Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
I wanna be a provider
– E hiahia ana ahau kia waiho hei kaiwhakarato
Garner you with silk like a spider
– Ka whakakiia koe ki te hiraka, ano he pungawerewere
Roll or die, you bet, I’m a rider
– Ka huri, ka mate rānei, ka peti koe, he kaieke ahau
Your outer shell, your secret insider
– Tou anga waho, tou insider ngaro
I wanna be a provider
– E hiahia ana ahau kia waiho hei kaiwhakarato
Your guiding hand, your final decider
– Tō ringa arataki, tō whakatau whakamutunga
That bit of fuel to your fire, stoke your desire
– Ko te iti o te wahie ki tō ahi, whakaoho i tō hiahia
Just let me know that you’re mine
– Just kia mohio ahau e koe toku
I wanna be a provider
– E hiahia ana ahau kia waiho hei kaiwhakarato
I wanna be a provider
– E hiahia ana ahau kia waiho hei kaiwhakarato
Yeah-yeah-yeah
– Ae-ae-ae
I wanna be a provider
– E hiahia ana ahau kia waiho hei kaiwhakarato
Yeah-yeah-yeah
– Ae-ae-ae
I want to delineate
– E hiahia ana ahau ki te whakaahua
That the last time we were around
– Ko te wā whakamutunga i noho ai mātou
Each other
– Tetahi ki tetahi
I felt myself hesitatin’
– I whakaaro ahau kei te ruarua ahau
But I know I would not now, my lover
– Engari e mohio ana ahau e kore ahau e inaianei, toku hoa aroha
Caught up on you, do I wanna go there?
– Ka mau ahau ki a koe, e hiahia ana ahau ki te haere ki reira?
Yes, I do
– Ae, e mahi ana ahau
I wanna do more than just bend the rules
– E hiahia ana ahau ki te mahi i te nui atu i te piko noa i nga ture
‘Cause you been hittin’ my phone so hard
– ‘Na te mea i tino kaha koe ki te patu i taku waea
I found it breathin’ through a tube in the ICU
– I kitea e au e manawa ana i roto i tētahi ngongo i ROTO i TE ICU
Yeah, I see you, the only bad body spinning eyes in the room
– Ae, e kite ana ahau i a koe, ko te tinana kino anake e huri ana i nga kanohi i roto i te ruma
The only good girl this side of the moon
– Ko te kotiro pai anake i tēnei taha o te marama
And you’re the only game that I like to lose
– A ko koe anake te kēmu e hiahia ana ahau ki te ngaro
When you look at me like that, got me fallin’ right back
– I a koe e titiro ana ki ahau, ka hoki whakamuri ahau
Oh, when you look at me like that, got me fallin’ right back
– Aue, ina titiro koe ki ahau, ka hinga ahau ki muri
And your fingers foxtrot on my skin
– Me ō maihao foxtrot i runga i toku kiri
I’m going under this time
– Kei te haere ahau i raro i tenei wa
I can give you what you want
– Ka taea e ahau te hoatu ki a koe te mea e hiahia ana koe
And our bodies converse like old friends
– A ka kōrero ō tātou tinana pēnei i ngā hoa tawhito
Exchanging the years in silence
– Te whakawhiti i ngā tau i te haruru
With something unsaid on both ends
– Ki te tahi mea unsaid i runga i ngā pito e rua
Surely we know the difference
– He pono e mohio ana tatou ki te rereketanga
I wanna be a provider
– E hiahia ana ahau kia waiho hei kaiwhakarato
Garner you in silk like a spider
– Ka kohikohi koe i te hiraka, ano he pungawerewere
Roll or die, you bet, I’m a rider
– Ka huri, ka mate rānei, ka peti koe, he kaieke ahau
Your outer shell, your secret insider
– Tou anga waho, tou insider ngaro
And your fingers foxtrot on my skin
– Me ō maihao foxtrot i runga i toku kiri
I’m going under this time
– Kei te haere ahau i raro i tenei wa
I can give you what you want
– Ka taea e ahau te hoatu ki a koe te mea e hiahia ana koe
And I told you, I can get it so right
– Na ka mea ahau ki a koutou, ka taea e ahau te tiki i te reira kia tika
Even in the daylight, I can give you what you want
– Ahakoa i te awatea, ka taea e au te hoatu ki a koe te mea e hiahia ana koe
(I can give you what you want)
– (Ka taea e ahau te hoatu ki a koe te mea e hiahia ana koe)
(I can give you what you want)
– (Ka taea e ahau te hoatu ki a koe te mea e hiahia ana koe)
(I can give you what you want)
– (Ka taea e ahau te hoatu ki a koe te mea e hiahia ana koe)
(I can give you what—)
– (Ka taea e ahau te hoatu ki a koe te aha -)
