Tautoko (feat. Prince Tui Teka)

'For the life of me' sample playing It's like I'm stuck in this routine It's like my life's mapped out like a movie And exposed to the naked flame Trying to make the pay working the shifts day to day Living off the un-drained takeaways I'm up early when the birds chirp Ever since I wrote my first verse I've been working towards making an album Still living in state houses Still working the late hours I'm straight double shifting now Cos back in the day I was a trouble mischief Thrown in the deep end the hard slog Just to get hammered on the weekend The old school ways always got fill cupboards and plenty beers For busting their guts at the same place for 20 years I'd rather try and fail trial and error Then driven by the sole fear of not making it anywhere When I feel kind of lost I remember I'm here I talk to myself when nobody would lend me an ear I need you right now all(Prince Tui Teka) All my whanau all my friends I'ma need you all til the very end I've got a dream to make music for a living And travel the world and go places that I thought I wouldn't I'd take my family and my kidz with me Cos everyday I might be busy But I'd always make time for my misses and the tamariki Cos without that nothing would be worth anything on this earth Its shelf life since birth it's the curse of man-kind If you ain't got health on your side You can't spend a damn dime and enjoy it I ain't flushing my dreams down the toilet I'm so broke right now I can't afford unemployment And Baycorp knocking on the door final warning Notice on the fricken wall so annoying and every single day I keep coming up with rhymes but my mum she tells me hurry up You're running out of time Put it down put it out and try and stay focused Just listen Mum it's important I think you should know this... I need you right now all(Prince Tui Teka) All my whanau all my friends I'ma need you all til the very end Well it's a hard road tryna crack it I've seen a lot of talent come and gone that couldn't hack it This industry is cut-throat oh-well just as well I'm a noble savage I've got no problems taking if it's dope or cabbage I always try to give it to hundy on a track It always makes it easier cos Mumzies got my back I love Aotearoa flavour because it always brings me back To the old school way before rap I remember Poi E and that break-dance cuzzies pretty cool And John Rowles on TV with Paki Paki school I member Hi Marks chur! Billy T chur! Māori Volcanics chur! Is you feeling me? hard! Sir Howard Morrison quartet Tui and Missy Teka I don't wanna talk about it cover sound pretty reka I'm destined to walk the same journey down the same road But before I do I want everybody to know I need you right now all(Prince Tui Teka) All my whanau all my friends I'ma need you all til the very end I acknowledge all the greats of Aotearoa music Cos without them I simply wouldn't be doing this I also know they wouldn't be up there without your support TAUTOKO For I must have you for the life of me(Prince Tui Teka)