Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
“Look, I was gonna go easy on you not to hurt your feelings”
– “Nana, i haere ahau ngāwari I runga i a koutou e kore e ki te whara koutou mana’o”
“But I’m only going to get this one chance” (Six minutes—, six minutes—)
– “Ko ahau anake e haere ki te tiki i tenei tupono kotahi” (e Ono meneti -, e ono meneti -)
“Something’s wrong, I can feel it” (Six minutes, Slim Shady, you’re on!)
– “He mea he, ka taea e au te fe” (E Ono meneti, Slim Shady, kei runga koe!)
“Just a feeling I’ve got, like something’s about to happen, but I don’t know what.
– “He whakaaro noa iho kei a au, me te mea ka tupu tetahi mea, engari kaore au e mohio he aha.
If that means what I think it means, we’re in trouble, big trouble;
– Ki te mea ko te tikanga o te mea e whakaaro ana ahau ko te tikanga, kei roto tatou i te raruraru, i te raruraru nui;
And if he is as bananas as you say, I’m not taking any chances”
– A, ki te mea ko ia rite panana rite mea koe, e kore ahau e tango i tetahi tūponotanga”
“You are just what the doc ordered”
– “Ko koe tonu te mea i whakahaua e te doc”
I’m beginnin’ to feel like a Rap God, Rap God
– Kei Te tīmata ahau ki Te āhua He Atua Rap, He Atua Rap
All my people from the front to the back nod, back nod
– Ko aku tangata katoa mai i mua ki muri e piko ana, e piko ana
Now, who thinks their arms are long enough to slap box, slap box?
– Na, ko wai e whakaaro ana he roa rawa o ratou ringa ki te patu i te pouaka, ki te patu i te pouaka?
They said I rap like a robot, so call me Rap-bot
– Ka mea ratou ka rap ahau ano he karetao, na karanga ahau Rap-bot
But for me to rap like a computer it must be in my genes
– Engari kia rap ahau ano he rorohiko me waiho i roto i aku ira
I got a laptop in my back pocket
– He pona taku i roto i taku pute o muri
My pen’ll go off when I half-cock it
– Ka haere atu taku pene i te wa e haurua ana ahau
Got a fat knot from that rap profit
– I whiwhi i tētahi kōpuku momona mai i taua hua rap
Made a livin’ and a killin’ off it
– Hanga he livin ‘me te killin’ atu i te reira
Ever since Bill Clinton was still in office
– Mai i Taua wā Kei Te mahi tonu A Bill Clinton
With Monica Lewinsky feelin’ on his nutsack
– Ko Monica Lewinsky rāua ko au kei runga i tana peke
I’m an MC still as honest
– He MC tonu ahau, he pono
But as rude and as indecent as all hell
– Engari he kino, he kino hoki, he reinga katoa
Syllables, skill-a-holic (Kill ’em all with)
– Ngā pūāhua, te pūkenga-a-holic (Kill ‘ em all with)
This flippity dippity-hippity hip-hop
– Ko tēnei flippity dippity hippity hip-hop
You don’t really wanna get into a pissin’ match
– Kāore koe e tino hiahia ki te uru atu ki tētahi whakataetae pissin
With this rappity brat, packin’ a MAC in the back of the Ac’
– Ki tenei rappity brat, packin ‘he MAC i roto i te hoki o te ac’
Backpack rap crap, yap-yap, yackety-yack
– Peke peke peke, yap-yap, yackety-yack
And at the exact same time, I attempt these lyrical acrobat stunts while I’m practicin’ that
– I te wā kotahi tonu, ka whakamātau ahau i ēnei mahi whakaari whakaari i a au e mahi ana i tērā
I’ll still be able to break a motherfuckin’ table
– Ka taea tonu e au te pakaru i te tepu motherfuckin
Over the back of a couple of faggots and crack it in half
– I runga i te tuara o te tokorua o faggots me te pakaru i te reira i roto i te hawhe
Only realized it was ironic, I was signed to Aftermath after the fact
– I mōhio noa ahau he mea whakamiharo, i hainatia ahau Ki Aftermath i muri i te meka
How could I not blow? All I do is drop F-bombs
– Me pehea e kore ai e pupuhi? Ko taku mahi anake ko te tuku i ngā pōro F
Feel my wrath of attack
– Fe i toku riri o te whakaeke
Rappers are havin’ a rough time period, here’s a maxi pad
– He wā uaua te wā o ngā kaiwaiata rap, anei tētahi papa nui
It’s actually disastrously bad for the wack
– He kino rawa te kino ki te wack
While I’m masterfully constructing this masterpièce
– Ahakoa kei te hanga au i tēnei mahi rangatira
‘Cause I’m beginnin’ to feel like a Rap God, Rap God
– ‘No te Mea kei Te tīmata ahau ki Te fe Rite Te Atua Rap, Atua Rap
All my people from the front to the back nod, back nod
– Ko aku tangata katoa mai i mua ki muri e piko ana, e piko ana
Now, who thinks their arms are long enough to slap box, slap box?
