Kupe

Yeah I came like Kupe Yeah I came like Kupe (like Kupe) Journey on a Waka hourua that came right through here (Right through here) From Rangiatea Taputapuatea runs through here (Runs through here) Hawaiki nui Hawaikiroa Hawaiki Pamamao Indigenous Pao Pao Pao Yeah I came like Kupe (like Kupe) Journey on a Waka hourua that came right through here (Right through here) From Rangiatea Taputapuatea runs through here (Runs through here) Hawaiki nui Hawaikiroa Hawaiki Pamamao Indigenous Pao Pao Pao Kupe I heard that he came to chase a wheke (chase a wheke) And the name that came from his wahine (his wahine) This probly wouldn't be our home at all (home at all) Our home wouldn't be called Aotearoa (called Aotearoa) The first Polynesian navigators Innovators Purakau passed down through the generations They say around 900 AD Doesn't really matter if your aint Māori Kupe the man be the true OG (Be the real OG, be the triple OG) I know every tribe has korero about Kupe But who really sure kaore au te mohio (Who really knows who really knows) All I know one things consistent The Ariki came from the distance He was the first don't get it twisted Yeah I came like Kupe (like Kupe) Journey on a Waka hourua that came right through here (Right through here) From Rangiatea Taputapuatea runs through here (Runs through here) Hawaiki nui Hawaikiroa Hawaiki Pamamao Indigenous Pao Pao Pao Yeah I came like Kupe Yeah I came like Kupe (like Kupe) Journey on a Waka hourua that came right through here (Right through here) From Rangiatea Taputapuatea runs through here (Runs through here) Hawaiki nui Hawaikiroa Hawaiki Pamamao Indigenous Pao Pao Pao Yeah I came like Kupe (like Kupe) Journey on a Waka hourua that came right through here (Right through here) From Rangiatea Taputapuatea runs through here (Runs through here) Hawaiki nui Hawaikiroa Hawaiki Pamamao Indigenous Pao Pao Pao Kupe I heard that he came to chase a wheke (chase a wheke) And the name that came from his wahine (his wahine) This probly wouldn't be our home at all (home at all) Our home wouldn't be called Aotearoa (called Aotearoa) The first Polynesian navigators Innovators Purakau passed down through the generations They say around 900 AD Doesn't really matter if your aint Māori Kupe the man be the true OG (Be the real OG, be the triple OG) I know every tribe has korero about Kupe But who really sure kaore au te mohio (Who really knows who really knows) All I know one things consistent The Ariki came from the distance He was the first don't get it twisted Yeah I came like Kupe (like Kupe) Journey on a Waka hourua that came right through here (Right through here) From Rangiatea Taputapuatea runs through here (Runs through here) Hawaiki nui Hawaikiroa Hawaiki Pamamao Indigenous Pao Pao Pao