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Rangatira Lyrics by Tipene

Heritage Trail

2021

Intro
Born to be a rangatira (Yeah!)
Put my hands up because I’m a leader (I’m a leader)
Shining hard on the non believers
Coz nobody else can be us, uhh!
Verse 1:
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 frontline Bay where Orchades 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
(my moves, my moves)
But still i stayed patient im mellow as compared to my vivacious relations yeah
They blame the hori’s for the haste they forgot the Mob started from a couple cauca’s in a court case so don’t go blowing your stack without knowing the facts I don’t know where you’re going with that boy, plus i was raised that way you tell me somethings impossible I’d say “el baye”
Chorus:
Born to be a rangatira (Yeah!)
Put my hands up because I’m a leader (I’m a leader)
Shining hard on the non believers
Coz nobody else can be us, uhh!
Born to be a rangatira (Yeah!)
Put my hands up because I’m a leader (I’m a leader)
Shining hard on the non believers
Coz nobody else can be us, uhh!
Verse 2:
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. 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. I'm proud to say!
Chorus:
Born to be a rangatira (Yeah!)
Put my hands up because I’m a leader (I’m a leader)
Shining hard on the non believers
Coz nobody else can be us, uhh!
Born to be a rangatira (Yeah!)
Put my hands up because I’m a leader (I’m a leader)
Shining hard on the non believers
Coz nobody else can be us, uhh!
Verse 3:
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 these 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 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
Chorus:
Born to be a rangatira (Yeah!)
Put my hands up because I’m a leader (I’m a leader)
Shining hard on the non believers
Coz nobody else can be us, uhh!
Born to be a rangatira (Yeah!)
Put my hands up because I’m a leader (I’m a leader)
Shining hard on the non believers
Coz nobody else can be us, uhh!
Credits
Tipene

Tipene

About “Rangatira” by Tipene

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"Rangatira" appears on "Heritage Trail" in 2021.

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