Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Skin head, dead head
– Te upoko kiri, te upoko mate
Everybody gone bad
– Kua kino katoa
Situation, aggravation
– Āhuatanga, whakaraerae
Everybody allegation
– Te whakapae a te katoa
In the suite, on the news
– I roto i te huinga, i runga i te news
Everybody dog food
– Kai kuri katoa
Bang bang, shot dead
– Bang bang, i patua
Everybody’s gone mad
– Kua haurangi katoa
All I wanna say is that
– Ko te mea anake e hiahia ana ahau ki te mea ko
They don’t really care about us
– Kāore rātou e tino careangawanga ki a mātou
All I wanna say is that
– Ko te mea anake e hiahia ana ahau ki te mea ko
They don’t really care about us
– Kāore rātou e tino careangawanga ki a mātou
Beat me, hate me
– Patupatua ahau, kino ki ahau
You can never break me
– E kore e taea e koe te wawahi i ahau
Will me, thrill me
– Ka whakamihi ahau, ka whakamihi i ahau
You can never kill me
– Kāore e taea e koe te whakamate i ahau
Jew me, sue me
– Hurai ahau, whakawakia ahau
Everybody do me
– Ko te katoa e mahi ana i ahau
Kick me, kike me
– Patohia ahau, patohia ahau
Don’t you black or white me
– Kaua e pango, e ma rānei ahau
All I wanna say is that
– Ko te mea anake e hiahia ana ahau ki te mea ko
They don’t really care about us
– Kāore rātou e tino careangawanga ki a mātou
All I wanna say is that
– Ko te mea anake e hiahia ana ahau ki te mea ko
They don’t really care about us
– Kāore rātou e tino careangawanga ki a mātou
Tell me what has become of my life
– Korero mai ki ahau he aha te mea i tupu ki toku ora
I have a wife and two children who love me
– He wahine taku, tokorua hoki aku tamariki e aroha ana ki ahau
I am the victim of police brutality, no
– Ko ahau te patunga o te mahi nanakia a te pirihimana, kahore
I’m tired of being the victim of hate
– Kua ngenge ahau ki te noho hei patunga o te mauahara
You’re raping me of my pride oh, for God’s sake
– Kei te raupatu koe i ahau i runga i toku whakapehapeha, aue, mo te Whakaaro Ki Te Atua
I look to heaven to fulfill it’s prophecy
– Titiro ahau ki te rangi ki te whakatutuki i te reira poropititanga
Set me free
– Tukua ahau kia haere noa
Skin head, dead head
– Te upoko kiri, te upoko mate
Everybody gone bad
– Kua kino katoa
Trepidation, speculation
– Te wehi, te whakaaro
Everybody allegation
– Te whakapae a te katoa
In the suite, on the news
– I roto i te huinga, i runga i te news
Everybody dog food
– Kai kuri katoa
Black man, blackmail
– Te tangata pango, te whakapae
Throw the brother in jail
– Maka te tuakana ki te whare herehere
All I wanna say is that
– Ko te mea anake e hiahia ana ahau ki te mea ko
They don’t really care about us
– Kāore rātou e tino careangawanga ki a mātou
All I wanna say is that
– Ko te mea anake e hiahia ana ahau ki te mea ko
They don’t really care about us
– Kāore rātou e tino careangawanga ki a mātou
Tell me what has become of my rights
– Korero mai ki ahau he aha te mea kua riro mai i aku tika
Am I invisible because you ignore me?
– E kore ahau e kitea no te mea e kore koe e aro ki ahau?
Your proclamation promised me free liberty, no
– I whakaaria mai e tōu whakapuakanga ki ahau he herekore, kāore
I’m tired of being the victim of shame
– Kua ngenge ahau ki te noho hei patunga o te whakama
They’re throwing me in a class with a bad name
– Kei te maka ahau e ratou i roto i te piha haapiiraa ki te ingoa kino
I can’t believe this is the land from which I came
– Kāore au e whakapono ko te whenua tēnei I puta mai ai ahau
You know I really do hate to say it
– E mohio ana koe e tino kino ana ahau ki te mea
The government don’t wanna see
– Kāore te kāwanatanga e hiahia ana kia kite
But if Roosevelt was livin’
– Engari ki Te ora A Roosevelt
He wouldn’t let this be, no, no
– Kāore ia e tuku i tēnei, kāore, kāore
Skin head, dead head
– Te upoko kiri, te upoko mate
Everybody gone bad
– Kua kino katoa
Situation, speculation
– Āhuatanga, whakapae
Everybody litigation
– Te whakawakanga a te katoa
Beat me, bash me
– Patupatua ahau, patupatua ahau
You can never trash me
– E kore e taea e koe te whakangaro i ahau
Hit me, kick me
– Patohia ahau, patohia ahau
You can never get me
– Kāore e taea e koe te tiki i ahau
All I wanna say is that
– Ko te mea anake e hiahia ana ahau ki te mea ko
They don’t really care about us
– Kāore rātou e tino careangawanga ki a mātou
All I wanna say is that
– Ko te mea anake e hiahia ana ahau ki te mea ko
They don’t really care about us
– Kāore rātou e tino careangawanga ki a mātou
Some things in life they just don’t wanna see
– Ko ētahi mea i roto i te ora kāore rātou e hiahia ana kia kite
But if Martin Luther was living
– Engari ki Te Mea Kei Te ora A Martin Luther
He wouldn’t let this be, no, no
– Kāore ia e tuku i tēnei, kāore, kāore
Skin head, dead head
– Te upoko kiri, te upoko mate
Everybody’s gone bad
– Kua kino katoa
Situation, segregation
– Āhuatanga, wehewehe
Everybody allegation
– Te whakapae a te katoa
In the suite, on the news
– I roto i te huinga, i runga i te news
Everybody dog food
– Kai kuri katoa
Kick me, kike me
– Patohia ahau, patohia ahau
Don’t you wrong or right me
– Kaua e hē, e tika rānei ki ahau
All I wanna say is that
– Ko te mea anake e hiahia ana ahau ki te mea ko
They don’t really care about us
– Kāore rātou e tino careangawanga ki a mātou
All I wanna say is that
– Ko te mea anake e hiahia ana ahau ki te mea ko
They don’t really care about us
– Kāore rātou e tino careangawanga ki a mātou
All I wanna say is that
– Ko te mea anake e hiahia ana ahau ki te mea ko
They don’t really care about us
– Kāore rātou e tino careangawanga ki a mātou
All I wanna say is that
– Ko te mea anake e hiahia ana ahau ki te mea ko
They don’t really care about
– E kore ratou e tino tiaki e pā ana ki
All I wanna say is that
– Ko te mea anake e hiahia ana ahau ki te mea ko
They don’t really care about
– E kore ratou e tino tiaki e pā ana ki
All I wanna say is that
– Ko te mea anake e hiahia ana ahau ki te mea ko
They don’t really care about us
– Kāore rātou e tino careangawanga ki a mātou
