TAPU by Rei

Rei - Tapu - Kupu / Lyrics

Chorus

Mahi rangatira ‘cause I’m way too
Tapu
If you bringing bad vibes then it’s haere
Atu
Steady get the pūtea ‘till my pockets
hapū
Got it down to the T I’m not talking
Kapu
Tell ‘em that’s tapu

Ki te piritahi e kō
Me tika tō manaaki
Kāore au mō te tākaro

If you wanna roll with me
You better come correct, with the right energy
‘Cause I don’t play around

Tell ‘em that’s tapu

Ki te piritahi e kō
Me tika tō manaaki
Kāore au mō te tākaro
Koia rā

If you wanna roll with me
You better come correct, with the right energy
‘Cause I don’t play around
That’s just how it goes

Verse 1

If you talking to
Me boy
Don’t be sending prayer hands ‘cause this aint no
‘Me inoi’
All these tangiweto need to go have a
Tītoi
They talk the talk but we walk the
hīkoi
We need a break like B boy
No this ain’t for myself
We turning generational trauma
Into intergenerational wealth
How’s the world getting warmer
While the people get colder
That shit don’t help
I protect my hauora
My mental health
All I ever do is..

Chorus

Mahi rangatira ‘cause I’m way too
Tapu
If you bringing bad vibes then it’s haere
Atu
Steady get the pūtea ‘till my pockets
hapū
Got it down to the T I’m not talking
Kapu
Tell ‘em that’s tapu

Ki te piritahi e kō
Me tika tō manaaki
Kāore au mō te tākaro

If you wanna roll with me
You better come correct, with the right energy
‘Cause I don’t play around

Tell ‘em that’s tapu

Ki te piritahi e kō
Me tika tō manaaki
Kāore au mō te tākaro
Koia rā

If you wanna roll with me
You better come correct, with the right energy
‘Cause I don’t play around
That’s just how it goes

Verse 2

Hope ki raro
Ki te whai mai
Me aro
E kī ana hope ki raro
Kia rangatira ake ai ōu whakaaro
Hope ki raro
Ki te whai mai
Me aro
E kī ana hope ki raro
Kia rangatira ake ai ōu whakaaro
‘Cause I’m a lover
Not a fighter
Beat the beat up
A all nighter
At the whare
Cooking fire
If ya dun know
Ask your whaea
Tell the mana munchers get out the area
‘Cause we ain’t hearing ya

Chorus

Mahi rangatira ‘cause I’m way too
Tapu
If you bringing bad vibes then it’s haere
Atu
Steady get the pūtea ‘till my pockets
hapū
Got it down to the T I’m not talking
Kapu
Tell ‘em that’s tapu

Ki te piritahi e kō
Me tika tō manaaki
Kāore au mō te tākaro

If you wanna roll with me
You better come correct, with the right energy
‘Cause I don’t play around

Tell ‘em that’s tapu

Ki te piritahi e kō
Me tika tō manaaki
Kāore au mō te tākaro
Koia rā

If you wanna roll with me
You better come correct, with the right energy
‘Cause I don’t play around
That’s just how it goes

• Hip hop
• Hip-Hop/Rap
• Pop
• R & B
• Rap
• Auckland