Lyrics Waka - Tipene

10A(Beatmaker) Yeah Arghhh!
Staunch bare battle scars yet still eager to win
Engrave beats like tā moko beneath of the skin
Ain't no chief by kin still we launching this waka
Karakia just to be at peace with the seas and the winds
The maiden voyage main objective staying buoyant
The Hawke's Bayliff make sure the oars stay in cadence
For this special occasion
I hongi mics the mohio ignites like
Whaikorero recitals from Ruawharo
Tōhunga of the Takitimu
Tamatea Arikinui be the high chief
Recruiting the tribes elite to travel the high seas
Till the third eye meets Hawaiki
I'm homing in on all passengers
That smile through their teeth win they grin
Catch a swift taiaha strike to the knees and the shins
Let karma take care of those driven by treason and sin
Cast em' overboard freestyle then we'll see if he can swim
Arrghhh! I'm not just embedding the patu I'm leaving it in
Hip hop the life force and i'm breathing again
Exhale the mauri before we set sail
Squawk with the iron jaw off the tip of the arero
I be the roamer Tipene Pokaiwhenua the loner
Swinging from my neck like a weapon
Be the pounamu pendant
Launching from the trenches
Weak MC's all running for the fences
Resilient with pen-ship
Laying down the wero for anybody who enters
Whare wānanga front and centre
Mashing through the beef I'm a mincer
Ahi kā burning through the cold-snap winter
Tūmatauenga projected by the korowai
Mortified I chop em all to size pā fortified
Whisper in the distance slaughter at close quarters
Chalking the outlines of foes that I out-shined
I grow when I out grind journey up the poutama
Flows butter and rewana bread be the kaupapa
I'm feeding the wairua spirit aligned
Luring the people inclined focus the haa moment in time
Instrumental break (cricket in the background)
Purerehua (plays in break)
Yeah Arghhh! Be ready for it
We nearing coordinates with every chorus
And verse dispersed equip to strip down any fortress
Hand to hand combat close quarters
Unmatched dispatch whole war parties approaching toward us
Bleaching beaches and coastal waters
Tūmatauenga whero laying down any wero at any level
Rise to the challenge with spiritual mind balance
Until every enemies of mine vanquish
That sworn savage born to scavenge off the land I forgive
Any trespassers strategic plus the plan's militant
Tribe syndicate intrinsic in the mind since a kid
Giving back a hundy percent of the rhymes when I spit
Consciousness honest when flowing with kaupapa
Flows like no other on the mic I'm a known rebel
Absorb raw raps draw back like an bow and arrow
Sharp shooter manoeuvring to snap through the bone marrow yeah!
Tipene heading up the coast so get the hoe(paddle) coz we got to go
Don't talk to me just tōkihi(paddle), tōkihi(paddle)
Tōkihi(paddle) and move forward
And if I catch you tryna rock the boat
And sabotage it then I'll drop your pulse
Don't talk to me just tōkihi(paddle), tōkihi(paddle)
Tōkihi(paddle) and move forward
Instrumental break (cricket in the background)