– Na, ko wai e whakaaro ana he roa rawa o ratou ringa ki te patu i te pouaka, ki te patu i te pouaka?
Let me show you maintainin’ this shit ain’t that hard, that hard
– Kia whakaatu mai ahau ki a koe e pupuri ana i tēnei mea ehara i te mea pakeke, i te mea pakeke
Everybody want the key and the secret to rap immortality like Ι have got
– E hiahia ana te katoa ki te kī me te mea ngaro ki te rap immortality rite Te Mea Kua riro
Well, to be truthful the blueprint’s
– Well, ki te kia pono ko te mahere
Simply rage and youthful exuberance
– Ko te riri noa iho me te whakapehapeha o te taiohi
Everybody loves to root for a nuisance
– Aroha katoa ki te pakiaka mo te nuisance
Hit the Earth like an asteroid
– Patua te Whenua ano he asteroid
Did nothing but shoot for the Moon since (Pew!)
– Kāore he mea i mahia e ia, engari ko te kopere mō te Marama mai i taua wā (Pew!)
MCs get taken to school with this music
– Ka kawea ngā mc ki te kura me tēnei waiata
‘Cause I use it as a vehicle to “bus the rhyme”
– ‘Na te mea ka whakamahia e au hei waka ki te ” bus the rhyme”
Now I lead a new school full of students
– Na kei te arahi ahau i tētahi kura hou ki tonu i ngā ākonga
Me? I’m a product of Rakim
– Ko ahau? He hua ahau no Rakim
Lakim Shabazz, 2Pac, N.W.A, Cube, hey Doc, Ren
– Lakim Shabazz, 2Pac, N. W. A, Cube, hey Doc, Ren ko te Mea nui ko te mahi I te mahi.
Yella, Eazy, thank you, they got Slim
– Yella, Eazy, whakawhetai koe, ka Slim ratou
Inspired enough to one day grow up, blow up and be in a position
– Inspired nui ki te kotahi ra tupu ake, pupuhi ake, me te kia i roto i te tūranga
To meet Run–D.M.C., and induct them
– Hei whakatau I A Run-D. m. c., hei whakauru i a rātou
Into the motherfuckin’ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
– Ki te whare Whakamoemiti O te Motherfuckin’ Rock and Roll
Even though I’ll walk in the church and burst in a ball of flames
– Ahakoa ka haere ahau i roto i te hahi, ka pakaru i roto i te pōro o te mura
Only Hall of Fame I’ll be inducted in is the alcohol of fame
– Ko te Whare Rongonui anake ka whakauruhia ahau ko te alcohol of fame
On the wall of shame
– I runga i te taiepa o te whakama
You fags think it’s all a game, ’til I walk a flock of flames
– E whakaaro ana koe he kēmu katoa, ‘ ki te haere ahau i te kahui o te mura
Off a plank and, tell me what in the fuck are you thinkin’?
– I runga i te papa, me te, korero mai ki ahau he aha i roto i te fuck e whakaaro koe’?
Little gay-lookin’ boy
– He kōhungahunga-kōhungahunga-kōhungahunga
So gay I can barely say it with a straight face, lookin’ boy (Ha-ha!)
– Na gay e kore e taea e ahau te mea i te reira ki te mata tika, titiro’ tama (Ha-ha!)
You’re witnessin’ a mass-occur
– Kei te kite koe i te papatipu-puta
Like you’re watching a church gathering take place, lookin’ boy
– Ka rite ki te mātakitaki koe i tētahi hui hāhi e tū ana, e titiro ana ki a boy
“Oy vey, that boy’s gay!”—that’s all they say, lookin’ boy
– “E vey, he tangata takakau taua tamaiti!”ko te mea anake e mea ratou, titiro’ tama
You get a thumbs up, pat on the back
– Ka eke koe ki runga, pat ki muri
And a “way to go” from your label every day, lookin’ boy
– Me te “way to go” mai i tō tapanga i ia rā, lookin ‘ boy
Hey, lookin’ boy! What you say, lookin’ boy?
