Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
You don’t own me
– Kāore koe i te whai i ahau
You don’t own me
– Kāore koe i te whai i ahau
Well, let’s go
– Well, kia haere tatou
But I’m Gerald and I can always have just what I want
– Engari ko Gerald ahau, ā, ka taea e au te whai i taku e hiahia ana
She’s the baddest I would love to flaunt
– Ko ia te tino kino e hiahia ana ahau ki te whakapehapeha
Take her shopping, you know Yves Saint Laurent
– Tangohia tana hokohoko, e mohio ana koe Ki A Yves Saint Laurent
But nope, she ain’t with it though
– Otiia kahore, e kore ia e ki reira ahakoa
All because she got her own dough
– Ko te mea katoa nā te mea i whiwhi ia i tana ake paraoa
Boss bossed if you don’t know
– Rangatira rangatira ki te kore koe e mohio
She could never ever be a broke hoe
– Kāore e taea e ia te noho hei tangata kua whati
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
Don’t tell me what to do
– Kaua e korero mai ki ahau he aha te mahi
And don’t tell me what to say
– A kaua e korero mai ki ahau he aha te korero
Please, when I go out with you
– Tēnā, ina haere ahau ki waho ki a koe
Don’t put me on display
– Kaua ahau e whakaatu
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
Don’t tell me what to do
– Kaua e korero mai ki ahau he aha te mahi
And don’t tell me what to say
– A kaua e korero mai ki ahau he aha te korero
Please, when I go out with you
– Tēnā, ina haere ahau ki waho ki a koe
Don’t put me on display
– Kaua ahau e whakaatu
Re-really though, honestly
– Re-tino ahakoa, pono
I get bored of basic (no)
– Ka mauiui ahau ki te basic (no)
She’s the baddest, straight up vicious, texting her and asking her
– Ko ia te tino kino, he kino tonu, e tuku karere ana ki a ia, e ui ana ki a ia
If she’s alone and if she’d send some pictures, she said no (what)
– Ki te mea ko ia anake, a, ki te tonoa e ia etahi pikitia, ka mea ia kahore (he aha)
Well goddamn, she said come over and see it for yourself
– E te atua, ka mea ia haere mai ki te kite i te reira mo koe
Never asking for your help, independent woman
– Kaua rawa e tono mo to awhina, wahine motuhake
She ain’t for the shelf
– Kāore ia mō te papa
Nah, she’s the one
– Nah, ko ia te kotahi
Smoke with her until the (ah)
– Paowa ki a ia tae noa ki te (ah)
Stayin’ up until we see the sun
– E noho ana ki runga kia kite ra ano tatou i te ra
Baddest ever, I swear she do it better than I’ve ever seen it done
– Ko te mea kino rawa atu, e oati ana ahau he pai ake tana mahi i taku i kite ai
Never borrow, she ain’t ever loan
– Kaua rawa e nama, e kore ia e nama
That’s when she told me she ain’t
– Ko te wā i kī mai ai ia ki ahau kāore ia
Never ever ever ever gonna be owned
– Kāore anō kia riro i a ia
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
And I’m free and I love to be free
– A he wātea 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
Hey, hey (you don’t own me)
– Hey, hey (e kore koe e ake ahau)
Oh, no (okay)
– Aue, kaore (pai)
Oh, no, no (you don’t own me)
– Aue, kaore, kaore (kaore koe e whai i ahau)
Oh, no, no, no
– Aue, kaore, kaore, kaore
Don’t, do don’t
– Kaua, kaua e mahi
Hey (you don’t own me)
– Hey (e kore koe e ake ahau)
But just know, you never met somebody like me before though
– Engari e mohio ana koe, kaore koe i tutaki ki tetahi penei i ahau i mua
(You don’t own me)
– (E kore koe e whai i ahau)
Easy
– Ngāwari
You don’t own me
– Kāore koe i te whai i ahau
