Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Smokin’ trees, I’m ridin’ ’round, come to my side of town
– Ka haere mai ki taku taha o te taone ngā rākau e momi hikareti ana, e eke hoiho ana ahau
Lately, it’s been goin’, goin’, goin’, goin’, goin’ down
– I ngā rā tata nei, kua haere, kua haere, kua haere, kua heke
Come see how heavy it get, I done seen way too much stress as a jit
– Haere mai kite pehea taimaha whiwhi reira, i ahau i kite ara nui rawa te ahotea rite te jit
Death in this section was present, we preppin’ for war, so we feel like we better equipped
– I reira te mate i tēnei wāhanga, e whakarite ana mātou mō te pakanga, nō reira e whakaaro ana mātou he pai ake te taputapu
Brodie got demons he keep to his self, probably won’t ever know, ’cause he never gon’ snitch
– I whiwhi a Brodie i ngā rewera e noho ana ia ki a ia anō, kāore pea ia e mōhio, nā te mea kāore ia e haere ki te whakawhiti
Hella resentment from lettin’ it sit, I say, “I got him,” I’m never gon’ miss
– Hella riri i te tuku i te reira noho, ka mea ahau, “kua whiwhi ahau ia, “e kore ahau e haere’ miss
I done put way too much prep into this, back on your bumper how I’m wreckin’ this bitch
– Kua oti I ahau te whakatakoto i te nui rawa o te whakarite ki roto i tenei, hoki i runga i to koutou parepare pehea ahau wreckin ‘ tenei wahine
I keep on talkin’ ’bout healin’ that’s never gon’ happen, you know that I’m steppin’ on shit
– Ka kōrero tonu ahau ’bout healin’ e kore rawa e ‘ tū, e mōhio ana koe kei te haere au i runga i te paru
I say the feelin’ I get from me killin’ a rapper just show me that Heaven exist
– Ka mea ahau ko te āhua o te’ I get from me killin’ he kaiwaiata rap e whakaatu mai ana ki ahau kei Te Tīariari Te Rangi
Shootin’ ’til ain’t nothin’ left in the clip, shootin’ ’til I get respect in this bitch
– Shootin ’til ain’t nothin’ left in the clip, shootin ‘ til i get respect in this bitch
I might just go get a Tec in this bitch, I might just go at the ref in this bitch
– Ka taea e au te haere ki te tiki I tētahi Tec i roto i tēnei wahine, ka taea e au te haere ki te ref i roto i tēnei wahine
Guessing you think this shit new to me, huh? Guess you ain’t know what’s fuelin’ me, huh?
– Ki te whakaaro koe he mea hou tēnei ki ahau, huh? Ki taku whakaaro kaore koe e mohio he aha te mea e whakaoho ana i ahau, huh?
I just had enemies shoot at me, tell me, just what could this industry do to me, huh?
– I whai hoariri ahau ki te patu i ahau, ki te korero mai ki ahau, he aha te mahi a tenei umanga ki ahau, huh?
Helpin’ the hood and the homies and plus the community think that it’s two of me, huh?
– Te āwhina i te hood me te homies me te hapori whakaaro e te reira e rua o ahau, huh?
