Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
In the city, I hear the voices of the ancients, they’re calling for us
– I te taone nui, ka rongo au i nga reo o nga kaumatua, e karanga ana ratou ki a matou
Hear their horses running up Prince Street
– Whakarongo ki a Rātau hoiho e rere ana i Runga I Te Prince Street
‘Cause I’m a mystic, I swim in waters
– ‘No te mea he mea ngaro ahau, ka kaukau ahau i roto i nga wai
That would drown so many other bitches
– He maha atu anō ngā wahine i horomia
Got me lifted, feeling so gifted, ah-ah-ah
– I whakaarahia ahau, i tino pūmanawa, ah-ah-ah
Mm-mm, mm, mm-mm-mm, mm-mm-mm-mm
– Mm-mm, mm, mm-mm-mm, mm-mm-mm-mm
In the gym, I’m exorcising all my demons, make ’em keep riding
– I roto i te whare hākinakina, kei te peia e au aku rewera katoa, kia eke tonu rātou
Yesterday I lifted your body weight
– Inanahi i whakaarahia e au to taumaha tinana
I pick a song and I listen to it
– Ka whiriwhiri ahau i tētahi waiata ka whakarongo ahau ki a ia
Until it’s just a piece of music
– Tae noa ki te mea he wahi noa o te waiata
And everything else falls away
– A ka taka atu nga mea katoa
Ah-ah, ah-ah
– Ah-ah, ah-ah
Baby, whenever you’d break me I’d watch it happen, like an angel looking down
– E te tamaiti, i nga wa katoa ka pakaru koe i ahau ka kite ahau i te mea e tupu ana, ano he anahera e titiro ana ki raro
Ah-ah, ah
– Ah-ah, ah
Yeah, baby, I wanna be hurt like that
– Ae, e te tamaiti, e hiahia ana ahau kia whara pēnei
I can feel, don’t need fantasy
– Ka taea e au te whakaaro, kaua e hiahia ki te whakaaro
Oh, God, if she could see me now
– Aue, E Te Atua, ki te taea e ia te kite i ahau inaianei
Hope you find (Na-na-na-na) another starlet (Na-na-na-na), another camera (Na-na-na-na), another red carpet (Na-na-na-na)
– Ko te tumanako ka kitea e koe (Na-na-na-na) tetahi atu whetu (Na-na-na-na), tetahi atu kamera (Na-na-na-na), tetahi atu whero whero (Na-na-na-na)
As for me (Na-na-na-na), I’m going back to the clay, uh-na-na
– Ko ahau (na-na-na-na), ka hoki ahau ki te oneone, uh-na-na
You can tell them (Na-na-na-na) I went crazy
– Ka taea e koe te korero ki a ratou (Na-na-na-na) i haurangi ahau
If that’s what this is, then I guess I’ll take it
– Ki te mea ko te aha tenei, ka whakaaro ahau ka tangohia e ahau
I bring the pain out the synthesizer
– Ka whakaputaina e au te mamae te pūtahuri
The bodies move like there’s spirits inside ’em
– Ka neke ngā tinana me te mea he wairua kei roto i a rātou
Baby, whenever you break me
– E te tamaiti, i nga wa katoa e whati ana koe i ahau
I’d watch it happen, like an angel looking down
– Ka kite ahau i te mea e tupu ana, ano he anahera e titiro iho ana
And, baby, I wanna be hurt like that
– A, e te tamaiti, e hiahia ana ahau kia whara pēnei
I can feel, don’t need fantasy
– Ka taea e au te whakaaro, kaua e hiahia ki te whakaaro
Oh, God, if she could see me now
– Aue, E Te Atua, ki te taea e ia te kite i ahau inaianei
Oh, God, if she could see me now
– Aue, E Te Atua, ki te taea e ia te kite i ahau inaianei
Oh, God, if she could see me now (Ah)
– Aue, Te Atua, ki te taea e ia te kite i ahau inaianei (Ah)
Oh, God, if she could see me now
– Aue, E Te Atua, ki te taea e ia te kite i ahau inaianei
(Oh, God, oh, God)
– (Aue, Te Atua, aue, Te Atua)
