Āriki

I'm walking with the Ariki I'm walking with the Ariki And I'ma bring the gods with me 10A(Beatmaker) Yeah Gotta aim for the stars Whaikōrero on the pae at the pā Talking with the Ariki I'm walking with the Ariki When I come I'ma bring the gods with me āmine Gotta aim for the stars Whaikōrero on the pae at the pā Talking with the Ariki I'm walking with the Ariki When I come I'ma bring the gods with me āmine Yeah Im'a māori from the wops bay You try to tell me what to do man I say what bay I must admit I had my days of Mr know it all Respect the past make the future that's my protocol I go to war let the world know who we really are Feel the spirit of my tupuna in the urupā My inspiration my whanau hāpu tamāriki Most of my life I kinda felt like something's kinda missing Somethings really missing Then I learned about my whakapapa Ngāti Kahungunu ko Tākitimu tōku waka Do the haka with my brother uncles and cuzzies Hundy it's kinda buzzie knowing your part of something The mauri of this country And yeah I started with nothing but had plenty of spirit Lyrics is out of limits man I flow when I feel it From New Zealand Aotearoa represent Loud and proud and comfortable in my own skin, my own skin Yeah Gotta aim for the stars Whaikōrero on the pae at the pā Talking with the Ariki I'm walking with the Ariki When I come I'ma bring the gods with me āmine Gotta aim for the stars Whaikōrero on the pae at the pā Talking with the Ariki I'm walking with the Ariki When I come I'ma bring the gods with me āmine Hey! so why you tryna be american There'll only ever be one Dr Dre and Eminem Just look around at the country that you living in This is your whanau ain't no point tryna pretend to them You listening? that's a battle that you'll never win So think about what your really showing your next of kin Like Richie Valens been international ever since La la bamba and he did it all in mexican He kept it real coz he's proud of his cinnamon skin Setting the presidents driven by the vision Where music is the medicine Someone's knocking at the door let em in Late night in the studio like Letterman just tryna get it in And yeah i started with something that uplifted my spirit Lyrics un-explicit outta respect for my parents From New Zealand Aotearoa represent Loud and proud and comfortable in my own skin my own skin Yeah Gotta aim for the stars Whaikōrero on the pae at the pā Talking with the Ariki I'm walking with the Ariki When I come I'ma bring the gods with me āmine Gotta aim for the stars Whaikōrero on the pae at the pā Talking with the Ariki I'm walking with the Ariki When I come I'ma bring the gods with me āmine Yeah Gotta aim for the stars Whaikōrero on the pae at the pā Talking with the Ariki I'm walking with the Ariki When I come I'ma bring the gods with me āmine Gotta aim for the stars Whaikōrero on the pae at the pā Talking with the Ariki I'm walking with the Ariki When I come I'ma bring the gods with me āmine Instrumental(Flutes playing)