Know where I go when it’s over, I run out of gas, they gon’ say that they through with me, huh? Aw, shit
– E mohio ana ahau ki te wahi e haere ai ahau ina mutu, ka pau I ahau te hau, ka mea ratou, e haere ana ratou ki ahau, huh? Aw, he mea
When all this shit gon’ get better? Bitches just fuckin’ whoever
– Ka pai ake te pai o ēnei mea katoa? Ko ngā wahine e pōhēhē ana ki te tangata
Nigga just sayin’ whatever, niggas’ gon’ fold under pressure, honestly I ain’t no better
– Ka mea noa a Nigga ‘whatever, niggas ‘gon’ fold i raro i te pēhanga, pono e kore ahau e pai ake
I had to hop out the hole and got cold as a shoulder, I turned my emotion into sweater
– I peke atu ahau i te poka, a, ka makariri, ano he pokohiwi, ka huri I taku kare ki te koti
I had to garner the power to work on my soul, I ain’t tryna be broken forever
– I whiwhi ahau i te mana ki te mahi i runga i toku wairua, e kore ahau e tryna kia pakaru ake ake
I see the smoke, and start runnin’ into it, shawty you losin’ is so therapeutic
– Ka kite ahau i te paowa, ka tīmata ki te rere ki roto, he tino rongoā a shawty you losin
I kinda think that you want it to happen, got put in a corner, you forced me to do it
– Ki taku whakaaro e hiahia ana koe kia tupu, ka whakatakotoria ki te kokonga, ka akiaki koe i ahau ki te mahi
You gotta tell me that bein’ a rapper is hangin’ with rappers, and I ain’t into it
– Me kī mai koe ki ahau kei te noho tahi te kaiwaiata rap me ngā kaiwaiata rap, ā, kāore au i te pai ki a ia
I’m with the shit, and I’m ready to prove it, waitin’ on Marshall to say I can do it
– Kei a au te mea, ā, kua rite ahau ki te whakamatau, e tatari ana ki A Marshall kia mea ka taea e au
This shit goin’ down, down, down, down, dow-dow-dow-dow—
– Ka heke iho, ka heke iho, ka heke iho, ka heke iho, ka heke iho—
If I run out of fuel, I won’t
– Ki te kore he wahie, e kore ahau e
What the fuck y’all gon’ do if I don’t
– He aha te mahi a te fuck y’all gon’ ki te kore au e mahi
Run out of fuel? (Down, down, down, down, dow-dow-dow-dow—)
– Kua pau te wahie? (Ki raro, ki raro, ki raro, ki raro, dow-dow-dow—dow-dow)
That scares the fuck out of you (Look)
– E mataku ana i te fuck i roto i a koe (Titiro)
I was slept on and left for dead
– I moe ahau a ka waiho kia mate
Sweat, wept, and bled for a game that barely kept me fed
– Te werawera, te tangi, me te toto mo te kēmu e kore e pupuri i ahau whangai
Ain’t want the fame, just a spec of cred
– Kāore e hiahia ana ki te rongonui, he tohu noa iho o te whakapono
Nowadays I take a check instead
– I ēnei rā ka tangohia e au he tīkiti hei utu
The pen been steps ahead
– Kua eke te pene ki mua
If you mention him, them boys wet the bed
– Ki te whakahua koe i a ia, ka whakainu rātau i te moenga
Get on a track with GRIP and get knocked out like yo’ daddy did
– Haere i runga i te ara ki TE HOPU, me te kia hinga i roto i rite yo’ papa i
Whatever Deebo said to Craig, we can go head to head
– Ahakoa he aha te korero a Deebo ki A Craig, ka taea e tātou te haere ki te upoko
Niggas play hard on the app
– Ka kaha te tākaro a ngā nigga i runga i te taupānga
At they mama crib hatin’ on bars in a rap
– I te they mama crib hatin ‘ on bars i roto i te rap
From niggas that still starve in the trap
– Mai i ngā nigga e mate tonu ana i te matekai i roto i te rore
Clap back and it’s, “GRIP, you’re takin’ it too far, just relax”
– Patupatua hoki a te reira, “PU, kei te tango koe’ reira tawhiti rawa, tika akaanga”
These words I discard on the wax
– Ko ēnei kupu ka maka e au ki runga i te paraihe
Shit deeper than the cars and the racks
– He hohonu ake te paru i nga waka me nga papa
The fashion and gas, so when a star interacts
– Te ahua me te hau, na ka taunekeneke te whetu
Got the soul of a field nigga with scars on his back
– I whiwhi i te wairua o te nigga mara me nga tohu i runga i tona tuara
So pardon me if part of me feel a itch to click
– Na murua ahau ki te part wahi o ahau i te itch ki te pāwhiri
Pitch a fit, blitz a bitch, split ya shit
– Pitch a fit, blitz a bitch, split ya shit, Pitch a fit, blitz a bitch, split ya shit
GRIP in the kitchen with instant grits
– MAU i roto i te kīhini ki grits tonu
Flick the wrist, they wish he’d miss, he’s six for six
– Patohia te ringa, e hiahia ana ratou kia ngaro ia, e ono ia mo te ono
Go back through the discog’
– Haere hoki i roto i te discog’
It’s obvious I’m the godliest, yeah, I’m sonnin’ y’all
