Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
(Pipe that shit up, TnT)
– (Paipa e shit ake, TnT)
(Ayy, JB)
– (Ayy, JB)
Yeah, yeah, uh
– Ae, ae, ae
Fell in love with my cup, it’s just me and my drank
– I aroha ki taku kapu, ko au anake me taku inu
So much pain in my heart got me numb to the brain
– Na te nui o te mamae i roto i toku ngakau i ngoikore ai ahau ki te roro
And the crackers on our bumpers, shit ain’t sweet as you think
– A ko nga keke i runga i o tatou parepare, ehara i te mea reka te mea e whakaaro ana koe
Loyalty for royalty, I did it all for the gang
– Te pono ki te rangatira, I mahia e au katoa mo te roopu
Now here’s a message for the youth, it ain’t worth it
– Na, he karere tēnei mō te rangatahi, kāore e tika ana
Niggas police, it ain’t worth it
– Ko te pirihimana o Niggas, ehara i te mea utu
Yeah, we stand on that business, fuck around, tie up a witness
– Ae, e tu ana tatou i runga i taua mahi, fuck a tawhio noa, herea ake he kaiwhakaatu
My past ain’t perfect, the judge handing out jersey numbers
– Kāore i tino pai taku wā o mua, e tohatoha ana te kaiwhakawa i ngā tau o te koti
Mistakes is nothing, you live and you learn
– He mea noa iho ngā hapa, e ora ana koe, e ako ana hoki koe
I was tryna get some sleep, so I been sipping that syrup
– I tryna ahau kia moe, nō reira i inu au i taua huka
Preaching to my young niggas to lay off the pills
– Kauwhau ki aku tamariki negro ki te tuku i nga pire
My baby mama text my phone like, “You got some nerve”
– Toku mama baby kuputuhi toku waea rite, ” ka koe etahi raru”
Know I come up out that bottom, I came straight from the curb
– E mohio ana ahau i haere mai ahau i runga i taua raro, i haere mai ahau tika i te paepae
Youngin asking me advice to get his paper mature
– Youngin tono ahau tohutohu ki te tiki i tona pepa pakeke
My mouth told him chase his dream, but the younger child in me screamed
– I korerotia e toku mangai ki a ia kia whai i tana moemoea, engari i hamama te tamaiti iti i roto i ahau
“Tell your big homie to front you half a bird”
– “Korero atu ki to homie nui ki mua i a koe he hawhe manu”
You scared, then go to church, if you scared, them crackers’ll give you life, you life
– Ka mataku koe, ka haere ki te hahi, ki te mataku koe, ka hoatu e ratou he oranga ki a koe, e te ora
Okay, my brother back in jail, my songs leaking out, I am not alright
– Ok, e toku teina i te whare herehere, e rere ana aku waiata, e kore ahau e pai
In 2018, my partner was eighteen, they gave him twenty years, twenty years
– I te tau 2018, tekau mā waru oku tau, i hoatu e rātau ki a ia e rua tekau tau, e rua tekau tau
If you eighteen with twenty, that mean he got more time than he fucking lived
– Ki te tekau mā waru koe me te rua tekau, ko te tikanga he nui ake te wā i ora ai ia
Preaching to Lil Keed, I told him try to make it to the league, get a jersey number
– I taku kauwhau ki A Lil Keed, ka mea ahau ki a ia kia whakamatau ki te eke ki te riiki, kia whiwhi i tētahi tau jersey
It ain’t nothing in these streets, but graveyards and jersey numbers, jersey numbers
– Ehara i te mea i roto i enei huarahi, engari ko nga urupa me nga nama jersey, nga nama jersey
Yeah, yeah, yeah
– Ae, ae, ae
It ain’t nothing in these streets, but graveyards and jersey numbers, jersey numbers
– Ehara i te mea i roto i enei huarahi, engari ko nga urupa me nga nama jersey, nga nama jersey
Bro callin’ from the jail, he said his lawyer swapped him out (Uh)
– E karanga ana mai i te whare herehere, i kii ia i whakawhitihia ia e tana roia (Uh)
I was hollerin’ at lil’ Yayo, they gave him a dub and he did five
– I hollerin ‘ahau i lil’ Yayo, hoatu e ratou ki a ia he dub a ka mahi ia e rima
Still shot him with his slides on, bro institutionalized
– Tonu koperea ia ki ona kiriata i runga i, bro institutionalized
Still killin’, inmates shanked each other, I’m just happy that he survived
– Kei te patu tonu, kei te wiri nga herehere i a ratau ano, kei te koa ahau i ora ia
Pay anything to get you free, you, I’m picking sides
– Utua tetahi mea ki te tiki noa koe, koe, au te tiki taha ahau
Know a couple people who bit the cheese who used to be the guys
– E mōhio ana ki ētahi tāngata e kai ana i te tīhi i mua ko ngā tāne
Paid an inmate in call fare, clean your laundry, laundry
– Utua he mauhere i roto i te utu karanga, horoi koutou horoi, horoi
Shoot away, show you how I did get a lunch tray, lunch tray
– Ka rere atu, ka whakaatu ki a koe me pēhea taku whiwhi i tētahi ipu kai, i tētahi ipu kai
They’ll give you a judge and I’ma judge, don’t put you in the gang
– Ka hoatu e rātou he kaiwhakawa ki a koe, ā, e te kaiwhakawa, kaua koe e whakaurua ki roto i te tira
They be treating us like a jeweler, can’t wait to put us in some chains
– Ka rite ki te kaihanga whakapaipai ta ratou mahi ki a tatou, e kore e tatari kia herea tatou ki roto ki etahi mekameka
On FaceTime with lil’ TJ, say his mama was actin’ strange (She was actin’ strange)
– I Runga I FaceTime ki lil’ tj, mea ko tona mama actin ‘ke (Ko ia actin’ ke)
Said his brother turned his back since he been in, I felt his pain (Felt his pain)
– Ka mea tona teina tahuri tona tuara mai ia i roto i, ua fel ahau tona mamae (Ua his tona mamae)
Seen a gangster go to jail and fuck a sissy
– Kite i te gangster haere ki te whare herehere, me te fuck te sissy
He wouldn’t control himself, the first day out, I was back to sipping
– Kāore ia i te whakahaere i a ia anō, i te rā tuatahi i waho, kua hoki au ki te inu
Niggas tell me, “Don’t get high,” I should try and make a living
– Ka mea mai nga negro ki ahau, ” Kaua e tiketike,” me whakamatau ahau ki te ora
But I tell ’em I’m a hustler and I’d rather make a killing
– Engari ka mea atu ahau ki a rātou he tangata tinihanga ahau, ā, ka pai ake taku patu
Preaching to Lil Keed, I told him try to make it to the league, get a jersey number (Yeah)
– I te kauwhau ki A Lil Keed, ka mea ahau ki a ia kia ngana ki te eke ki te riiki, kia whiwhi i tētahi tau jersey (Ae)
It ain’t nothing in these streets (Yeah, yeah), but graveyards and jersey numbers (Yeah), jersey numbers
– Ehara i te mea i roto i enei huarahi (Ae, ae), engari ko nga urupa me nga nama jersey (Ae), nga nama jersey
Yeah, yeah, yeah (Yeah)
– Ae, ae, ae (Ae)
It ain’t nothing in these streets, but graveyards and jersey numbers, jersey numbers
– Ehara i te mea i roto i enei huarahi, engari ko nga urupa me nga nama jersey, nga nama jersey
Uh
– Uh
