Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Uh
– Uh
Ayy
– Ko te Ayy
Da-da-da (Woo)
– Ko te Da-da-da (Woo)
Uh, huh
– Ko te Uh, ko te huh
Now, I’m addicted to the shit like it was nicotine
– Na, he haurangi ahau ki te mea he nikotini
The streets have got me overdosin’ on adrenaline
– Kua nui rawa te horopeta ki ahau i runga i te adrenaline
Like it was lean, promethazine, have I become a fiend?
– Ka rite ki te mea he kikokore, promethazine, kua riro ahau i te rewera?
My nigga caught up with that girl, this ain’t no summer fling
– I hopu taku nigga i taua kotiro, ehara tēnei i te mea e pā ana ki te raumati
Know what I mean? Can’t use the phone ’cause niggas listening
– E mohio ana ahau ki taku tikanga? Kāore e taea te whakamahi i te waea ‘ meinga niggas whakarongo
Them boys be talkin’ shit, well, bitch, I got that Listerine
– E tama, kia kōrero, e te wahine, kua whiwhi ahau I taua Listerine
That pistol gleamin’ in the sun ’cause beef is interesting (What you say, nigga? The fuck you say, nigga?)
– Ko taua patu e whiti ana i te ra, he mea whakamere te kai kau (What you say, nigga? Ko te fuck mea koe, nigga?)
A quarter pounder get a nigga blown to smithereens (Fuck you say, nigga?)
– He hauwhā pauna ka pupuhi te nigga ki te smithereens (Fuck you say, nigga?)
My mama asked me what that drama ’bout and I don’t lie
– I ui mai taku whaea ki ahau he aha taua whakaari ‘ bout and I don’t lie
I said, “A little bit of money and a lot of pride”
– Ka mea ahau, ” he iti o te moni, me te rota o te whakapehapeha”
I swear to God I cry when I look in my daughter eye
– Ka oati ahau ki te Atua ka tangi ahau ina titiro ahau ki taku kanohi tamahine
I’m thinkin’ if I die tonight, I never taught her how to ride a bike
– E whakaaro ana ahau mēnā ka mate ahau i tēnei pō, kāore au i whakaako i a ia ki te eke paihikara
Or how to fight if niggas clownin’ on her
– Me pēhea te whawhai mēnā kei te whakawai a niggas i a ia
I gotta call my nigga Rallo from around the corner
– Me karanga e au taku nigga Rallo mai i te kokonga
He came up on a pound of Mary straight from California
– I haere mai ia i Runga i te pauna O Meri tika i California
Let’s blow an ounce and move the rest, we bag it up, you do the rest
– Me pupuhi te inihi, me neke te toenga, ka peke atu, ka mahi koe i te toenga
Okay, I’m comin’ over quick, got hip for my nigga, this is it
– Ok, kei te haere mai ahau i runga i tere, ka hip mo toku nigga, ko te reira tenei
Don’t know how he came up on it, must’ve probably hit a lick
– Kāore i te mōhio me pēhea i puta mai ai ia, tērā pea i pāngia e ia tētahi ngārara
Now, I don’t ask no fuckin’ questions, all I do is take my blessings to the strip
– Na, kāore au e pātai, ko te mea anake e mahia ana e au, ko te kawe i aku manaakitanga ki te tira
Make her flip, no more struggling, no more stressing
– Me huri, kaua e uaua, kaua e kaha ake
‘Cause my baby need some Pampers and her daddy need a Buick
– ‘Na te mea e hiahia ana taku tamaiti ki etahi Pampers me tana papa e hiahia ana ki Te Buick
Ain’t no future for a felon and there ain’t that much more to it
– Kāore he heke mai mō te tangata hara ā kāore he nui ake te nui o te mea
Why I do it? I feed my baby girl and then we lie together
– He aha ahau i mahi ai? Ka whangai ahau i taku kotiro kātahi ka takoto tahi mātou
I’m starin’ at her, swear I hope we fuckin’ die together
– E titiro ana ahau ki a ia, e oati ana ahau ka mate tahi tātou
Die, die together (Nina? Nina?)
– Ka mate, ka mate tahi (nina? Ko Nina?)
Die together (Who loves you?)
– Ka mate tahi (Ko Wai e aroha ana ki a koe?)
I swear I hope we fuckin’ die together (Daddy loves you)
– Ka oati ahau ko te tumanako ka mate tahi tatou (E aroha ana a Papa ki a koe)
Die together (One day, I’ma buy you everything you want)
– Ka mate tahi (I tetahi ra, ka hokona e au nga mea katoa e hiahia ana koe)
Die together
– Ka mate tahi
I swear I hope we fuckin’ die together (We’re gonna have a big house, you’re gonna have a big room)
– Ka oati ahau e tumanako ana ahau ka mate tahi tatou (Ka whai whare Nui tatou, ka whai ruma nui koe)
(Die together) Die together
– (Mate tahi) Mate tahi
Die together (You’re all I got in this world)
– Mate tahi (Ko koe katoa i ahau i roto i tenei ao)
I swear I hope we fuckin’ die together (Daddy gotta go find a real job)
– E oati ana ahau e tumanako ana ahau ka mate tahi tātou (Daddy gotta go find a real job)
(Die together) Die together (I’ma drop you off with Mommy, I’m gonna pick you up next week, okay?)