– He mea mārama ko au te tino atua, ae, e tama ana ahau
I took the summer off
– I tangohia e ahau te raumati
Just to let them get they mumbles off about blocks that they ain’t spun at all
– Hei tuku noa i a rātau ki te tiki ka kōrerorero rātau mō ngā poraka kāore rātau i huri noa
The uninvolved underdog
– Ko te kaituku kore
Summoned from a drunken slumber to pummel y’all, but they don’t wanna brawl
– I karangatia mai i te moe haurangi ki te patu i a koutou katoa, engari kaore ratou e hiahia ki te whawhai
This shit ain’t even fun no more
– Kāore tēnei mea i te ahuareka kāore anō
I mean, don’t nobody wanna come outside
– Ko te tikanga, kaua e haere mai tetahi ki waho
They like, “You should do a song with so and so
– E pai ana rātou, ” Me mahi koe i tētahi waiata me te pera me te pera
Or maybe such and such,” this shit done, I tried
– Ranei pea taua me taua, ” kua oti tenei mea, i tamata ahau
They must not got it in their arsenal or metacarpal
– Kāore e taea e rātau te tiki i roto i tō rātau whare patu i tō rātau metacarpal rānei
To pick the pen up and out-ink the man
– Ki te tiki i te pene ake, me te out-ink te tangata
Hm, but then again I’m partial
– Hm, engari ano ahau wahi
It really took Marshall just for me to get a feature? Damn
– I tino hiahiatia e Marshall kia whiwhi au i tētahi āhuatanga? He rewera
I know rap’s what I started with
– E mōhio ana ahau ko te rap te mea i tīmata ai ahau
But when your target market’s lethargic to the bars you spit
– Otiia ka lethargic o tou mākete ūnga ki te tutaki tuwha koe
It’s harder to put your heart in it
– He uaua ki te whakauru i to ngakau ki roto
But come too far to quit, now I’m on to guitars and shit
– Engari haere mai ki tawhiti rawa ki te whakamutu, ināianei kei te whakatangi au i ngā kita me ngā mea
So don’t find it jarrin’ if I switch the whole style up
– Na kaua e kitea e jarrin’ ki te huri ahau i te kāhua katoa ake
Want the old GRIP? Go get the old album
– E hiahia ana ki te PU tawhito? Haere ki te tiki i te puka tawhito
Any genre, same outcome
– Tetahi momo, taua putanga
I’m on that bitch with a stick like Malcolm
– Kei runga ahau i taua wahine me Te tokotoko rite Malcolm
Buck, buck, buck, buck
– Ko Buck, ko buck, ko buck, ko buck
Buck-buck-buck-buck-buck-buck-buck-buck
– Buck-buck-buck-buck-buck-buck-buck-buck-buck
If I run out of fuel, I won’t
– Ki te kore he wahie, e kore ahau e
What the fuck y’all gon’ do if I don’t
– He aha te mahi a te fuck y’all gon’ ki te kore au e mahi
Run out of fuel? (Down, down, down, down, dow-dow-dow-dow—)
– Kua pau te wahie? (Ki raro, ki raro, ki raro, ki raro, dow-dow-dow—dow-dow)
That scares the fuck out of you
– E whakawehi ana i a koe
I was up to my waist in debt, better yet, face and neck, tryna chase a check
– Ko ahau ki runga ki toku hope i roto i te nama, pai ano, mata, me te kaki, tryna whai i te taki
Sweat, labor for minimal as wages get, just tryna get me a dub like a blank cassette (Yeah)
– Sweat, mahi mō te iti rite utu whiwhi, tika tryna whiwhi ahau i te dub rite te rīpene kau (Yeah)
I worked for peanuts ’til the day I met Dre and that gave me a little raise in net
– I mahi ahau mō peanuts ‘ tae noa ki te rā i tūtaki ai ahau ki A Dre, ā, nā reira i piki ake ai taku pūtea
Now nothing is close to disgusting as what I grossed, so this must mean what I wrote makes me the
– Na kahore he mea e tata ana ki te whakarihariha rite te mea i whiwhi ahau, na me te tikanga tenei te mea i tuhituhi ahau hanga ahau te
Illest rapper there is, was, or ever will be
– Ko te kaiwaiata rap illlest he, i, ranei ake ka kia
That’s the real reason I still squeeze and I fill these bars with so much vitriol
– Ko te take tūturu tērā e kōpeke tonu ana ahau ā ka whakakiia e au ēnei pae ki te nui o te vitriol
These voices in my head convince me, I bet that Ted Kaczynski’ll feel me
– Ko ēnei reo i roto i toku mahunga e whakaponohia ana ahau, e peti ana ahau ka rongo a ted kaczynski’ll i ahau
‘Cause I serial-kill beats like Israel Keyes
– ‘Nā te mea ka patua e au ngā pūoro pēnei i A Israel Keyes
My peripheral sees everything, you was POVs to rap G-O-D
– Ka kite taku taputapu i nga mea katoa, ko Koe POVs ki te rap G-O-D
From Little Caesars to filled arenas, I made it big, word to Lil’ Cease
– Mai I Nga Caesars Iti ki nga papa whakakii, i nui taku korero, ka mutu Te korero Ki A Lil
“Fuel” remix, so who’ll be picked next, who’s name gonna be next up?
