Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
I think it’s time to watch the party die
– Ki taku whakaaro kua tae ki te wā ki te mātakitaki i te rōpū e mate ana
This shit done got too wicked to apologize
– He kino rawa te mahi o tēnei mea ki te tono mihi
It’s different, get him whacked and disqualified
– He rerekē, ka whiua ia, ka whakakorea
We even kill the killers ’cause they like taking innocent lives
– Ka patua hoki e mātou ngā kaikohuru nā te mea e pai ana rātou ki te tango i ngā oranga harakore
Burn the whole village, we start over, it’s really that time
– Tahuna te kainga katoa, tīmata tatou i runga i, te reira tino e te wa
Why reason with these niggas if they can’t see the future first?
– He aha te take ki enei niggas ki te kore e taea e ratou te kite i te heke mai i te tuatahi?
Why argue with these clowns if the circus is well at work?
– He aha te take e tautohetohe ai ki ēnei pūhara mēnā kei te pai te mahi a te hākinakina?
Just walk that man down, that’ll do everyone a solid
– Haere noa i taua tangata ki raro, ka mahi i te katoa he totoka
It’s love, but tough love sometimes gotta result in violence
– He aroha, engari ko te aroha pakeke i ētahi wā me hua ki te tūkino
If you parade in gluttony without givin’ truth to the youth
– Ki te haereere koe i roto i te kai nui, kahore e hoatu pono ki te taitamariki
The graveyard is company, just tell us what casket to choose
– He kamupene te urupa, korerotia mai ki a mātou he aha te pouaka hei whiriwhiri
They party more than bitches, tell me, what are you working for?
– He nui ake te pōpō i te pōpō, korerotia mai ki ahau, he aha te mea e mahi ana koe?
They glorify scamming, you get chipped over this credit card
– Ka whakakororiatia e rātau te tinihanga, ka whakairihia koe ki runga i tēnei kāri nama
Influencers talk down ’cause I’m not with the basic shit
– Ka kōrero ngā kaiwhaiwhai ki raro, nā te mea kāore au i te mea nui
But they don’t hate me, they hate the man that I represent
– Otiia e kore ratou e kino ki ahau, e kino ana ki te tangata e tohu ana ahau
The type of man that never dickride ’cause I want a favor
– Ko te momo tangata e kore e dickride ‘no te mea e hiahia ana ahau ki te mahi
The man that resides in patience, so where the soldiers at?
– Ko te tangata e noho ana i roto i te manawanui, na te wahi i nga hoia i?
The one’s that lost it all and learnt to learn from that
– Ko te tangata i ngaro katoa i a ia i ako hoki ki te ako mai i tera
A thirst for life, head inside a book ’cause he concerned with that
– He matewai mo te ora, upoko i roto i te pukapuka ‘ no te mea iedangawanga ia ki taua
Information that’ll change his life because he yearns for that
– Ko ngā mōhiohio ka huri i tōna oranga nā te mea e hiahia ana ia ki tērā
Dedication, findin’ out what’s right ’cause he can earn from that
– Te whakatapunga, te kimi i te mea tika na te mea ka taea e ia te whiwhi mai i tera
I feel for the women that deal with the clown and nerd shit
– E whakaaro ana ahau ki ngā wāhine e mahi ana ki te pākiki me te pākiki
Can’t blame them, today they ain’t really got much to work with
– Kāore e taea te whakapae i a rātou, i tēnei rā kāore i tino nui te mahi tahi
How many bitches harder than a lot of you niggas?
– E hia nga bitches uaua atu i te rota o koutou niggas?
Would trade all of y’all for Nip, I can’t be proud of you niggas
– E hokohoko katoa o koutou mo Nip, e kore e taea e ahau te whakapehapeha o koutou niggas
God, give me life, dear God, please give me peace
– E te atua, homai ki ahau te ora, E Te Atua aroha, tēnā homai ki ahau te rangimarie
Dear God, please keep these lame niggas away from me
– E Te Atua, tēnā kia matara atu ēnei ngārara kopa i ahau
Dear God, keep me shinin’, the fuck do they really think?
