treasure, I’m nobody’s daughter
– Ka patua e tō pūoko whakarewa taku taonga utu nui, ehara ahau i te tamahine a tētahi
Yeah, baby, I’m free, I’m free
– Ae, e te tamaiti, he wātea ahau, he wātea ahau
Free, I’m free
– He koreutu, he koreutu ahau
But deep in my matter, you’re changing my patterns
– Engari i roto i taku take, kei te huri koe i aku tauira
Your helix is right through me
– Tou helix he tika i roto i ahau
Bars on my windows, you bust them wide open
– Tutaki i runga i toku matapihi, koperea e koe ratou whānui tuwhera
‘Til clearness is all I see
– ‘Ko te mārama anake taku e kite nei
I’ll try letting the answer be part of the dance as I trip and I stumble
– Ka ngana ahau ki te tuku i te whakautu hei wāhanga o te kanikani i taku haerenga, ka tutuki ahau
Yeah, baby, I’m free, I’m free
– Ae, e te tamaiti, he wātea ahau, he wātea ahau
I’m free
– He wātea ahau
(Ah) Lips ’round your halo, you asked where I came from, I lied and then I came clean
– (Ah) Ngutu ‘a tawhio noa tou halo, ui koe te wahi i haere mai ahau i, teka ahau, a ka haere mai ahau ma
(Ah-ah) There’s broken blood in me, it passed through my mother from her mother down to me
– (Ah-ah) he toto pakaru kei roto i ahau, i haere mai i roto i toku whaea mai i tona whaea ki raro ki ahau
(Ah-ah-ah-ah) I feel you answer, my hips moving faster, I rode you until I cried
– (Ah-ah-ah-ah) fe ahau whakahoki koe, toku hope neke tere, eke ahau ki a koutou tae noa ki te tangi ahau
(Ah-ah) How’s it feel being this alive?
– (Ah-ah) He pēhea te āhua o te ora o tēnei?
Oh, where did it go?
– Aue, i haere ki hea?
Oh, wish I’d kept the Clearblue
– Aue, me i pupuri ahau i te Clearblue
I’d remember how it feels to
– Ka mahara ahau ki te āhua o te
Be so bare in the throes
– Kia tino kore i roto i te throes
Oh, I wish I’d kept the Clearblue
– Aue, e hiahia ana ahau ki te pupuri i te Clearblue
I’d remember how it feels to be
– Ka mahara ahau ki te āhua o te mea
