Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
I wanna be right by your side
– E hiahia ana ahau kia tika i tou taha
Can’t risk perfection, love is timeless
– Kāore e taea te tūpono i te tino tika, he kore wā te aroha
Don’t wanna throw and wait in line
– Kaua e hiahia ki te maka me te tatari i roto i te rārangi
I know you’re not the staying kind
– E mohio ana ahau ehara koe i te ahua noho
Don’t wanna make him nervous
– Kaua e hiahia ki te whakawehi i a ia
Don’t wanna break the surface
– Kaua e wanna whati i te mata
I’ll be as I come in mornings, baby
– Ka rite ahau ki te haere mai i roto i te ata, baby
Don’t wanna make him nervous
– Kaua e hiahia ki te whakawehi i a ia
Did I let you know
– I whakamōhio atu ahau ki a koe
You got control on me, baby?
– Ka taea e koe te whakahaere i ahau, e te tamaiti?
In another life
– I tētahi atu oranga
I know we could ride out, boy
– E mohio ana ahau ka taea e tātou te eke, e tama
If the time is right
– Ki te tika te wā
I know we could ride out, boy
– E mohio ana ahau ka taea e tātou te eke, e tama
In another life
– I tētahi atu oranga
I know we could ride, baby, let me ride
– E mohio ana ahau ka taea e tātou te eke, e te pēpi, tukua ahau kia eke
Won’t you love me right out, boy?
– E aroha ana koe ki ahau, e tama?
In another life
– I tētahi atu oranga
I’m tryna be the one you play with
– Ko tryna ahau te tangata e tākaro ana koe
Not tryna be the one that stays up
– Ehara ko tryna te tangata e noho ana ki runga
Done tryna be your favorite
– Mahi tryna kia koutou tino
Done tryin’ to fix your template
– Mahi tamata ‘ ki te whakatika i tō tātauira
I don’t wanna be (Be) just a shell of me (Me)
– E kore ahau e hiahia ana kia (Kia) noa te anga o ahau(Ahau)
Just another thing (Thing) in your gallery (‘Ry)
– Just tetahi atu mea (Mea) i roto i to koutou taiwhanga (‘Ry)
I was dumber then (Then), we were young and free (Free)
– He kuware ahau na (Na), he taitamariki matou, he koreutu (Koreutu)
Flakin’ all my friends (Friends), let you fuck on me (Me)
– E aku hoa katoa (Hoa), kia fuck koe i runga i ahau (Ahau)
All night long (‘Til I forget)
– Katoa te po roa (‘Til wareware ahau)
Who I was (Lovin’ me, lovin’ me)
– Ko wai ahau (Lovin ‘me, lovin’ me)
‘Til I’m lost (I can recover now)
– ‘Ki te ngaro ahau (ka taea e ahau te ora inaianei)
Self-respect? (I’d rather die)
– Te whakaute i a koe anō? (E hiahia ana ahau ki te mate)
In another life
– I tētahi atu oranga
I know we could ride out, boy
– E mohio ana ahau ka taea e tātou te eke, e tama
If the time is right
– Ki te tika te wā
I know we could ride out, boy
– E mohio ana ahau ka taea e tātou te eke, e tama
In another life
– I tētahi atu oranga
I know we could ride, baby, let me ride
– E mohio ana ahau ka taea e tātou te eke, e te pēpi, tukua ahau kia eke
Won’t you love me right out, boy?
– E aroha ana koe ki ahau, e tama?
In another life
– I tētahi atu oranga
In another lifetime, boy
– I tētahi atu oranga, e tama
I know we both would be too right
– E mohio ana ahau e rua tatou e kia tika rawa
If the stars align now, boy
– Ki te tū ngā whetū ināianei, e tama
I know God gon’ let us ride
– E mohio ana Ahau Ka haere te Atua’ kia eke tatou
If the time is right, oh, we’ll start tonight
– Ki te tika te wā, oh, ka tīmata tātou i tēnei pō
Oh, just let me ride
– Aue, tukua ahau kia eke
Ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, oh
– Eke, eke, eke, eke, eke, eke, eke, oh
Promise you won’t forget me, oh
– E kore koe e wareware ki ahau, oh
Ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, oh
– Eke, eke, eke, eke, eke, eke, eke, oh
(Promise you won’t forget me, oh)
– (E kore koe e wareware ki ahau, oh)
(Ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, oh)
– (Eke, eke, eke, eke, eke, eke, eke, oh)
Promise you’ll let me ride
– Ko te kupu whakaari ka tukua ahau e koe kia eke
Ride, ride, ride, oh
– Eke, eke, eke, oh
Coming back for you to ride
– Ka hoki mai koe ki te eke
Know you gone, but I’m gon’ chase you
– E mohio ana koe kua haere koe, engari ka whai ahau i a koe
Don’t get high, I’ll just take and ride
– Kaua e tiketike, ka tango noa ahau, ka eke
Coming back for us in carriage
– Hoki mai ki a mātou i roto i te waka
I don’t care who you marry
– Kāore au e aro ki te tangata e marenatia ana koe
Mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine
– Ko te maina, ko te maina, ko te maina, ko te maina, ko te maina, ko te maina
Maybe in another life
– Tērā pea i roto i tētahi atu oranga
