Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Get food, barely eat
– Haere kai, uaua kai
Every bite just kept me glued to my seat
– I mau tonu ahau i ia kai ki taku nohoanga
I worried, even cried
– I manukanuka ahau, i tangi anō hoki
How’d it feel to take the light from my life?
– He aha te āhua o te tango i te marama i roto i toku ora?
Bad habit, even worse
– He tikanga kino, he kino rawa atu
Fifty-fifty, I’m a sucker for looks
– E rima tekau mā rima, he kaiwhiu ahau mō te āhua
Asked for it, here it is
– A ani i te reira, i konei ko reira
A quick example ’cause you wanted the hits
– He tauira tere ‘ no te mea i hiahia koe ki nga hits
I think you’re scared of being basic
– Ki taku whakaaro kei te mataku koe ki te noho taketake
That’s ironic ’cause it’s reading like you’re even more basic
– He mea whakamiharo tēnei nā te mea ko te pānui pēnei i a koe he mea taketake ake
It’s not funny, it’s so funny
– Ehara i te mea ngahau, he tino ngahau
‘Cause you’re basic
– ‘No te mea he taketake koe
Just looking hot and keeping monotone and understated
– Titiro noa wera me te pupuri i monotone me understated
Nothingness won’t change it
– Kāore he mea e huri
(Good luck with that, good luck with what?)
– (He waimarie ki taua mea, he waimarie ki te aha?)
It’s not funny, but it’s so funny
– Ehara i te mea ngahau, engari he tino ngahau
I don’t want your money, I don’t care for fame
– Kāore au e hiahia ana ki tō moni, kāore au e aro ki te rongonui
I don’t wanna live a life where that’s my big exchange
– E kore ahau e hiahia ana ki te ora i te ora i reira ko toku utu nui
I want simple pleasures, friends who have my back
– E hiahia ana ahau ki ngā ahuareka māmā, e ngā hoa e whai ana i tōku tuara
Everyone has secrets, but not everyone can fool a man like that
– He mea ngaro tā te katoa, engari kāore e taea e te katoa te tinihanga i tētahi tangata pēnei
It sent me reeling, still not the same
– I tukuna mai e ia ki ahau te wiri, ehara i te mea kotahi
It’s like my capacity to love and give has changed
– He rite ki taku kaha ki te aroha me te hoatu kua puta ke
I guess I’ll thank you and spite your name again
– Ki taku whakaaro ka whakawhetai ahau ki a koe, ka whakahe ano i to ingoa
The past’s the past, and I’ll outlast the hate to find real love that’s not pretend
– Ko te wā o mua te wā o mua, ā, ka roa atu ahau i te mauahara ki te kimi i te aroha tūturu ehara i te mea
How basic (Sell me on it)
– Kia Pehea te taketake (Hokona ahau i runga i te reira)
Shuffle numbers, pointing fingers, ditching chats in different apps
– Ngā tau whakaranu, ngā maihao tohu, ngā kōrerorero whakarere i roto i ngā taupānga rerekē
That’s basic (Haha)
– Ko te taketake (Haha)
It’s not funny, it’s so funny
– Ehara i te mea ngahau, he tino ngahau
That’s just basic being basic (Basically)
– That’s just basic being basic (Fele)
You said he looked just like a girl, so you like girls
– I mea koe he rite tonu tana ahua ki te kotiro, no reira he pai ki a koe nga kotiro
I guess I’ll take it
– Ki taku whakaaro ka tangohia e au
Yeah, that’s funny, you’re so funny (Ha-ha-ha-ha)
– Yeah, e te rorirori, e koe na rorirori (Ha-ha-ha-ha)
Change your body, change your face, curl your hair then make it straight
– Hurihia tō tinana, hurihia tō mata, hurihia ō makawe, kātahi ka tika
Take a picture of your plate, Tarantino movie taste
– Tangohia he pikitia o to pereti, Tarantino movie reka
Rah-rah, cheugy-phobe, Vera Bradley’s back in Vogue
– Rah-rah, cheugy-phobe, kua hoki mai A Vera Bradley ki Te Ahua
It’s a flash photograph
– He whakaahua flash
What an empty epitaph that is (That’s basic)
– He aha te epitaph kau e ko (e te taketake)
What an empty epitaph that is (That’s basic)
– He aha te epitaph kau e ko (e te taketake)
What an empty epitaph (That’s just basic being basic)
– He aha te epitaph kau (e te taketake noa te taketake)
Yeah, my tight five might get a laugh as is
– Ae, ka kata pea taku tokorima, me te mea
If that’s funny, I’m not funny
– Ki te mea he ngahau tena, ehara ahau i te ngahau
