Waka - Intellectual

Verse 1

Staunch bare battle scars yet still eager to win

Engrave beats like tā moko(traditional tattoo) beneath of the skin

Ain't no chief by kin still we launching this waka(canoe)

Karakia(prayer) just to be at peace with the seas and the winds

The maiden voyage main objective staying buoyant

The Hawke’s Bayliff make sure the oars stay in cadence, For this special occasion

I hongi mics the mohio(knowledge) ignites like whaikorero recitals from Ruawharo(ancestor)

Tōhunga(specialist) of the Takitimu(ancestral canoe), Tamatea Arikinui(ancestor) be the high chief

Recruiting the tribes elite to travel the high seas

Till the third eye meets Hawaiki(home land)

Im homing in on all passengers that smile through their teeth win they grin

Catch a swift taiaha(fighting staff) strike to the knees and the shins

Let karma take care of those driven by treason and sin

Cast em overboard freestyle then we’ll see if he can swim

I'm not just embedding the patu I’m leaving it in

Hiphop the life force and i'm breathing again

Exhale the mauri(life force) before we set sail squawk with the iron jaw off the tip of the arero(tongue)

I be the roamer, Tipene Pokaiwhenua(swallower of the land) the loner

Swinging from my neck like a weapon be the pounamu(greenstone) pendant

Launching from the trenches weak MC’s all running for the fences

Resilient with penship laying down the wero(challenge) for anybody who enters

Whare wānanga(house of learning) front and centre mashing through the beef i'm a mincer

Ahi kā burning through the cold snap winter

Tūmatauenga(god of war) projected by the korowai(cloak) mortified I chop em all to size Pā(fortress) fortified

Whisper in the distance slaughter at close quarters

Chalking the outlines of foes that I outshined I grow when I out grind

Journey up the poutama(learning journey), flows butter and rewana bread be the kaupapa(topic)

Im feeding the wairua(spirit), spirit aligned, luring the people inclined focus the ‘ha’ moment in time

Verse 2

Be ready for it we nearing coordinates with every chorus

And verse dispersed equip to strip down any fortress

Hand to hand combat at close quarters unmatched

Dispatch whole war parties approaching toward us

Bleaching beaches and coastal waters

Tūmatauenga whero laying down any wero at any level

And rise to the challenge with spiritual mind balance

Until every enemies of mine vanquish

That sworn savage born to scavenge off the land I forgive

Any trespassers strategic plans the plans militant

Tribe syndicate intrinsic in the mind since a kid

Giving back a hundy percent of the rhymes when I spit

Consciousness honest when flowing with kaupapa

Flows like no other on the mic I’m a known rebel

Absorb raw raps draw back like an bow n arrow

Sharp shooter manoeuvring to snap through the bone marrow yeah

Chorus

Tipene heading up the coast so get the hoe(paddle) coz we got to go

Don't talk to me just

Tokihi(echo)

And move forward

And if I catch you tryna rock the boat and sabotage it then I’ll drop your pulse

Don't talk to me just

Tokihi(echo)

And move forward