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What You Say

by Tipene

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“The best protest we can do right now is be Māori, be who we are, live our values, speak our reo, care for our mokopuna.” - Kīngi Tūheitia at Tūrangawaewae Marae

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I am up
Early in the morning yawning wash my face
Wonder what
Racist situations I will face today
Coz it’s true
Take our land and language then make us pay
Sign this treaty
But Too greedy
you don’t stand by what you say

you don’t stand by what you say (what you say what you say ugh)
you don’t stand by what you say
Coz you don’t stand by what you say nah
you don’t stand by what you say

Come back for the Repo
Give land back to the People
Ransacked for the zeros
Treat Our culture like a Peepshow
Wanna Lead role
But you more like b-roll

Don’t have to be so
Deceitful and evil
Snapped in the keyhole
This is cerebro
You Have to be wrong
You Have to be gone
Yeah that’s a needle ahh
Injection lethal
Put in the sleep hold
Looking for freehold
I don’t believe so
I won’t agree nobody
Shud be less than equal
Smack in the dome with a cheap Bernadino BOOM
Shoot em all up with the cork-cus reload
ooh yes!
You must’ve met my ancestors
You need been my oppressor
You must’ve been that shopkeeper lady always surveying my every move
You must’ve been my stereotype
Tryna make me inferior type
You must’ve been weasel tryna use every tool

you don’t stand by what you say (what you say what you say ugh)
you don’t stand by what you say
Coz you don’t stand by what you say nah
you don’t stand by what you say

We unite Time to fight
Coz we Know what’s right
History Toi Tū Te tiriti
E tu stand proud That’s the take Ka whawhai tonu matou
Ake Ake Ake
We unite Time to fight
Coz we Know what’s right
History Toi Tū Te tiriti
E tu stand proud That’s the take Ka whawhai tonu matou
Ake Ake Ake
Oh yeah we got work to do we got work to do
Oh yeah we got work to do we got work to do
E tu stand proud
That’s the take
Ka whawhai tonu matou
Ake Ake Ake
E tu stand proud
That’s the take
Ka whawhai tonu matou
Ake Ake Ake

you don’t stand by what you say (what you say what you say ugh)
you don’t stand by what you say
Coz you don’t stand by what you say nah
you don’t stand by what you say

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released February 6, 2024
Written & produced by Tipene

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