Rangatira

Yeah, Born to be the Rangatira Put my hands up because I'm a leader Shining hard on the non believers Coz nobody else can be us, ugh! Now you can find me in the bay where i portray The hawk swooping on its prey in the broad day I'm in the lab brewing up the gourmet front line Bay(Hawkes Bay) where Orcades Crawford played Rhyming is my fortay And I didn't come all this way to be short changed Nah I done paid my dues A decade of Tribal and still I make my moves But still i stayed patient I'm mellow as compared to my vicacious relations yeah They blame the hori's for the haste They forgot the Mob started from A couple cauca's(Caucasians) in a court case Ugh so don't go blowing your stack without knowing the facts I don't know where you're going with that boy Ugh! Plus i was raised that way You tell me somethings impossible I'd say "el baye" Born to be a rangatira Put my hands up because I'm a leader Shining hard on the non believers Coz nobody else can be us, ugh! Born to be a rangatira Put my hands up because I'm a leader Shining hard on the non believers Coz nobody else can be us, ugh! My tupuna whakapapa back to our marae East of the Ruahine ranges where i reside My place to stand my turangawaewae My mic be my tokotoko stage be my paepae Gotta nation of horifieds standing by my side We united as one tribe when it's time to ride Heads high with our hearts to the sky ask about the pride Each and everyone of us replied I'm tuturu as I'm hori to the core The pride in my culture gives me the reason to walk tall Walk tall with me! Aye! I represent Aotearoa and I'm proud to say! I'm tuturu as I'm hori to the core The pride in my culture gives me the reason to walk tall Walk tall with me! Aye! I represent Aotearoa and I'm proud to say! Ahhh aye aye aye Born to be a rangatira Put my hands up because I'm a leader Shining hard on the non believers Coz nobody else can be us, ugh! Born to be a rangatira Put my hands up because I'm a leader Shining hard on the non believers Coz nobody else can be us, ugh! Strike fear into the hearts of rivals when we embark Tales from the testaments and scriptures of our past are vast At long last tribalism is reborn in the form Of this MC's unleashing our reign upon The new dawn new millennium child Run wild in the battlefield make enemies yield They feel the wrath Agitated soldiers on a warpath with technique Surprising the wise my prestige when I set that level I put my pedal to the metal forever known as a rebel It's genetic not coincidental My lyrics always seek poise of the beat I flex unique style versatile as I can be So check thee, annotate me alias Tipene elite MC Ko Ngati Kahungunu te iwi It's in the māori culture where my pride lies Still fighting for our rights everyday struggle to survive Born to be a rangatira Put my hands up because I'm a leader Shining hard on the non believers Coz nobody else can be us Born to be a rangatira Put my hands up because I'm a leader Shining hard on the non believers Coz nobody else can be us