– E Te Atua aroha, kia whiti ahau, e te fuck e tino whakaaro ana ratou?
Pocket-watching, you must be the police
– Pocket-maataki, me waiho koe hei pirihimana
God, bless these words. Dear God, bless how I think
– E te atua, manaakitia ēnei kupu. E Te Atua, manaakitia taku whakaaro
Dear God, draw the line, they tryna confuse ’em with me
– E Te Atua, tuhia te raina, ka pohehe ratou ki ahau
Dear God, please forgive me, you knowin’ how hard I tried
– E Te Atua, murua taku hara, e mohio ana koe ki taku kaha i whakamatau ai
I think it’s time for me to watch the party die (Uh-huh, huh)
– Ki taku whakaaro kua tae ki te wa kia kite ahau i te roopu e mate ana (Uh-huh, huh)
Get ’em gone, we gon’ watch the party die (Uh-huh)
– Haere ’em haere, haere tatou’ kia mataara i te rōpū mate (Uh-huh)
Send ’em home, we gon’ watch the party die
– Tukua atu ki te kāinga, ka mātakitaki mātou i te rōpū e mate ana
I think it’s time to watch the party die
– Ki taku whakaaro kua tae ki te wā ki te mātakitaki i te rōpū e mate ana
Street niggas and the corporate guys, the rappers that report the lies
– Ko ngā nigga o te huarahi me ngā tāngata o te kaporeihana, ko ngā kaiwaiata rap e pūrongo ana i ngā teka
I need they families mortified
– Me whakamā rātou e ngā whānau
We can do life without ’em, get they bodies organized, tell me if you obliged
– Ka taea e tātou te mahi i te ora me te kore ’em, kia whakaritea ō rātou tinana, korerotia mai ki ahau mēnā ka herea koe
No more pillow-talkin’, jump-startin’ neighborhood wars
– No more pillow-talkin’, jump-startin ‘ ngā pakanga o te taone
Dirty-mackin’ bitches because your spirit is insecure
– He wahine poke, he wahine poke, no te mea he kore haumaru to wairua
The flashy nigga with nasty decisions usin’ money as a backbone
– Ko te nigga whakamataku me nga whakataunga kino e whakamahi ana i te moni hei tuara
I want his head cracked before he’s back home
– E hiahia ana ahau kia pakaru tona matenga i mua i tana hokinga ki te kāinga
The radio personality pushin’ propaganda for salary
– Ko te tangata reo irirangi e akiaki ana i te poroporoaki mo te utu
Let me know when they turn up as a casualty, I want agony
– Kia mohio ahau ina puta mai ratou hei tupapaku, e hiahia ana ahau ki te mamae
Assault, and battery, I see a new Earth
– Te whakaeke, me te pūhiko, ka kite ahau i tētahi Whenua hou
Filled with beautiful people makin’ humanity work
– Ki tonu i te iwi ataahua e mahi ana i te tangata
Let’s kill the followers that follow up on poppin’ mollies from
– Kia patua e tatou nga akonga e whai ake nei i runga i poppin ‘ mollies i
The obvious degenerates that’s failing to acknowledge the
– Ko te mea e kitea ana ko te kore e whakaae ki te
Hope that we tryna spread, if I’m not his vote
– Ko te tūmanako ka horapa atu a we tryna, mēnā kāore au i te pōti
Then you need to bring his fuckin’ head, or film that shit in hi-res
– Na e hiahia ana koe ki te kawe i tona fuckin’ head, ranei kiriata e shit i roto i te hi-res
God, give me life, dear God, please give me peace
– E te atua, homai ki ahau te ora, E Te Atua aroha, tēnā homai ki ahau te rangimarie
Dear God, please keep these lame niggas away from me
– E Te Atua, tēnā kia matara atu ēnei ngārara kopa i ahau
Dear God, keep me shinin’, the fuck do they really think?
– E Te Atua aroha, kia whiti ahau, e te fuck e tino whakaaro ana ratou?
