Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Some people live for the fortune
– Ko ētahi tāngata e noho ana mō te waimarie
Some people live just for the fame
– Ko ētahi tāngata e noho ana mō te rongonui anake
Some people live for the power, yeah
– Ko etahi e noho ana mo te mana, ae
Some people live just to play the game
– Ētahi iwi ora tika ki te tākaro i te kēmu
Some people think
– Ko ētahi e whakaaro ana
That the physical things
– Ko nga mea tinana
Define what’s within
– Whakamāramatia he aha kei roto
And I’ve been there before
– A kua tae atu ahau ki reira i mua
That life’s a bore
– He mauiui taua ora
So full of the superficial
– Na ki tonu i te mata
Some people want it all
– E hiahia ana ētahi ki te katoa
But I don’t want nothing at all
– Engari kaore au e hiahia ki tetahi mea
If it ain’t you, baby
– Ki te kore koe, e te tamaiti
If I ain’t got you, baby
– Ki te kore ahau e whiwhi i a koe, e te tamaiti
Some people want diamond rings
– Ko ētahi e hiahia ana ki ngā mowhiti taimana
Some just want everything
– Ko etahi e hiahia ana ki nga mea katoa
But everything means nothing
– Engari kaore he tikanga o nga mea katoa
If I ain’t got you, yeah
– Ki te kore ahau e whiwhi ki a koe, yeah
Some people search for a fountain
– Ko ētahi e rapu ana i tētahi puna
Promises forever young
– Ngā kupu whakaari mō ake tonu atu
Some people need three dozen roses
– E toru tekau ngā rohi e hiahiatia ana e ētahi
And that’s the only way to prove you love them
– A koinei anake te huarahi hei whakamatau i to aroha ki a raatau
Hand me the world on a silver platter
– Homai ki ahau te ao i runga i te rihi hiriwa
And what good would it be
– A he aha te pai
With no one to share, with no one who truly cares for me
– Ki te kahore tetahi ki te faaite, ki te kahore tetahi e tino carangawanga ana ki ahau
Some people want it all
– E hiahia ana ētahi ki te katoa
But I don’t want nothing at all
– Engari kaore au e hiahia ki tetahi mea
If it ain’t you, baby
– Ki te kore koe, e te tamaiti
If I ain’t got you, baby
– Ki te kore ahau e whiwhi i a koe, e te tamaiti
Some people want diamond rings
– Ko ētahi e hiahia ana ki ngā mowhiti taimana
Some just want everything
– Ko etahi e hiahia ana ki nga mea katoa
But everything means nothing
– Engari kaore he tikanga o nga mea katoa
If I ain’t got you, you, you
– Ki te kore ahau e whiwhi i a koe, e koe, e koe
Some people want it all
– E hiahia ana ētahi ki te katoa
But I don’t want nothing at all
– Engari kaore au e hiahia ki tetahi mea
If it ain’t you, baby
– Ki te kore koe, e te tamaiti
If I ain’t got you, baby
– Ki te kore ahau e whiwhi i a koe, e te tamaiti
Some people want diamond rings
– Ko ētahi e hiahia ana ki ngā mowhiti taimana
Some just want everything
– Ko etahi e hiahia ana ki nga mea katoa
But everything means nothing
– Engari kaore he tikanga o nga mea katoa
If I ain’t got you, yeah
– Ki te kore ahau e whiwhi ki a koe, yeah
If I ain’t got you with me, baby, oh, ooh
– Ki te kore ahau e whai koe ki ahau, baby, oh, ooh
Said nothing in this whole wide world don’t mean a thing
– Ka mea kahore i roto i tenei ao whānui katoa e kore e te tikanga o te mea
If I ain’t got you with me, baby
– Ki te kore ahau e whai koe ki ahau, baby