– E te tamaiti! He aha tau e mea nei, e te tamaiti titiro?
I get a “hell yeah” from Dre, lookin’ boy
– Ka whiwhi au i tētahi ” hell yeah “mai i A Dre, lookin’ boy
I’ma work for everything I have, never asked nobody for shit
– Ka mahi ahau mō ngā mea katoa kei a au, kāore anō au kia tono i tētahi mō te pākiki
Get outta my face, lookin’ boy!
– Haere atu i toku mata, titiro’ tama!
Basically, boy, you’re never gonna be capable
– Ko te tikanga, e tama, e kore koe e taea
Of keepin’ up with the same pace, lookin’ boy, ’cause—
– O te pupuri i te tere taua, titiro ‘tama,’ take—
I’m beginnin’ to feel like a Rap God, Rap God
– Kei Te tīmata ahau ki Te āhua He Atua Rap, He Atua Rap
All my people from the front to the back nod, back nod
– Ko aku tangata katoa mai i mua ki muri e piko ana, e piko ana
The way I’m racin’ around the track, call me NASCAR, NASCAR
– Ko te ara e rere ana ahau i te ara, karangahia ahau NASCAR, NASCAR
Dale Earnhardt of the trailer park, the White Trash God
– Ko Dale Earnhardt o te papa waka, te Atua Pango Pango
Kneel before General Zod
– Kia turi ki mua I A Keneera Zod
This planet’s Krypton—no, Asgard, Asgard
– Ko Te Krypton—no o tēnei aorangi, Ko Asgard, Ko Asgard
So you’ll be Thor and I’ll be Odin
– Na ka Waiho koe Thor a Ka Waiho Ahau Odin
You rodent, I’m omnipotent
– Ko koe te kaihe, he kaha rawa ahau
Let off, then I’m reloadin’
– Kia rere atu, kātahi ka whakakiia anō e au
Immediately with these bombs I’m totin’
– Tonu ki enei poma ahau totin’
And I should not be woken
– A kaua ahau e whakaarahia
I’m the walkin’ dead, but I’m just a talkin’ head, a zombie floatin’
– Ko ahau te walkin ‘mate, engari ko ahau noa te talkin ‘head, he zombie floatin’
But I got your mom deep-throatin’
– Engari i tino mamae ahau i te korokoro
I’m out my Ramen Noodle
– Kei te ngaro ahau I taku Ramen Noodle
We have nothin’ in common, poodle
– Kāore he mea e rite ana ki a mātou, poodle
I’m a Doberman, pinch yourself in the arm and pay homage, pupil
– He Doberman ahau, ka piri koe ki te ringa, ka whakahonore, e te ākonga
It’s me, my honesty’s brutal
– Ko ahau, he nanakia taku pono
But it’s honestly futile if I don’t utilize what I do though
– Engari he mea tino kore noa iho ki te kore au e whakamahi i taku mahi ahakoa
For good at least once in a while
– Mo te pai i te iti rawa kotahi i roto i te wa
So I wanna make sure somewhere in this chicken scratch I scribble and doodle enough rhymes
– Na e hiahia ana ahau ki te whakarite i tētahi wāhi i roto i tēnei kōhao heihei ka tuhi au ka tuhi i ngā rerenga nui
To maybe try to help get some people through tough times
– Ki te ngana pea ki te awhina i etahi taangata i roto i nga wa uaua
But I gotta keep a few punchlines
– Engari me pupuri e au ētahi rārangi
Just in case ’cause even you unsigned
– Just i roto i te take ‘ no te mea noa koutou unsigned
Rappers are hungry lookin’ at me like it’s lunchtime
– E hiakai ana ngā kaiwaiata rap ki te titiro mai ki ahau me te mea he wā kai
I know there was a time where once I
– E mohio ana ahau i reira ko te wa i reira kotahi ahau
Was king of the underground
– Ko te kingi o te underground
But I still rap like I’m on my Pharoahe Monch grind
– Engari kei te waiata tonu ahau me te Mea kei runga ahau I taku pharoahe Monch grind
So I crunch rhymes, but sometimes when you combine
– Na ka whakakorikori ahau i ngā rerenga, engari i ētahi wā ka whakakotahi koe
Appeal with the skin color of mine
– Karanga ki te tae kiri o toku
