Ko te tangi tēnei a Tā Marley
Kaua rā e tukuna kia kurangia koe e te iwi tāmi
Ngā whakaaro, ngā waiaro
Ohonga ake ka kite e hoa tēnei nō mai anō
Erangi mō te oranga nui me noho pai anō
Kia tūpato chief, kei huri koe hei kaiako
Te nākahi e haere ana i te pātītī
E whai ana kia noho ko te tika te toko iti
Me uaua ka whiti pēnei mai anō i te piriti
Toru whakapaparanga kātahi pea te rā ka whiti
Nā whai anō tā tātou inu ki tua o tipsy
Tūrangawaewae kore ko tōna rite he Gipsy
Ana ko tātou tērā i aiānei
No Peter Pan e hoa, we cant fly away
Tohunga suppression act means we must hide away
Made sure the pillows were soft so we could die away
Ko te atua tōku piringa
As we believe in this one. No kōwhiringa
Ki te kore, well, hāmene
So we all take off our hats and go āmine
Āmine
How does it feel to half standing on
Your own land thats why man I sing my song
Toru, whā, rima pea ngā whakapaparanga
Disconnected, thats the mākutu we under
Oppression, I aint trying to bring us down
Its just something I don't hear much in this generation
He pēnei me te hip hop mō tēnei reanga
Must be scared ana, hence why im here to raise the bar!!!
Im a modern day Māori more real than most
But whakaiti be fucking with my need to boast
Man this mana motuhake debate br getting old
Coz they mining our data and selling to our soul
Me pēhea rā, tē kitea ngā mahi tōtika
Especially when our screen times up in them figures
Karakia Māori, hope they whakaoho mai
But if they don't at least I know that you will paki mai
Maiea ngā taniwha o te ao hōu
Maiea coz intrinsically you know it's time to go
Maiea coz we need you, we need you at your best
This only me putting maiea to the test