– “Fuel” remix, na ko wai ka tangohia i muri mai, ko wai te ingoa ka whai ake?
Notorious B.I.G.’s death was the domino effects of 2Pac’s murder
– Ko te matenga o Notorious B. i. g. ko ngā pānga domino o te kohuru o 2Pac
Like facial tissue, whose clock should I clean next? Puff’s?
– Ka rite ki te kiko kanohi, ko wai te karaka me horoi e au i muri mai? Ko te Puff?
‘Til he’s in police handcuffs, guilty, will he step up?
– ‘Ki te mea kei te herea ia e te pirihimana, he hara, ka eke ia?
Like gee, never turned himself in, who knows all the murders they’ll pin
– Ka rite ki a gee, kaore ia i tuku i a ia ano, e mohio ana ki nga kohuru katoa ka whakairihia e ratou
On me, next they’ll prepare for me to not choose none of my words carefully
– I runga i ahau, muri ka faaineine ratou mo ahau ki te kore e whiriwhiri i tetahi o aku kupu āta
I’ve been comparable to Ivan The Terrible, I’ll take a paraplegic
– Kua rite ahau Ki A Ivan The Terrible, ka mau ahau ki te paraplegic
And I’ll slam his wheelchair on the cement at physical therapy treatment
– A ka patu ahau i tana nohoanga wira ki te raima i te maimoatanga maimoatanga tinana
Then laugh hysterically, these wimps are like Slim’s hair when he bleached it
– Katahi ka kata, he rite ēnei wimps ki ngā makawe O Slim i a ia e wherikotanga ana
Y’all need to lighten up, I give a fuck, I don’t care in the least bit
– E hiahia ana koe ki te whakamarama ake, hoatu e ahau he fuck, e kore ahau e tiaki i roto i te iti rawa te moka
Kiss every square inch of my white rear end, I guarantee
– Kihi ia inihi tapawha o toku pito muri ma, kī ahau
That my elevator’s stuck somewhere between two levels emcees won’t ever see
– Ko te mea kua mau taku ararewa ki tētahi wāhi i waenganui i ngā taumata e rua kāore e kitea e ngā kaihautū
I spit bars so barbarically, a fuckin’ parakeet wouldn’t dare repeat
– Ka tuwha atu au i ngā pae, he mea whakamataku, kāore he parakiete e maia ki te whakahoki anō
I’ll never be runnin’ out of steam or kerosene
– Kāore au e rere atu i te hau, i te hinu parahi rānei
If I run out of fuel, I won’t
– Ki te kore he wahie, e kore ahau e
What the fuck y’all gon’ do if I don’t
– He aha te mahi a te fuck y’all gon’ ki te kore au e mahi
Run out of fuel? (Down, down, down, down, dow-dow-dow-dow—)
– Kua pau te wahie? (Ki raro, ki raro, ki raro, ki raro, dow-dow-dow—dow-dow)
That scares the fuck out of you
– E whakawehi ana i a koe
