Believers

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 the 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 baye 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 MC's 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 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 the 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 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 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 the 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