You get too big and here they come tryin’
– Ka nui rawa koe, ā, ka haere mai rātou ki te whakamātau
To censor you like that one line
– Hei ārai i a koe kia rite ki taua rārangi kotahi
I said on “I’m Back” from The Mathers LP 1 when I
– Ka mea ahau i runga i “kua Hoki ahau” i Te Mathers LP 1 ka ahau
Tried to say I’ll take seven kids from Columbine
– Tamata ki te mea ka tangohia e ahau e whitu ngā tamariki I Columbine
Put ’em all in a line, add an AK-47, a revolver and a 9
– Hoatu ’em katoa i roto i te rārangi, tāpiri i te ak-47, he revolver me te 9
See if I get away with it now that I ain’t as big as I was, but I’m
– Kite, ki te i ahau ki te tiki atu ki te reira i teie nei, e ahau e kore te mea rite nui rite ahau, engari au e ahau
Morphin’ into an immortal, comin’ through the portal
– Morphin’ ki te parau tahuti ore, comin’ i roto i te tomokanga
You’re stuck in a time warp from 2004 though
– Kei te titi i roto i te time warp i te tau 2004, ahakoa
And I don’t know what the fuck that you rhyme for
– Me kore ahau e mohio ki te aha te fuck e koe rhyme hoki
You’re pointless as Rapunzel with fuckin’ cornrows
– He mea kore noa iho koe Hei Rapunzel me fuckin ‘ cornrows
You write normal? Fuck being normal!
– Te tuhituhi koe i te noa? Fuck te noa!
And I just bought a new raygun from the future
– Na ka hokona e ahau he raygun hou mai i te heke mai
Just to come and shoot ya, like when Fabolous made Ray J mad
– Te tika ki te haere mai me te kopere ya, rite, no te Fabolous hanga Ray J haurangi
‘Cause Fab said he looked like a fag at Mayweather’s pad
– ‘Meinga Fab ka mea ia ki te titiro rite te fag i Mayweather o te papa
Singin’ to a man while he played piano
– Singin’ ki te tangata i a ia e takaro te piana
Man, oh man, that was a 24/7 special on the cable channel
– Tangata, aue, e te tangata e ko te 24/7 motuhake i runga i te taura hongere
So Ray J went straight to the radio station
– Na Ka haere a Ray J ki te teihana reo irirangi
The very next day, “Hey Fab, I’ma kill you!”
– I te rā i muri mai, ” Hey Fab, i’ma kill you!”
Lyrics comin’ at you at supersonic speed (J.J. Fad)
– Lyrics comin ‘ i a koe i te tere supersonic (J. J. Fad)
Uh, summa-lumma, dooma-lumma, you assumin’ I’m a human
– Uh, summa-lumma, dooma-lumma, e whakaaro ana koe he tangata ahau
What I gotta do to get it through to you? I’m superhuman
– Me aha ahau kia puta ai ki a koe? He tino tangata ahau
Innovative and I’m made of rubber so that anything you say is ricochetin’ off of me and it’ll glue to you and
– He mea hou, ā, he mea hanga ahau i te rapa kia rere atu ai ngā mea katoa e kī ana koe i ahau, ā, ka whakapiri atu ki a koe, ā,
I’m devastating, more than ever demonstrating
– He tino kino ahau, nui atu i te whakaatu
How to give a motherfuckin’ audience a feeling like it’s levitating
– Me pēhea te hoatu i te hunga whakarongo ki te motherfuckin he mana’o rite te reira levitating
Never fading, and I know the haters are forever waiting
– E kore e ngaro, a e mohio ana ahau kei te tatari tonu nga kai kino
For the day that they can say I fell off, they’ll be celebrating
– I te rā e taea ai e rātau te kī kua hinga ahau, ka whakanui rātau
‘Cause I know the way to get ’em motivated
– ‘No te mea e mohio ana ahau ki te ara ki te tiki ’em hihiri
I make elevating music, you make elevator music
– Ka hanga e au he waiata whakaara, ka hanga e koe he waiata whakaara
“Oh, he’s too mainstream.”
– “Aue, he tino nui rawa ia.”
