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