Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Only thing matter right now is livin’ right now and I can’t spare no feelings
– Ko te mea nui anake i tēnei wā, ko te ora i tēnei wā, ā, kāore e taea e au te whakaora i ngā whakaaro
Quiet on set, but my aura loud, I navigate through hood shit and wisdom
– He ata noho i runga i te huinga, engari ko taku aura nui, ka whakatere ahau i roto i te paru o te kopare me te whakaaro nui
The money all here, young man, fuck holdin’ your hand, you’ll die broke tryna play victim
– Ko te moni katoa i konei, e te taitama, e mau ana i tou ringa, ka mate koe i te pakaru tryna tākaro patunga
The little ideas I told made people go rogue until God did me a big one
– Ko nga whakaaro iti I korerotia e ahau i meinga ai te iwi kia haere kino kia nui ra Ano te Mahi a te Atua ki ahau
Reincarnated with love, my Gemini twin back, powerin’ up
– I whakahoutia ki te aroha, ko taku gemini twin hoki, powerin ‘ up
No more handshakes and hugs, the energy only circulate through us
– Kāore he ringaringa, he awhi, ka rere noa te pūngao i roto i a tātou
Everybody must be judged
– Me whakawakia te katoa
But this time, God only favorin’ us
– Engari i tēnei Wā, ko te Atua anake e manako ana ki a tātou
Twenty years in, still got that pen dedicated to bare hard truth
– E rua tekau tau i roto i, tonu ka e pene whakatapua ki te pono pakeke whanau
The etiquette speak with a vigilant tongue, the predicate this time is fuck you
– Ko te tikanga e korero ana me te arero mataara, ko te kupu i tenei wa ko fuck you
I’m carryin’ heavier hearts right now, I can power lift with Olympians too
– Kei te mau ahau i ngā ngākau taumaha ake i tēnei wā, ka taea e au te whakaoho i ngā Kaitākaro O Te Olympics
I’m carryin’ various darts right now, I dessert this bitch like tiramisù
– Kei te mau ahau i ngā pere maha i tēnei wā, ka kai au i tēnei wahine pēnei i a tiramisù
See, we goin’ body for body, I hand you a body, I’m probably a better masseuse
– Kite, haere tatou ‘ tinana mo te tinana, hoatu e ahau ki a koutou i te tinana, ahau pea he masseuse pai
I really don’t bother nobody but they run it by me if I got to clear out the room
– Kāore au e whakararuraru i tētahi engari ka whakahaerehia e rātou ki ahau mēnā ka taea e au te horoi i te ruma
You would not get the picture if I had to sit you for hours in front of the Louvre
– E kore e whiwhi koe i te pikitia ki te i ahau ki te noho koe mo haora i roto i te mua o Te Louvre
You would not have a soul even if I had told you to stand next to Johnny and Q
– Kāore he wairua i a koe ahakoa i ki atu ahau ki a koe kia tū ki Te taha o Johnny rāua ko Q
Started with nothing but government cheese, but now I can seize the government too
– I tīmata ki te tīhi kāwanatanga anake, engari ināianei ka taea e au te hopu i te kāwanatanga
Remember the food stamp color was tan and brown, but now the hunnid in blue
– Kia mahara ko te tae o te tohu kai he parauri, he parauri, engari inaianei ko te hunnid i te puru
‘Member I said, “I’m the greatest,” back when you debated the number one and number two?
– ‘Ka mea ahau mema, ” ko ahau te nui rawa, ” hoki ina tautohetohe koe i te tau kotahi me te tau rua?
Topic was always hilarious to me, you carried ’em to me, I brung out the— Christ
– He tino ngahau tonu te kaupapa ki ahau, i kawea mai e koe ki ahau, i whakaputaina mai e au te Karaiti