– (Die together) Die together (i’ma drop you off with Mommy, i’m gonna pick you up next week, ok?)
Die together
– Ka mate tahi
I swear I hope we fuckin’ die together
– E oati ana ahau e tumanako ana ahau ka mate tahi tātou
3 in the mornin’ and I’m wide awake, yawnin’
– 3 i te ata, a kei te mataara ahau, e ngunguru ana
A couple pulls got me zonin’
– He tokorua e kukume ana i ahau ki te rohe
Somethin’ tell me check my phone and I see a message
– Ka mea mai tētahi ki ahau tirohia taku waea, ā, ka kite ahau i tētahi karere
Five missed calls, they all from Rallo, right away, I check it (Ra’, Ra’, call me the fuck back)
– E rima waea ngaro, ratou katoa i Rallo, tika atu, tirohia e ahau i te reira (Ra’, ra’, karanga ahau te fuck hoki)
He stressin’, he breathin’ heavy, tellin’ me to call him ASAP (Hit me back)
– Ia fakamamafa’i’ , manawa ia ‘taimaha, parau’ ahau ki te karanga IA ASAP (Patua ahau hoki)
I dial him right back, like, “What the fuck goin’ on?”
– Ka waea atu ahau ki a ia, penei, “He aha te mea e haere ana?”
He’s goin’ on about them trees that we sold and how we need to get low
– Kei te haere tonu ia mō ngā rākau i hokona e mātou, me pēhea hoki e heke iho ai
Some niggas lookin’ for us out here in the streets ’cause they know
– Ko ētahi o ngā negro e rapu ana i a mātou i konei i te huarahi nā te mea e mōhio ana rātau
That shit we sold ain’t belong to us, they wanna sing a song for us
– Ko te mea i hokona e mātou ehara i a mātou, e hiahia ana rātou ki te waiata i tētahi waiata mō mātou
For fuckin’ up they money, nigga said it won’t be long for us
– Mo te fuckin ‘ up they money, ka mea a nigga e kore e roa mo tatou
I tell him, “I ain’t scared, I ain’t know it was theirs
– Ka mea atu ahau ki a ia, ” e kore ahau e wehi, e kore ahau e mohio ko to ratou
But if they talkin’ like that, nigga, make sure that you strapped” (Click)
– Otiia ki te korero ratou ‘ rite taua, nigga, kia tino e herea koe” (Pāwhiri)
Hung up the phone as I sat there alone
– I whakairihia te waea i ahau e noho ana i reira anake
Wishin’ I can wipe the slate clean with dreams of a home
– E hiahia ana ahau kia horoia te papa ki te moemoea o te kāinga
With picket fence and yard big enough for Nina to roam
– Ki te taiapa pikete me te marae nui nui hoki Nina ki te haereere
Lord, tell me, is it too late to grow? I need to know (Shit)
– E te ariki, korerotia mai ki ahau, kua roa rawa te tipu? E hiahia ana ahau ki te mohio (Shit)
Few hours pass, I need to go and pick my daughter up
– Ka pahemo ētahi haora, me haere au ki te tiki i taku tamahine
Her mama gotta work today, she tells me, “Look for work today” (You need to go find a job today)
– Ko tana mama me mahi i tenei ra, ka kii mai ia ki ahau, “Titiro mo te mahi i tenei ra” (Me haere koe ki te rapu mahi i tenei ra)
I say, “Okay,” I strapped the cutie pie into the baby seat
– Ka mea ahau, “Aue,” i herea e ahau te keke reka ki te nohoanga o te tamaiti
She love to spend the day with me, she startin’ to learn the ABCs
– He pai ki a ia te noho tahi me au i te rā, ka tīmata ia ki te ako i ngā Abc
I drive away and see my distant future as a married man
– Ka rere atu ahau ka kite i taku heke mai tawhiti hei tangata kua marenatia
Way out in the suburbs with no pistols and no worryin’
– He ara ki waho i nga taone nui, kahore he patu, kahore he manukanuka
One day, I’ll send my baby girl to college where she’ll find a man
– I tētahi rā, ka tukuna e au taku kōtiro ki te wānanga, ka kitea e ia tētahi tangata
And he gon’ put a ring up on her hand, but I’ll be damned
– Na ka mea ia ki te whakakakahu i tetahi mowhiti ki tona ringa, engari ka kanga ahau
Fuck you, fuck you
– Ka puta koe, ka puta koe
Fuck, let’s go, let’s go, let’s go
– Fuck, kia haere, kia haere, kia haere
Fuck, man
– E te tangata
Ah, shit
– Ah, he mea
Nina? Nina? Nina?
– Ko Nina? Ko Nina? Ko Nina?
Oh shit, I’m sorry, I’m sorry
– Aue, e pouri ana ahau, e pouri ana ahau
Fuck
– Ka puta
