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lyrics
Song title: Doin My Thing
Composer: Tipene & Scribe
Producer: ZombeatZ
Intro
che che che cheayah bo
Hawkes Bay
che che che cheayah bo
Tipene bay
che che che cheayah bo
Scribble the crusader
Verse 1 - (Tipene)
nah nah nah naaaah, yeh yeh yeeah
man they thought they saw the brother
on stage but sort of undercover
he reppin' that boom to the bap
that hiphop and the rap
and leaving the rap goons all exhumed with the wack (ahhh)
reppin' hard that maori style
Hastings they can't believe he's not "Sieg Heil"
fare skinned but not quite the "nok su kow"
LL, like mama said "knock you out"
I'm coming with the coarse flow
brought the washed up rappers more soap
gotcha' toe tapping like morse code through your feet
sending out an S.O.S GOT Zom-on the Beat (ZombeatZ)
MC, I was born for the beats
with more baaa's then a farm full of sheep
now I've got it all within an arms reach
man I take it to em and they know it's Tipene pene Teeps
an Im just doing my thing che che che cheayah bo
Chorus
Im just doing my thing
che che che cheayah bo
Im just doing my thing
yeh yeh yeh yeah Boy
Im just doing my thing (repeat)
Verse 2 - (Scribe)
Scribe yo, shot out to my brother from another mother
Tipene bay, 06
06 to 03 Christchurch where you at
Flaxmere we up in here yeh we doing our thing)
verse 2 (Scribe)
Yo, Yo man grandparents jumped on a boat
for a dream that we try to keep afloat
50 years later watch their grandson made it
now I'm driving down the road in my BMW
Im riding for my nanna who done come from Samoa
throwing up Luafutu Tua Tangaloa
and all you really know is that I got sick flows
but I'm not a maori I just got a big nose
so get that clear, got these raps here
got me doing my thing from Cantebury to Flaxmere
and I got all of these pussy cats scared
coz they know I've come to test em all like a PAP Smear, ohh yeh
bo, Im doing my thing, I never knew when I grew up I'd sing
who knew it would come true all my dreams
didn't know when I blew up I would be king
hah, just doing my thing
Verse 3 - (Tipene)
An if I hada known, I'd be in this world standing alone
planning my own future me and my microphone
just a place where I can roam free
without hoha's always being nosey
smiling at me with false teeth where society
finally says goodbye to me it hurts inside
that the only hope lies in winning the lottery
it kinda frightens me, knowing our peoples prophecy
just what our rangatahi really decide to be
we make a mockery still Im stoking the fire see
maoridom is deprived but still alive inside of me
everywhere I go I've got spiritual company
my tupuna guides my life which inspires me to breathe I
plant the seed to a totara tree
let it grow to it's fully maturity what time it needs
with the blessing of Tane, Tangaroa and Tawhiri
my descendants carve a waka to navigate the seven seas
I sense Hawaiiki beyond the pacific breeze
gain mana of maoritanga by any specific means
like a strike from a taiaha I keep my lyrics clean
that's why kaka MC's don't know what unexplicit means
only rhymes as pure as water are uplifted in steam
over time that instincts been slightly twisted in our genes
harakeke to mend it when it's splitting at the seems
is Tipene the true representer of maori
and Im just doing my thing...
Chorus
Outro
la la la la la (repeat)
che che che cheayah bo (repeat)
na na na na yo
ZombeatZ boy!!!
Director/Producer: Tipene
DOP: John Norris
Filming: Rakai Karaitiana,John Norris,Jay Araia
Post Production: John Norris,Tipene
Grading: John Norris
Scribe appears courtesy of Red Corner
Music Production: Adam "ZombeatZ" Peakman
Location: Hastings Town Clock,Level One Hastings,Tautoko Wall Hastings
Special Thanks to Dallas Halbert for the art piece and Scribe the Crusader for your Tautoko on this track my bro. #NZHipHopStandUp!