Pocket-watching, you must be the police
– Pocket-maataki, me waiho koe hei pirihimana
God, bless these words. Dear God, bless how I think
– E te atua, manaakitia ēnei kupu. E Te Atua, manaakitia taku whakaaro
Dear God, draw the line, they tryna confuse ’em with me
– E Te Atua, tuhia te raina, ka pohehe ratou ki ahau
Dear God, please, forgive me, you knowin’ how hard I tried
– E Te Atua, tena, murua taku hara, e mohio ana koe ki taku kaha i whakamatau ai
I think it’s time for me to watch the party die
– Ki taku whakaaro kua tae ki te wā kia mātakitaki au i te rōpū e mate ana
Sometimes I wonder what Lecrae would do
– I ētahi wā ka whakaaro ahau he aha ta Lecrae e mahi ai
Fuck these niggas up or show ’em just what prayer do?
– Fuck enei niggas ake ranei whakaatu ’em tika te mea inoi mahi?
I want to be empathetic, my heart like Dee-1
– E hiahia ana ahau kia whai whakaaro, kia rite taku ngakau Ki A Dee-1
But I will—
– Engari ka—
It’s time to get these devils out the way, heavy metals on my sword
– Kua tae ki te wā ki te tiki i ēnei rewera i te ara, he konganuku taumaha i runga i taku hoari
We settle hard disputes today, the ghetto Hollywood divorce
– Ka whakatauhia e mātou ngā tautohetohe pakeke i tēnei rā, te ghetto Hollywood divorce
Say hello to your future fate, the culture bred with carnivores
– Kia ora ki tō tūponotanga ā muri ake, te ahurea i whakatipuhia ki ngā kai kai
You let ’em snack, they eat your face, the signatures is bein’ forged
– Ka tukua e koe ’em paramanawa, kai ratou tou mata, te waitohu kei te’ forged
They wonder why I’m not enthused to drop
– E miharo ana ratou he aha ahau e kore e ngākaunui ki te maturuturu
The more visible you get, the more your spiritual is tried
– Ko te nui ake o te kitea e whiwhi ana koe, ko te nui ake o to wairua e whakamatautauria ana
It’s cynical to say I know these artists petrified
– He mea pōhēhē te kī e mōhio ana ahau kua mataku ēnei kaitoi
The end result, in jail by Jezebel or drugged up full of lies
– Ko Te hua whakamutunga, i roto i te whare herehere e Ietepere ranei tarukino ake ki tonu i te teka
Critical, I know my physical is tested all the time
– Tino, e mohio ana ahau kei te whakamatautauria taku tinana i nga wa katoa
I’m pitiful, sunken place soon as I’m questionin’ my pride
– He pouri ahau, he wāhi kua horomia i te wā e pātai ana ahau ki taku whakapehapeha
I’m seein’ ghosts, blackin’ out, relapsin’ one thought at a time
– E kite ana ahau i ngā wairua, e pouri ana, e hoki ana ki te whakaaro kotahi i te wā kotahi
I spare no feelings that ain’t mine, I’m in my feelings when I slide, I mean
– E kore ahau e whakaora i te mana’o e kore e ahau, ahau i roto i toku mana’o ina rere ahau, te tikanga ahau
A nigga wonder what Lecrae would do
– Ka whakaaro A nigga he aha ta Lecrae e mahi ai
Terrace Martin said I’m mentally with layers, true
– I kii A Terrace Martin kei te hinengaro ahau me nga papa, pono
I flood the market with my best regards, I paid your dues
– Ka whakakiia e au te mākete ki aku whakaaro pai, ka utua e au ō utu
And so it’s up, if you ain’t one of ours, it’s bad news
– Na te reira ake, ki te kore koe e tetahi o tatou, te reira rongo kino
My nigga Jay Estrada said I gotta burn it down to build it up
– Ka mea taku nigga Jay Estrada me tahu e au kia hanga ai
That confirmation real as fuck, it ain’t too many real as us
– Taua haamauraa tūturu rite fuck, e kore te mea rawa maha tūturu rite tatou
Lockin’ in to what I trust, lookin’ outside
– Kia mau ki te mea e whakawhirinaki ana ahau, kia titiro ki waho
The kids live tomorrow ’cause today, the party just died
– E ora ana ngā tamarikiomōpō nā te mea i tēnei rā, kua mate noa iho te rōpū
