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, Hawaiki-roa, Hawaiki Pamamao

Indigenous Pao Pao Pao (Pao Pao Pao)

Yeah, I came 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, Hawaiki-roa, Hawaiki Pamamao

Indigenous Pao Pao Pao (Pao Pao Pao)

Kupe, I heard that he came to chase that wheke (Chase that wheke)

And the name that came from his wahine (His wahine)

This probably 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 you ain't 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 knows kaore au te mohio (Who really knows, who really knows)

All I know is one thing's 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, Hawaiki-roa, Hawaiki Pamamao

Indigenous Pao Pao Pao (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, Hawaiki-roa, Hawaiki Pamamao

Indigenous Pao Pao Pao (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, Hawaiki-roa, Hawaiki Pamamao

Indigenous Pao Pao Pao (Pao Pao Pao)

Kupe, I heard that he came to chase that wheke (Chase that wheke)

And the name that came from his wahine (His wahine)

This probably 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 generations

They say around 900 AD, doesn't really matter if your ain't 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 knows kaore au te mohio (Who really knows, who really knows)

All I know is one thing's 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, Hawaiki-roa, Hawaiki Pamamao

Indigenous Pao Pao Pao (Pao Pao Pao)