[Intro]

You know the time, you know the time - it's time for Nesian 101

[Chorus: Awa]

You're never on time

And music's on all day

And you be growing them rude-ngati dreads

White on white sneaks and baggy jeans

Got that greenstone around your neck

[Verse 1: Sabre]

I came from the 183

So I know a little bit about fresh bee

Yes we, keep rep'n and rock'n that fresh steez

Jeans cut with socks and jandals

Aloha shirts be the formal dress standard

Spot the Polys from a mile away

And you know they're coming when you hear this play (Everybody jump!)

[Break]

Follow the leader, leader, leader (Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!)

Follow the leader (Hi!)

Follow the leader, leader, leader (Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!)

[Hook: Awa]

You're so fresh, so I want to know if you're down

'Cause if you are, then let that hair down baby

I wanna know

[Verse 2: Awa]

Got two fried eggs on that $1 bread

Street Fighter 2 where my money's spent

The brothers roll past, speakers on full blast (Everybody jump!)

Singing, "Korero Māori e" (Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!)

[Chorus: Awa]

You're never on time

And music's on all day

And you be growing them rude-ngati dreads

White on white sneaks and baggy jeans

Got that greenstone around your neck

[Verse 3: Tha Kid Oldwun]

What you know about F.O.B

Taro, Manioke & that Lu Sipi

Y'all know what I'm talking 'bout, the Sunday feeds

Two-minute noodles and that fried corned beef

For the rest of the week, that's all there is

Go to school and scab off the rest of the kids

Save that bus money home for that $1 chips

If you don't walk it off, it goes straight to the hips

[Verse 4: Junz]

I never run my day by time

I run my time by the change of sky

I run my time like my appetite

Coke and a pie's what we call fine dine

Surrey Cres. to Sandringham

Californ-I-A down to Japan

It's the real McCoy making all that noise

More FOB than Fall Out Boy

[Chorus: Awa]

You're never on time

And music's on all day

And you be growing them rude-ngati dreads

White on white sneaks and baggy jeans

Got that greenstone around your neck

[Interlude: Sabre]

So what we gon' do right here

Is we gon' school ya on what we call

The ways of the fresh

Nesian 101 if ya will

So if ya feelin' what we sayin', let me know, join in

[Breakdown: Tha Kid Oldwun]

Bounce on that 2 & 4, don't clap on that 1 & 3

You have your cappuccino, we on that cuppa tea

Be rude to turn it down, so take it if it's free

Just keep it fresh, no matter where you be (Sing it with me now)

Bounce on that 2 & 4, don't clap on that 1 & 3

You have your cappuccino, we on that cuppa tea

Be rude to turn it down, so take it if it's free

Just keep it fresh, no matter where you be (Sing it with me now)

(All the ladies in the place put ya hands up, put ya hands up, put ya hands up, put 'em up, put 'em up, let's go)

[Hook: Awa]

You're so fresh, so I want to know if you're down

'Cause if you are, then let that hair down baby

I wanna know

[Chorus: Awa]

You're never on time (Never on time)

And music's on all day

And you be growing them rude-ngati dreads (Ngati dreads)

White on white sneaks and baggy jeans (White on white)

Got that greenstone around your neck

You're never on time

And music's on all day

And you be growing them rude-ngati dreads (Ngati dreads)

White on white sneaks and baggy jeans (White on white)

Got that greenstone around your neck

[Outro]

(Sing it with me now)

Follow the leader, leader, leader

Follow the leader

Follow the leader, leader, leader

Follow the leader (Hi!)

Follow the leader, leader, leader

Follow the leader

Follow the leader, leader, leader

Follow the leader (Hi!)