Текст песни Believers - Tipene

Yeah, Small towns making big noise
Now I'm on the big stage with the big boys
I started making tracks in the shed with my breevas
Hoping that passion and the drive would never leave us
They don't believe us I had to stay focussed
When nobody would believe us
I'm Hoping that passion and the drive
Would never leave us coz we believers, aye

I stay fully immersed I'm my element of emceeing
I been living hip hop ever since my first love
On the mic I showed my prevalence
Straight to the Boogie Down Bronx yeah I been and went
Just to see how they got down how they keep it real
Not to collaborate I didn't have no record deal
Coz what you say can affect on how the people feel
If you don't wanna capsize keep an even keel
I'm representing for the Emcees of the whenua
And they come from miles around to hear us playing like 10 guitars
I'm loving New Zealand hip hop and been in since the start
And from us Hori's and Native's it's Aotearoa
With some of the meanest dance crews that will tear the floor up
More DJ's are producers now which is better for us
Metaphors from that abstract that's that rugged Māori style
They be fiending for when they be needing more
I be comin' with the meanest flow

Nah, nah, nah, nah never give up nah, nah, nah, nah
Nah, nah, nah, nah never give up nah, nah, nah, nah

Small towns making big noise
Now I'm on the big stage with the big boys
I started making tracks in the shed with my breevas
Hoping that passion and the drive would never leave us
They don't believe us I had to stay focussed
When nobody would believe us
I'm Hoping that passion and the drive
Would never leave us coz we believers

To live off Papatuanuku be the ritual
Make sure you giving back for filling your spiritual
Mihi ki te awa mihi ki te maunga
Mihi ki Tangaroa gotta respect our Taonga
Reap what you sow Haumietiketike
Kumara patch ohh yeah be the meke
Don't blow your trumpet coz people will ignore you
If your any good then those people will applaud you
But Don't be sucked by the ego coz you'll lose
If you live for the cheers then you'll die by the boo's
Pāpā always kept it real but couldn't speak te reo
Wairua guess he picked up on everything by the feel, yeah!
And I remember how my Pāpā used to tell me
About them old days about how they were raised
Taonga Tuku iho Knowledge passed down
About how we can survive
When they no longer around aye!

Nah, nah, nah, nah never give up nah, nah, nah, nah
Nah, nah, nah, nah never give up nah, nah, nah, nah

Small towns making big noise
Now I'm on the big stage with the big boys
I started making tracks in the shed with my breevas
Hoping that passion and the drive would never leave us
They don't believe us I had to stay focussed
When nobody would believe us
I'm Hoping that passion and the drive
Would never leave us coz we believers