Well, that’s what they do when they get jealous, they confuse it
– Na, koina ta ratou e mahi ai ina hae ratou, ka raruraru ratou
“It’s not hip-hop, it’s pop,”—’cause I found a hella way to fuse it
– “Ehara i te hip-hop, he pop,”nā te mea i kitea e au he huarahi hella hei whakakotahi i a ia
With rock, shock rap with Doc
– Ki te toka, ki Te rap ohorere ki A Doc
Throw on “Lose Yourself” and make ’em lose it
– Maka ki runga “Lose Yourself” ka meinga ’em ngaro reira
“I don’t know how to make songs like that
– “E kore ahau e mohio ki te hanga waiata rite taua
I don’t know what words to use.”
– Kaore au e mohio he aha nga kupu hei whakamahi.”
Let me know when it occurs to you
– Kia mohio ahau ina puta te reira ki a koutou
While I’m rippin’ any one of these verses that versus you
– I ahau e rippin ‘ tetahi o enei irava e ki a koutou
It’s curtains, I’m inadvertently hurtin’ you
– He arai, kei te whara au i a koe
How many verses I gotta murder to
– E hia ngā irava me patu e au
Prove that if you were half as nice, your songs you could sacrifice virgins too?!
– Whakamātauria e ki te i koe hawhe rite pai, koutou waiata taea e koe te patunga wahine rawa?!
Ugh, school flunky, pill junkie
– Ugh, kura flunky, pire junkie
But look at the accolades these skills brung me
– Engari titiro ki nga whakamoemiti i kawea mai e enei pukenga ki ahau
Full of myself, but still hungry
– Ki tonu i ahau, engari e hiakai tonu ana
I bully myself ’cause I make me do what I put my mind to
– Ka whakawhiua ahau e ahau, nā te mea ka meinga ahau e au kia mahi i taku i whakaaro ai
And I’m a million leagues above you
– A he miriona nga reanga kei runga ake i a koe
Ill when I speak in tongues, but it’s still tongue-in-cheek, fuck you
– Ka mate ahau ina kōrero au i roto i ngā reo, engari he reo-i-te-kanohi tonu, fuck you
I’m drunk, so, Satan, take the fucking wheel
– He haurangi ahau, nō Reira, E Hatana, tangohia te wira
I’ma sleep in the front seat
– E moe ana ahau i te nohoanga o mua
Bumpin’ Heavy D and the Boyz, still “Chunky but Funky”
– Bumpin ‘Taumaha d me te Boyz, tonu ” Chunky engari Funky”
But in my head there’s something I can feel tugging and struggling
– Engari i roto i toku mahunga he mea ka taea e au teugg i te toia me te whawhai
Angels fight with devils and here’s what they want from me
– Anahera te whawhai ki te rewera, me te i konei te he aha e hiahia ana ratou i ahau
They’re askin’ me to eliminate some of the women hate
– Kei ratou askin’ ahau ki te whakakore i te tahi o te wahine kino
But if you take into consideration the bitter hatred
– Engari ki te tango koe ki te whakaaro i te kawa, te mauahara
I have, then you may be a little patient
– Te whai i ahau, na kia koe i te iti manawanui
And more sympathetic to the situation
– Me ake te pukuaroha ki te āhuatanga
And understand the discrimination
– Me te matau i te whakahāweatanga
But fuck it, life’s handin’ you lemons? Make lemonade then!
– Ko te fuck reira, te ora o handin’ koe te rēmana? Hanga rēmana ka!
But if I can’t batter the women
– Engari ki te kore e taea e ahau te pokeranu i te wahine
How the fuck am I supposed to bake ’em a cake then?
– Me pēhea te ki te fuck kua mahara ahau ki te tunu ’em i te keke ka?
Don’t mistake him for Satan
– Kaua e pohehe ki A Hatana
It’s a fatal mistake if you think I need to be overseas and take a vacation
– Ko te he hape fatal ki te whakaaro koe e hiahia ana ahau ki te kia tāwāhi me te tango i te faafaaearaa
To trip a broad, and make her fall on her face and
– Ki te takahi i te whanui, a kia hinga ia i runga i tona mata, me te
Don’t be a retard—be a king? Think not
– Kaua e waiho hei retard—hei kingi? Kaua e whakaaro
Why be a king when you can be a god?
– He aha te kingi ina taea e koe te atua?
