Letters to the Starrs (feat. Teva Valentine)

Just know that you're a part of me Whatever I do in my life Just wanna make you proud of me Coz sooner or later we realise We don't know what we've got till it's gone We don't know what we've got till it's gone So don't wait for tomorrow Coz tomorrow may never come The first verse is to my nephew Richie Starr Whose soul was taken swiftly When they crashed up the car December 07 you left and flew up to heaven When i heard the news Damn! Man i didn't know what to do or what was true I saw him yesterday it's impossible But now he's lying in the chapel at the hospital Then it hit my thoughts I had apart from being cut Is how do i tell all the loving people That helped to bring you up We did everything together Played ninja's on the roof you were such a goof Especially how you had those Missing tooth's in the front And just to be our brother's all you want And I know that picked you up When you're feeling down in the dumps Yeah! You was my number one fan back in the days When i started out rapping on the tapes And now i cracked it on the page Now i put that action on the stage Its coz of your support That i'm still rapping till this day Little brother, I miss you Just know that you're a part of me Whatever I do in my life Just wanna make you proud of me Coz sooner or later we realise We don't know what we've got till it's gone We don't know what we've got till it's gone So don't wait for tomorrow Coz tomorrow may never come And this is to my nanny Merepeka My nanny Honeybunch I wish i had of known you better But never really got the opportunity But you to me your everything, The sweetest song that i could sing Would be the bomb if i can bring Your moko up to have something from you Or even pass on something like your wedding ring's Nanny's I mean it's everything How mum and dad were both whangai But ain't my business to ask why The reason I feel a bit plastic and half-pie I don't know my own blood Coz we live like apartheid So i confide every visit to the urupa site And every time I leave your side I feel more inspired To learn about my culture learn about my family tree It had to be my state of mind before I was a dad to be Taking it all to casually But I'ma do something about it now Nanny And I know that you'd be glad to see And this is for my whanau still here Just know we still care Especially all my real friends You never know what lies around the corner Experiences try to warn ya but You do what you want anyway Living in between Bene(fit) days We got to stop being complacent Help each other and mahi up towards better days Coz we've been led astray coz the path led away We need to get it straight Even our ancestors said its fake The keys to educate We are the revolution right now So watch my hori's get skilled up and levitate And to my first born Tanekaha Always remember papa's gotcha And always look after your mother To the ones I hold truest in my heart Ones that knew it from the start I could do it And to my future family and wife I vowel to you my life until death do us part That's my letter to the Stars yeah! Just know that you're a part of me, Whatever I do in my life Just wanna make you proud of me Coz sooner or later we realise We don't know what we've got till it's gone We don't know what we've got till it's gone So don't wait for tomorrow Coz tomorrow may never come