Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
You don’t own me
– Kāore koe i te whai i ahau
I’m not just one of your many toys
– Ehara ko au anake tetahi o o taonga taakaro maha
You don’t own me
– Kāore koe i te whai i ahau
Don’t say I can’t go with other boys
– Kaua e mea e kore e taea e ahau te haere ki ētahi atu tama
And don’t tell me what to do
– A kaua e korero mai ki ahau he aha te mahi
Don’t tell me what to say
– Kaua e korero mai ki ahau he aha te korero
And please, when I go out with you
– A tēnā, ina haere ahau ki waho ki a koe
Don’t put me on display ’cause
– Kaua ahau e whakaatu i te take
You don’t own me
– Kāore koe i te whai i ahau
Don’t try to change me in any way
– Kaua e ngana ki te huri i ahau i roto i tetahi ara
You don’t own me
– Kāore koe i te whai i ahau
Don’t tie me down ’cause I’d never stay
– Kaua e herea ahau ‘no te mea e kore ahau e noho
I don’t tell you what to say
– E kore ahau e korero ki a koutou te mea ki te mea
I don’t tell you what to do
– Kaore au e korero ki a koe he aha te mahi
So just let me be myself
– Na kia waiho ahau hei ahau
That’s all I ask of you
– Koina anake taku e tono atu nei ki a koe
I’m young, and I love to be young
– He taitamariki ahau, ā, he pai ki ahau te noho taitamariki
I’m free, and I love to be free
– He koreutu ahau, ā, he pai ki ahau te noho noa
To live my life the way I want
– Ki te ora i toku ora i te ara e hiahia ana ahau
To say and do whatever I please
– Ki te mea me te mahi i nga mea katoa e pai ana ahau
And don’t tell me what to do
– A kaua e korero mai ki ahau he aha te mahi
Oh, don’t tell me what to say
– Aue, kaua e korero mai ki ahau he aha te korero
And please, when I go out with you
– A tēnā, ina haere ahau ki waho ki a koe
Don’t put me on display
– Kaua ahau e whakaatu
I don’t tell you what to say
– E kore ahau e korero ki a koutou te mea ki te mea
Oh, don’t tell you what to do
– Aue, kaua e korero ki a koe he aha te mahi
So just let me be myself
– Na kia waiho ahau hei ahau
That’s all I ask of you
– Koina anake taku e tono atu nei ki a koe
I’m young, and I love to be young
– He taitamariki ahau, ā, he pai ki ahau te noho taitamariki
I’m free, and I love to be free
– He koreutu ahau, ā, he pai ki ahau te noho noa
