Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Uh, Josh (Yes?)
– Uh, Josh (Ae?)
Knock, knock (Who’s there?)
– Patuki ,patuki (Ko Wai kei reira?)
Rick Rubin (Rick Rubin who?)
– Rick Rubin (Rick rubin ko wai?)
Rick Rubin’s piano (Ayy), alright (Yes)
– Ko te piana a Rick Rubin (Ayy), pai (Ae)
Enough fuckin’ around (Okay)
– He nui te fucking ‘ around (Ok)
Yeah
– Ae
Yeah (Yeah, yeah), wake up (Wake up)
– Yeah( Yeah, yeah), ara ake (Ara ake)
Open up your eyes, I told you wake up (Wake up)
– Na ka korerotia e ahau ki a koutou te ara ake (wake up)
All of y’all are still bitches, but
– Katoa o koutou he bitches tonu, engari
A smile just in place of your make up (Your make up)
– He ataata tika i roto i te wahi o to koutou hanga ake (Tou hanga ake)
The best is yet to come (Yeah)
– Ko te mea pai rawa atu kei te haere mai (Yeah)
(What?) Yeah (What?)
– (He aha?) Ae (He Aha?)
E.T.’s not dead, he’s just a little bit faded
– Kāore a E. t. i mate, he iti noa iho tana ngaro
Please don’t give me any credit, that’s how people get jaded
– Tēnā kaua e hoatu ki ahau tetahi nama, e te pehea te iwi kia jaded
Please don’t nod your head, and please don’t tell me I made it
– Tena koa kaua e piko i to mahunga, kaua hoki e kii mai ki ahau I hanga e au
‘Cause people start to get worse once they think they the greatest (The greatest; Be patient)
– ‘Ka tīmata te tangata ki te kino ake i te wā e whakaaro ana rātou ko rātou te mea nui rawa (te mea nui rawa; Kia manawanui)
The best is yet to come (The best is yet to come), yeah (Yeah)
– Ko te pai rawa atu kei te haere mai (ko te pai rawa atu kei te haere mai), yeah (Yeah)
I told her, “It get better soon”
– I ki atu ahau ki a ia, “Kia pai ake i muri tata mai”
I probably shoulda told her when she was in a better mood
– I tika pea kia korerotia e ahau ki a ia i a ia e pai ake ana te āhua
She lookin’ at me like, “Anyone, except for you”
– Titiro ia ‘i ahau rite, ” Tetahi, ki te kahore hoki koutou”
I had to go to California, she wished that I never moved
– I haere ahau ki California, i hiahia ia kia kaua ahau e neke
Said, “Baby, the best is yet to come,” yeah (The best is yet to come)
– Ka mea, “E Te Tamaiti, ko te mea pai rawa atu kei te haere mai,” ae (Ko te mea pai rawa atu kei te haere mai)
I wonder if the blind mice even wanna see
– E whakaaro ana ahau mēnā e hiahia ana ngā kiore matapo ki te kite
I wonder if a deaf father ever hear his daughter scream (Scream)
– E whakaaro ana ahau mehemea ka rongo te papa turi i tana tamahine e hamama ana (E Hamama ana)
Is there a heaven? Can you see the god in me? I don’t know, probably
– He rangi rānei? Ka taea e koe te kite i te atua i roto i ahau? Kāore au i te mōhio, tērā pea
But for now we’ll keep waitin’ (Waitin’)
– Engari mo tenei wa ka tatari tatou (Waitin’)
‘Cause the best is yet to come, yeah (The best is yet to come)
– ‘Na te mea kaore ano kia tae mai te mea pai, ae (ko te mea pai kaore ano kia tae mai)
And, I wonder if the truth come with a song
– A, e whakaaro ana ahau mēnā ka tae mai te pono ki tētahi waiata
And if it do, will we ever get to sing along?
– A ki te mea, ka waiata tahi tātou?
Spend her paycheck on that lingerie, she scared to put it on
– Whakapau i tana utu ki taua kakahu o roto, i mataku ia ki te whakakakahu
She never let her boyfriend see her in a thong, but
– Kāore ia i tuku i tana hoa rangatira kia kite i a ia i roto i te kākahu, engari
The best is yet to come (The best is yet to come)
– Ko te mea pai rawa atu kei te haere mai (ko te mea pai rawa atu kei te haere mai)
I shot myself on my birthday, fell into the ocean
– I pupuhi ahau i ahau i taku ra whanau, ka hinga ki te moana
Listened to their voices, I was lost in the commotion
– I te whakarongo ki o rātau reo, ka ngaro ahau i roto i te ngangau
None of us are chosen, I forgive ’em for their ignorance, but
– Kāore tētahi o mātou i kōwhiria, ka murua e au mō tō rātou pōhēhē, engari
What’s a man gotta do for a little bliss? (Fuck the future)
– He aha te mea me mahi e te tangata mō te harikoa iti? (Fuck te heke mai)
The best is yet to come (The best is yet to come)
– Ko te mea pai rawa atu kei te haere mai (ko te mea pai rawa atu kei te haere mai)
What does death feel like?
– He aha te āhua o te mate?
What does, what does death feel like? Oh, oh my God
– He aha, he aha te āhua o te mate? E Te Atua
What does death feel like?
– He aha te āhua o te mate?
I wonder, what does death feel like? Oh my, my God
– E whakaaro ana ahau, he aha te āhua o te mate? E Te Atua
What does death feel like?
– He aha te āhua o te mate?
What does, what does death feel like? (Oh) Yeah
– He aha, he aha te āhua o te mate? (Aue) Ae
Why does death steal life?
– He aha te mate e tahae ai i te ora?
Why does, why does death steal life? Oh, oh my God
– He aha, he aha te mate e tahae ai i te ora? E Te Atua
Why does death steal life?
– He aha te mate e tahae ai i te ora?
Why does, why does death steal life? Oh my, my God
– He aha, he aha te mate e tahae ai i te ora? E Te Atua
Why does death steal light?
– He aha te mate e tahae ai i te marama?
Why does, why does death steal light? Oh my God
– He aha, he aha te mate e tahae ai i te marama? E Te Atua
Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God
– E Te Atua, e te Atua, e te Atua
Oh my God, oh my God, oh, oh, my, my
– E Te Atua, e te Atua, e te atua, e te atua, e te atua, e te Atua, e te Atua, e te Atua, e te Atua, e te Atua
Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God
– E Te Atua, e te Atua, e te Atua
Oh, oh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
– Aue, aue, aue, ae, ae, ae
Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God
– E Te Atua, e te Atua, e te Atua
My, my, my, my, my
– Ko taku, ko taku, ko taku, ko taku
